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    Nepal: Business, Government at Loggerheads on Electricity Dues

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    UNDP Calls for Unfreezing Afghan Assets as Taliban Have Reversed Gains of Past Decade

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    Cambodia: Un-Backed Tribunal Ends with Conviction Upheld for Last Living Khmer Rouge Leader

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    Have MGNREGA Workers Become Bonded Labourers?

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    Myanmar: From Bad to Worse, to Horrific

    The expert presented a grim assessment of 1.3 million displaced people; 28,000 destroyed homes; more than 13,000 children killed; a looming food crisis; and...
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    PM Modi says Cities Cannot be Developed with Election-Centric Approach

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