A Thai court on Monday approved 12 days of detention for a man suspected of shooting dead a Cambodian opposition politician in an attack in Bangkok. Cambodian opposition figures have accused the country's powerful former leader Hun Sen of ordering the shooting, although a government spokesman has denied official involvement.
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An attack on a police check post in Balochistan province of Pakistan resulted in the deaths of two policemen and four militants. The separatist Baloch Liberation Army, which claimed responsibility for a previous attack, is accused of exploiting local grievances related to resource distribution.