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The long-simmering border clash between Thailand and Cambodia erupted again on Thursday with troops from both sides exchanging fire, resulting in the death of at least four soldiers.

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Thai 'red shirts' on Sunday recalled their deadly clashes with government security forces on April 10, 2010 even as the country looks forward to elections in May, five years after a military putsch ousted still influential former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Thousands of anti-government protesters in Thailand clad in red shirts who are seeking the end of five years of military rule, gathered near Democracy Monument in Bangkok on Sunday on the first anniversary since violent clashes with Thai security forces.

The Indian government on Monday released new tiger population numbers at 1,706, an increase of 295 in the last four years. India has half of the world’s remaining wild tigers population and the decline in their numbers has been alarmingly high in the last five decades.

A deadly 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit the mountainous area along Myanmar's borders with Thailand and Laos on Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The tremors were felt in Bangkok, Hanoi, and some areas of China.

More than 60 people have been reported killed in a powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake that rocked the Indochina region on Thursday.

A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake killed at least 26 people in Tali village in north-east Myanmar on Thursday night, while one woman was reported to have died in Thailand, reports say.

At least 25 people have been killed in Myanmar as a 6.8 earthquake rattled buildings and nerves.

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A division of Warner Bros. announced that it plans to pull the movie Hereafter from theaters in Japan.

A top official from the Chinese education ministry at the Going Global Conference in Hong Kong announced that the country plans to turn itself into a hub for international education and take its international student population to 500,000.

Chinese search engine Baidu.com, an e-commerce unit of Alibaba and Sweden torrent download site Pirate Bay have been named on the United States Trade Representative (USTR)'s Notorious Markets List.

Flush from heady sales in the world's largest auto market, foreign car makers now see China as a launch pad for exports, with General Motors (GM.N) (GM) blazing the trail with shipments of its Chevy Sail.

Scientists at the Smithsonian Institute are using candid cameras to catch wildlife in their natural habitats.

Hong Kong stocks may receive respite from good corporate results on Friday, but will remain under pressure and will likely trade in a narrow range, weighed down by concerns about volatile oil prices and ongoing turmoil in the Middle East.

Nasdaq OMX Group Inc could launch a rival bid for NYSE Euronext to avoid being left on the sidelines, a source said, as traditional exchanges race to merge to see off upstart electronic rivals.

Thailand's economy emerged from a brief recessionary spell in the fourth quarter, recording 1.2 percent growth in gross domestic product.

About a quarter of Australia's sugar cane crop may have been destroyed after Cyclone Yasi tore through key growing areas, with the damage exacerbating already tight global supplies and helping push U.S. futures to three-decade highs last week.

The arrest of a Taiwanese general accused of spying for China is a warning to Taiwan to be wary of its old foe despite warming economic links that are likely to stay unscathed by the case.

A new Thai airline is hiring transsexual ladyboys as flight attendants, aiming at a unique identity to set itself apart from competitors as it sets out for the skies. Known as katoeys or ladyboys, transgenders and transsexuals have greater visibility in Thailand than in many other nations, holding mainstream jobs in a variety of fields.