Indonesia
Jemaah Islamiyah breakup: Bali bomber fears disgruntled ex-members may join ISIS
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Philippines
8 questions for Philippine Sen. Risa Hontiveros about her adolescent pregnancy bill
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Pacific
Vanuatu attorney general condemns Trump’s Paris climate treaty exit as ‘troubling precedent’
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Indonesia
Jakarta accepting that key Bali bombing suspect is Indonesian marks a reversal
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