Two million rushed to shelters as India braces for another cyclone
A powerful cyclone headed for eastern India Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of nearly two million people just a week after ...
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New India cyclone warning as death toll reaches 110
A major new storm was brewing in the Bay of Bengal off India’s east coast, forecasters warned Thursday, just days ...
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Indian island residents vote with sinking hearts
Ghoramara, India"•Residents on Ghoramara fear that the votes they cast Sunday in India’s election may be the last before their ...
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Fears of exodus as smugglers prey on Rohingya desperation
Cox' Bazar"•As desperation swells in the squalid camps that are home to a million Rohingya refugees, long-dormant-—and often deadly—trafficking networks ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.