Fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent, who died in Paris on Sunday.

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lBurma's military government is forcing cyclone victims out of refugee camps and "dumping" them near their devastated villages with virtually no relief supplies.

lActress Sharon Stone has apologised for suggesting that the earthquake in China was the result of karma.

lThe Finance Ministry is considering a work-at-home programme requiring employees to be at the office only four days a week. Rising office expenses and the cost of living, driven by record oil prices, spurred the proposal. 

lNepal has ended its centuries-old monarchy and become a republic.

lNearly 230 people were arrested in South Korea early on Sunday as thousands of hardcore protesters rallying against the resumption of US beef imports fought running battles with police.

lAbout 500 Australian combat troops pulled out of their base in southern Iraq on Sunday, fulfilling an election promise by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to bring the soldiers home this year.

lUp to 100,000 foreigners in South Africa fled their homes amid xenophobic attacks that have left 56 people dead in the past three weeks.

lFashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent has died in Paris at the age of 71.

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