Mar 11 (BBC) Two policemen who were escorting a polio vaccination team have been shot dead in Pakistan's north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The policemen were attacked by unidentified gunmen in the Dera Ismail Khan district.
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Mar 11 (BBC) Military radar suggests the missing Malaysia Airlines plane turned west, away from its planned route, before vanishing, Malaysia's air force says. Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went missing on Saturday, after taking off with 239 people on board.
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Mar 10 (BBC) Asian shares fell on Monday after both China and Japan released disappointing economic data, worrying investors about a slowdown in the region. Both Hong Kong's Hang Seng index and the Shanghai Composite fell by more than 1.6%, and the benchmark Nikkei 225 closed down 1% as well.
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Mar 11 (BBC) Maoist rebels have killed at least 16 policemen in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police say. The patrol was on its way to provide security to workers building a road in Sukma district when rebels fired at them, officials say. Twenty-five policemen were injured in the attack, senior police officer Mukesh Gupta told BBC Hindi.
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Mar 11 (BBC) A man travelling on a stolen passport on a missing Malaysian jet was a young Iranian who is not believed to have terrorist links, Malaysian police say. It is believed the 19-year-old was travelling to Germany where he was hoping to seek asylum, they say.
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Mar 10 (BBC) Malaysia's civil aviation chief has said the fate of a missing Malaysia Airlines jet remains "a mystery". Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said officials had not ruled out hijacking as a cause of the plane's disappearance. He said all reported sightings of debris from the plane in the seas south of Vietnam were unconfirmed.
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