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Here are the main stories that The Anadolu Agency's English News Desk will cover Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014:
SE ASIA-PACIFIC
THAILAND
BANGKOK -- Thai King approves request of crown prince’s wife to relinquish her royal title, weeks after her husband strips her family of their honorific surname.
BANGKOK -- Thai security expert and member of an insurgency in the country’s south highlight challenges faced by the government in the conflict-ridden region.
INDONESIA
JAKARTA -- At least 11 people have died and 100 others are missing in a landslide in central Java Island.
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE -- Australia’s Foreign Minister Bishop announces $200 million for Green Fund, which is another backflip from Abbott government.
CAMBODIA
PHNOM PENH -- 40 NGOs sign statement that calls for approaching the International Criminal Court to highlight ruling elite’s alleged crimes against humanity.
EUROPE
GERMANY
BERLIN -- Police investigates arson attacks on three buildings that house refugees in southeastern German town of Vorra.
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