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  • Ivan Watson
    Senior international correspondent

    Ivan Watson is CNN's senior international correspondent based in Hong Kong.

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En Samoa se libra una batalla legal por el sarampión

This handout photograph from Hong Kong police showing the elements of two homemade bombs that were "fully functional and ready to be used."

Hong Kong police: Two homemade bombs found and defused

Hong Kong protesters flood streets in mass march

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Borneo is burning: Watch the full CNN documentary

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Borneo wildfires put endangered orangutans under threat

Le Van Ha and his wife have two children. The youngest was born two months ago, as Le made his way through Europe to the UK.

Young Vietnamese workers risking life and death on 'the line' to Europe

Shrine to Le Van Ha

Vietnamese people risk it all for better life in Europe

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How to track a typhoon: The forecasters on the front line of extreme weather