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Mexico's 43 missing students: dead or alive? AFP November 6, 2014, 6:51 am Mexico City (AFP) - The arrest of an ex-mayor and wife team suspected of masterminding the disappearance of 43 students raised hopes Wednesday that authorities can finally track them down -- dead or even alive...

Police probe vandalism to memorial plaque for dead air service crewmen PUBLISHED : Sunday, 02 November, 2014, 6:08am UPDATED : Sunday, 02 November, 2014, 6:08am Lana Lam [email protected] The plaque honours pilot Peter Pang Fu-kwok and crewman Dickson Chan Man-tik, who died on duty in 2003...

Thai government sells off more of its massive rice stockpile PUBLISHED : Friday, 03 October, 2014, 10:35pm UPDATED : Friday, 03 October, 2014, 10:35pm Reuters The rice was sold below the market price because it was old. Photo: EPA The Thai government has approved the sale of more than...

Half the world's wild animals have been wiped out since 1970 PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 30 September, 2014, 10:23pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 01 October, 2014, 3:57am The Guardian in London A lion at the Entabeni Safari Conservancy in South Africa. Animal, bird and fish numbers have all fallen sharply...

Man finds woman not his wife after 10 years Chinadaily.com September 2, 2014 A man in Zhejiang province filed for divorce only to discover that his wife was not who she claimed to be, reported xxcb.cn. The man, surnamed Li, married his wife 10 years ago and they have a son. In 2012, the woman...

South African man charged with keeping family captive for years AFP May 29, 2014, 11:22 am A South African man accused of abusing his five children while keeping them captive for more than a decade appeared briefly in a court east of Johannesburg. The 36-year-old allegedly tortured his...

Xinjiang police detain five after hoard of bomb-making materials seized Arrests follow Urumqi market attack last week that left 43 people dead as Beijing continues security crackdown focusing on suspected terrorists PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 27 May, 2014, 12:13pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 27 May, 2014...

Pork DNA found in two chocolate products of Cadbury Malaysia - report Reuters May 27, 2014, 1:58 am (Reuters) - Chocolate maker Cadbury Malaysia, a part of Mondelez International Inc, on Monday recalled two chocolate products after they tested positive for traces of pork DNA, the Nikkei Asian...

New Zealand woman appears in Bali court over joint AFP May 27, 2014, 3:46 am Denpasar (Indonesia) (AFP) - A New Zealand woman appeared in court on the Indonesian island of Bali Monday after she was caught with a half-smoked hash joint, a crime punishable by up to 12 years in jail. Leeza...

Woman injured in apartment gas explosion Mother and two sons escape after blast blows doors off and shatters windows PUBLISHED : Monday, 26 May, 2014, 5:03pm UPDATED : Monday, 26 May, 2014, 5:03pm Clifford Lo [email protected] A woman was being treated at Tuen Mun Hospital after a gas...

Pyongyang has deep pockets for shark fin from Hong Kong North Korea is paying top dollar to Hong Kong to import the delicacy, suggesting it's a perk for elite officials in impoverished pariah state PUBLISHED : Monday, 26 May, 2014, 5:31am UPDATED : Monday, 26 May, 2014, 10:31am Ernest Kao...

Airport safety inspectors missed kitten in luggage FINGER-POINTING:Pet owner Jin You-hao said he did know how his kitten got into his luggage and blamed Taoyuan airport safety inspectors for failing to spot it By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter A screen grab from Jin You-hao’s Facebook page...

Thai army detains Yingluck, bans 155 key figures from leaving country Yingluck Shinawatra and 155 key figures ordered to stay in kingdom as military says it will return power to people if calm situation continues PUBLISHED : Friday, 23 May, 2014, 10:39am UPDATED : Friday, 23 May, 2014, 10:17pm...

North Korea to join Asian games in South Korea despite tensions over ship firefight North athletes' participation will be the first foray into a major sport event in nearly 10 years PUBLISHED : Friday, 23 May, 2014, 5:18pm UPDATED : Friday, 23 May, 2014, 9:37pm Agence France-Presse in Seoul...

Wife of Russian tycoon gets $4.8 billion in record-breaking divorce settlement May 20, 2014, 9:03 am Yahoo! That's more than half of her husband's net worth. The wife of Russian tycoon Dmitry Rybolovlev has won a $4.8 billion divorce settlement in a Geneva court, Swiss media has reported...

Eye-witnesses express outrage after truck-driving protester shot dead by SWAT team PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 20 May, 2014, 5:16pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 20 May, 2014, 6:52pm Keira Lu Huang [email protected] A truck blocked the door of a local government building in Zhenxiong county, Yunnan...

Indonesian footballer Akli Fairuz dies after horror tackle Yahoo! May 20, 2014, 12:47 pm <object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D <embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"...

Kim Jong-un's brother spotted in Jakarta months after 'beloved' uncle's execution Appearance of Kim Jong-nam dispels rumours he was in hiding after purge against Jang Song-thaek, with whom he was reportedly close PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 20 May, 2014, 2:33pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 20 May, 2014, 2:51pm...

Pet dog crushed to death by python in second attack in two weeks Owners advised to keep pets on leash as five-metre-long snake attacks dog in second such incident in Sai Kung countryside in two weeks PUBLISHED : Monday, 19 May, 2014, 5:07am UPDATED : Monday, 19 May, 2014, 9:21am Hazel Knowles...

Arrests highlight fears over Hong Kong's role in crystal meth smuggling Arrests of Hongkongers in Indonesia highlight the city's role as a transit point for Ice trade PUBLISHED : Sunday, 18 May, 2014, 4:55am UPDATED : Sunday, 18 May, 2014, 4:55am Bryan Harris [email protected] Two Hong...