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Indian police shoot flood-aid protesters (CBC)Police in eastern India opened fire on demonstrators demanding flood disaster relief Thursday, killing one person and wounding two others.

Thai human rights abuse on rise (The Age)Human rights abuses have worsened in Thailand over the past three years in an increasing "culture of authoritarianism" under Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a state panel said in a report issued yesterday.

Storm rages over HK radio host (The Age)Hong Kong's most popular radio program was taken off the air indefinitely on Tuesday after a bitter row over censorship and alleged threats from pro-Chinese Government forces.