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Dying man's tears may have given son Zika AP on September 29, 2016, 10:22 am US scientists say a man might have contracted Zika by touching his dying father s tears or sweat. Research suggests a Utah man who contracted Zika from his infected father might have got it by touching his dad's...

Chinese march in Paris to demand better security AFP on August 22, 2016, 3:47 am Aubervilliers (France) (AFP) - Around 1,800 people from the Chinese community in France took part in a march near Paris Sunday calling for greater security after a deadly robbery earlier this month. To cries of...

Austria arrests Iraqis over gang rape AAP on August 16, 2016, 6:46 am Nine Iraqi asylum seekers and refugees have been arrested over the alleged gang rape of a 28-year-old German woman in Vienna on New Year's Day in a case likely to fuel public debate over immigration and crime. Austria has...

Turkish Interior Ministry fires 9,000, detains others Suzan Fraser And Dominique Soguel, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS First posted: Monday, July 18, 2016 08:14 AM EDT | Updated: Monday, July 18, 2016 11:54 AM EDT ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's Interior Ministry has fired nearly 9,000 police officers...

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Five guilty of Danish tourist gang-rape in Delhi AFP on June 6, 2016, 6:45 pm New Delhi (AFP) - A court convicted five men Monday of the gang-rape of a Danish tourist in New Delhi in 2014, a crime which put India's record on sexual violence back in the spotlight. The five were found guilty...

Australian prisoner ‘carves Islamic State slogan’ into cellmate’s head The manager of the facility has been suspended but government denies Islamic radicalisation is a big problem in the prison system. PUBLISHED : Monday, 11 April, 2016, 4:34pm UPDATED : Monday, 11 April, 2016, 4:34pm Agence...

Man free after serving 20 years for NYC killing despite alibi Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press First posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 09:42 AM EDT | Updated: Thursday, March 24, 2016 12:51 AM EDT This July 2015 photo provided by the New York Department of Corrections and Community...

Japan tube drivers seek damages after bonuses trimmed over refusal to shave off beards PUBLISHED : Monday, 14 March, 2016, 11:16pm UPDATED : Monday, 14 March, 2016, 11:30pm The Guardian A subway driver speaks at a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on March 9, 2016, after filing a...

Kansas gunman had just been served restraining order AFP February 27, 2016, 7:43 am Los Angeles (AFP) - A factory worker who killed three people and wounded 17 in a shooting spree in Kansas had just been served with a restraining order, authorities said Friday, in a possible trigger for the...

Former UN climate chief expected to be charged over sexual harassment, court hears PUBLISHED : Saturday, 13 February, 2016, 1:00am UPDATED : Saturday, 13 February, 2016, 1:00am Reuters Nobel Peace Prize Winner Rajendra Pachauri, former chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...

Hawaii Biotech joins race to develop Zika vaccine Reuters January 30, 2016, 1:09 am A municipal worker sprays insecticide at the neighborhood of Imbiribeira in Recife, Brazil, January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino By Natalie Grover and Amrutha Penumudi (Reuters) - Privately owned...

Police unravel market where babies are trafficked China Daily, January 25, 2016 The rescue of 15 infants from a child-trafficking gang by 78 police officers has drawn attention to poverty and lack of legal awareness in the country's poorest regions. The infants, the youngest only four days...

China’s Weibo follows Twitter in controversial move to ditch 140-character limit, says users can soon waffle on for up to 2,000 PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 20 January, 2016, 5:35pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 20 January, 2016, 6:34pm He Huifeng [email protected] Weibo said it will trial run the...

Cambodian court told Khmer Rouge beheaded Muslim women AFP January 13, 2016, 11:22 pm Phnom Penh (AFP) - Cambodia's UN-backed court heard chilling details on Wednesday of the mass murder of Muslim women by Khmer Rouge soldiers, the latest grisly testimony in the trial of two top leaders of...

Yahoo looking to slash 10 percent or more of its workforce - Business Insider Reuters January 7, 2016, 3:46 pm A view of a Yahoo logo in front of a building in Rolle, 30 km (19 miles) east of Geneva, in this file picture taken December 12, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Files (Reuters) -...

Germany on New Year terror alert By Joseph Nasr January 1, 2016, 8:53 pm Germany shut down two train stations in Munich about an hour before midnight on New Year's Eve following a tip from a foreign intelligence service that the Islamic State (IS) militant group was planning a suicide bomb...

Thai junta says 99 per cent of people are happy with its rule PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 23 December, 2015, 10:04pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 23 December, 2015, 10:51pm Associated Press in Bangkok Well-wishers holding portraits of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej and his son Thai Crown Prince Maha...