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Based on 10 verified sources covering Thailand, Myanmar:

More than 450,000 pilgrims visit Madhu shrine for 15 August Most Catholics gathered at the site for vespers on Saturday, a day before. [1]

MULTAN, Pakistan/ISLAMABAD — Pakistani militant Asim Umar has been handed a very tough job. [2]

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri could not have done a greater disservice to the Muslims of Myanmar when, in early September, he claimed that he was going to “raise the flag of jihad,” or holy war, across South Asia. [3]

ISLAMABAD — Omar Hamid joined the Pakistani police vowing revenge after a hitman executed his father. Having left the force 12 years later, the Taliban murdered his replacement—the man who had arrested his father’s killer and become his best friend. [4]

This is the eighth installment in the The Dictators series by The Irrawaddy that delves into the lives and careers of Burma’s two most infamous military chiefs and the cohorts that surrounded them. [5]

SYDNEY -- Matt Quinn was once a youth leader with a passion for tackling injustice -- an unlikely candidate, perhaps, to form a white supremacist gang. [6]

Ayesha Siddiqa is a senior fellow with the department of war studies of King's College London and was previously director of naval research for the Pakistan Navy. [7]

InterviewMahathir's son ready to inherit Malaysia's political legacy Mukhriz denies timeline for succession, notes PM needs time to repair economy Mukhriz Mahathir, left, the son of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, said he is willing to tak... [8]

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[1] MM asianews.it · 85% match

More than 450,000 pilgrims visit Madhu shrine for 15 August

More than 450,000 pilgrims visit Madhu shrine for 15 August Most Catholics gathered at the site for vespers on Saturday, a day before.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-09-11 · 37% match

Al-Qaeda’s Shadowy New ‘Emir’ in South Asia Handed Tough Job

MULTAN, Pakistan/ISLAMABAD — Pakistani militant Asim Umar has been handed a very tough job.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-10-13 · 36% match

The Muslims of Myanmar

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri could not have done a greater disservice to the Muslims of Myanmar when, in early September, he claimed that he was going to “raise the flag of jihad,” or holy war, across South Asia.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-08-07 · 35% match

Former Top Cop Spins Life on Pakistan’s Mean Streets into Novels

ISLAMABAD — Omar Hamid joined the Pakistani police vowing revenge after a hitman executed his father. Having left the force 12 years later, the Taliban murdered his replacement—the man who had arrested his father’s killer and become his best friend.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-04-25 · 33% match

The Dictators: Part 8—Khin Nyunt Overplays his Hand

This is the eighth installment in the The Dictators series by The Irrawaddy that delves into the lives and careers of Burma’s two most infamous military chiefs and the cohorts that surrounded them.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-03-15 · 33% match

Two years after Christchurch shooting, far-right haunts Australia

SYDNEY -- Matt Quinn was once a youth leader with a passion for tackling injustice -- an unlikely candidate, perhaps, to form a white supremacist gang.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-02-23 · 32% match

Pakistan's army was the clear election loser

Ayesha Siddiqa is a senior fellow with the department of war studies of King's College London and was previously director of naval research for the Pakistan Navy.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-07-11 · 32% match

Mahathir's son ready to inherit Malaysia's political legacy

InterviewMahathir's son ready to inherit Malaysia's political legacy Mukhriz denies timeline for succession, notes PM needs time to repair economy Mukhriz Mahathir, left, the son of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, said he is willing to tak

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-05-25 · 32% match

Australia pressed to dispense 'bitter pill' Xinjiang sanctions

SYDNEY -- Sergei Magnitsky, a 37-year-old Russian lawyer who blew the whistle on $230 million worth of alleged tax fraud, died in November 2009 after 358 days in squalid Moscow jails.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-01-09 · 31% match

Ghosn haunts Nissan as it maneuvers for a rebound

TOKYO -- Nissan Motor, off to a fresh start with a leadership team installed last month, has been dragged into a past it is trying to leave behind by disgraced former chief Carlos Ghosn, who this week launched a fusillade against the company that onc

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