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TOP STORIES TOP STORIES Business China launches free trade zone in Shanghai China launched a free trade zone in its commercial hub Shanghai on Sunday, state-media reported, with the project seen as a testing ground for much-needed reforms in the world's second largest economy. » Business US govt shutdown likely as House delays Obama's healthcare law The US House approved early Sunday a Republican plan that keeps the government open, but its attempt to delay President Barack Obama's health care law means the measure is likely dead on arrival. » Singapore Singapore ready to assist other countries, Shanmugam tells UN Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law K Shanmugam has told the United Nations General Assembly that Singapore is ready and able to help other countries.  » Asia Pacific Bomb kills 33 in Pakistan's Peshawar A bomb explosion on Sunday killed at least 33 people in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, officials said -- the third deadly strike to hit the city in the last week. » Asia Pacific Bomb kills 33 in Pakistan's Peshawar A bomb explosion on Sunday killed at least 33 people in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, officials said -- the third deadly strike to hit the city in the last week. » Scattered fighting in southern Philippine city Philippine troops hunted the remnants of a Muslim rebel group in the key southern city of Zamboanga on Sunday, with residents hearing gunfire a day after the military declared an end to its three-week campaign. » Australia defends response to refugee boat sinking Australia on Sunday insisted it provided "all appropriate assistance" to an asylum-seeker boat that sank off Indonesia, killing at least 22, after survivors claimed their calls for help had gone unheeded. »