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Body of India rape victim cremated in New Delhi By Adnan Abidi and Devidutta Tripathy NEW DELHI | Sun Dec 30, 2012 12:19pm EST (Reuters) - The body of a woman, whose gang rape provoked protests and rare national debate about violence against women in India, arrived back in New Delhi on...

29 December 2012 Last updated at 15:54 GMT Japan PM Abe praises Fukushima nuclear work during visit Japan's newly elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has visited the Fukushima nuclear plant, which was damaged by an earthquake and tsunami last year. Mr Abe said the process of dismantling the...

Russia to sell Lada class submarines to China: report Staff Reporter 2012-12-28 08:49 A Lada class diesel-electric submarine. (Internet photo) After selling 48 advanced Su-35 fighters to China, Russia will sell four Lada class submarines to the PLA under the direct order of President...

No guts: Taiwanese man fakes seppuku to win girlfriend's heart Staff Reporter 2012-12-25 10:42 Yang, left, raises his sword as police watch nervously. (Photo/Chen Yu-hsin) A Taiwanese man surnamed Yang has tried to regain the heart of his girlfriend by attempting seppuku, the gruesome...

Chengdu hot pot restaurant caught recycling peppers from trash Staff Reporter 2012-12-25 14:00 A staff member at the restaurant picks chili peppers from leftovers to reuse. (Internet photo) A series of astonishing videos showing a well-known spicy hot pot restaurant in Chengdu recycling used...

The Grim Reader: Man trawls Weibo for accounts of the dead Staff Reporter 2012-12-27 08:43 An undertaker in Fuzhou, Fujian province. (Photo/Xinhua) An internet user in China is a fan of trawling Sina Weibo, the country's equivalent of Twitter, to identify accounts where the user has recently...

Taipei ranked world's 9th best city for nightlife CNA and staff reporter 2012-12-29 11:37 A night market in Taipei. (File photo/Wang Chin-he) Taipei is the ninth best city in the world for nightlife, according to the results of a survey released by Agoda, a leading online service for hotel...

Expired expirations: Beijing food company prints false labels Staff Reporter 2012-12-28 08:49 Workers at a food processing factory in Zhengzhou, Henan province. (Photo/Xinhua) A food and beverage processing company in Beijing has been nabbed for printing false production dates that fell...

Wenzhou woman tries to kill daughter for not being a boy Staff Reporter 2012-12-28 08:52 A little prince. (Photo/Xinhua) A woman from Wenzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province tried to kill her baby daughter after her husband and family chastised her for failing to bear a son, Taiwan's...

Jiangsu drug dealer busted after police find girlfriend's photos Staff Reporter 2012-12-29 10:38 Fu poses with a pile of Chen's cash. (Internet photo) The young lover of a drug dealer in Zhenjiang in eastern China's Jiangsu province accidentally exposed her boyfriend's illegal business...

Jiangsu drug dealer busted after police find girlfriend's photos Staff Reporter 2012-12-29 10:38 Fu poses with a pile of Chen's cash. (Internet photo) The young lover of a drug dealer in Zhenjiang in eastern China's Jiangsu province accidentally exposed her boyfriend's illegal business after...

Thigh of relief: Woman touches Ma Ying-jeou's leg, none dead Staff Reporter 2012-12-29 12:23 The woman gives the thumbs up after touching the hem of the president's garment. (Photo/Chen Hsin-han) A woman in northern Taiwan was escorted away after touching President Ma Ying-jeou's thigh and...

Supreme Court inflexible on jail terms for Taiwan plasticizer couple Staff Reporter 2012-12-29 13:13 Yu Shen Chemical owner Lai Chun-chieh was ruled to have been supplying harmful additives to food producers since 1996. (File photo/Hung Bi-chen) Taiwan's Supreme Court on Dec. 27 upheld the...

Surrogacy services in China guarantee a boy for US$160,000 Staff Reporter 2012-12-29 08:51 Mothers and babies. (Photo/Xinhua) With one in every eight married couples in China unable to produce children, the rising trend of infertility has led to huge market demand for surrogacy services at...

New wave of minimum wage increases in China set for Jan.1 Staff Reporter 2012-12-29 08:51 A clothing factory in Shenzhen, the city with the highest minimum wage in China. (File photo/Xinhua) After 24 regions in China adjust their minimum wage standards on Jan. 1, Shenzhen will have the...

Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore STEPHANIE SIMON, REUTERS FIRST POSTED: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2012 02:21 AM EST | UPDATED: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2012 04:06 AM EST Handout image shows an artist's rendition of the Yale NUS College in Singapore. (REUTERS/Yale NUS...

Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore STEPHANIE SIMON, REUTERS FIRST POSTED: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2012 02:21 AM EST | UPDATED: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2012 04:06 AM EST Handout image shows an artist's rendition of the Yale NUS College in Singapore. (REUTERS/Yale NUS...

Man pushed to death on New York subway PETER RUDEGEAIR, REUTERS FIRST POSTED: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2012 08:34 AM EST | UPDATED: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2012 07:02 PM EST Two men are seen talking on a New York City subway platform in this framegrab from a video released by the New York City...

Same-sex couples marry in Maine for first time DANIEL LOVERING, REUTERS FIRST POSTED: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2012 03:53 AM EST | UPDATED: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2012 04:06 AM EST Same-sex couple Steven Jones, centre, and Jamous Lizzotte, right, pose for a photo by Doug Emerson, left, as...

Saturday December 29, 2012 Celebrity sex dolls on FB SEX dolls resembling popular celebrities are being sold for about RM500 on a Facebook page. China Press reported that these inflatable dolls were made to look like Chinese actresses such as Fan Bingbing, Liu Yifei and Taiwanese singer Jay...