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(12 April)   A spokesman for the US embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, insisted: "MH370 did not land in Diego Garcia." The United States has flatly denied claims that missing Flight MH370 had landed at its military base on the remote island of Diego Garcia. There have been rumours that the jetliner could have headed for the... 

(11 April)   Singapore’s PM talks about Japanese aggression, Ukraine’s revolution and why nanny states are not all bad As the Singaporean prime minister settles into his seat for lunch, I am fussing with my tape machines – two of them, just in case one fails. Lee Hsien Loong smiles faintly and says: “The NSA will give... 

Lanzhou residents rush to supermarkets to buy bottled water after local tap water was found to contain high levels of benzene on Friday. (Photo: SCMP) (12 April)   Residents strip supermarket shelves of bottled supplies after city government warns that contamination was 20 times safety level. Panicking residents in the northwestern...