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Girl jumps head first out of burning building in dramatic rescue Dramatic pictures emerge of two teenage girls from Atlanta throwing themselves out of third-floor bedroom after blaze tears through house Girls jump to safety from Atlanta fire By Telegraph staff 12:41PM BST 02 Jul 2015...

Biggest online betting ring bust in China's history Lin Yu-ping and Staff Reporter 2015-04-26 Police bust the illegal online betting operation based in Thailand, April 23. (Photo/Lin Yu-ping) Chinese authorities have busted an illegal online betting operation, the largest to be caught in...

'No defecating in public': Thailand issues etiquette guidelines for Chinese tourists Thais voice outrage at irreverent acts in sacred locations while admitting they need the revenue PUBLISHED : Thursday, 26 March, 2015, 11:09pm UPDATED : Friday, 27 March, 2015, 9:03am Reuters in Bangkok A...

Facebook, Xiaomi each launch mobile payment services in challenge to Apple, Alibaba PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 18 March, 2015, 11:02am UPDATED : Wednesday, 18 March, 2015, 11:41am James Griffiths [email protected] @jgriffiths Facebook is launching a mobile payments service which will...

Government investigates telcos for abetting illegal sales, harassment By Yuen Yeuk-laam Source: Global Times Published: 2015-3-17 0:03:31 The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced Monday that it has begun an investigation of telecommunication crimes and violations...

Mexico pays James Bond film studios millions to shoot its good side PUBLISHED : Friday, 13 March, 2015, 11:00am UPDATED : Friday, 13 March, 2015, 1:08pm The Guardian in Mexico City Daniel Craig steps out of his character's Aston Martin sports car while filming a scene for the new James Bond...

Provincial official Ni Fake jailed for 17 years over multimillion dollar jade bribes Ni Fake becomes the latest official to fall in Xi Jinping's graft campaign after her accepted 'cash, jade artefacts and precious stones' from firms seeking influence PUBLISHED : Saturday, 28 February, 2015...

US to fine Japan's Takata US$14,000 a day for failing to help faulty air-bag probe PUBLISHED : Saturday, 21 February, 2015, 12:56pm UPDATED : Saturday, 21 February, 2015, 12:56pm Associated Press in Virginia Senate Commerce Committee member Bill Nelson displays the parts of a defective...

Around the nation: Woman driver faces 100,000 bill for dinging $5m Rolls Royce Also: Guangzhou plans to give residency to 1.5 migrant workers; Poor dad beaten by demanding son PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 10 February, 2015, 9:02pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 10 February, 2015, 9:02pm A woman driver who ran...

Mass surveillance of phone and internet data by British spies was illegal, court rules Date February 7, 2015 - 3:29AM The headquarters of Britain's Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ). Photo: Barry Batchelor London: A British court has ruled against the nation's spy agencies for...

Around the nation: Phone scammer took millions from rural elderly over five years Also: Itinerant beggars demand to be sent to Hainan for the winter; Fishermen pose as Somali pirates - in the Yangtze estuary PUBLISHED : Sunday, 01 February, 2015, 10:13pm UPDATED : Monday, 02 February, 2015...

Around the nation: three dead, 10 injured in Guangzhou bus crash PUBLISHED : Saturday, 31 January, 2015, 1:10am UPDATED : Saturday, 31 January, 2015, 1:10am Three people died when a bus crashed on the way from Guangzhou to Leizhou. Photo: SCMP Pictures GUANGZHOU Three die in bus crash A...

Around the nation: endangered South China tiger cub nursed back to health after abuse at zoo PUBLISHED : Thursday, 29 January, 2015, 9:56pm UPDATED : Friday, 30 January, 2015, 12:21am The endangered South China tiger cub, which is now feeding normally at a zoo in Jiangxi province after a...

Authorities reveal details of prison scandal Source: Xinhua Published: 2015-1-28 16:37:14 The justice department of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province has revealed details about a prison scandal in which a prisoner reportedly used smartphones to blackmail several women. Last week, a...

Around the nation: Woman swallows ex-boyfriend's SIM card during row Also: Fake bank takes 200m yuan in savings; Scrooge comes unstruck PUBLISHED : Friday, 23 January, 2015, 9:18pm UPDATED : Friday, 23 January, 2015, 9:18pm [email protected] A man bumped into his former girlfriend...

Around the nation: Hallucinating Chinese man proposes to 'Fan Bingbing' - or so he thinks Also, teachers and students make sperm bank's top donors, and dogs make dinner out of dead owner's corpse PUBLISHED : Thursday, 22 January, 2015, 5:51pm UPDATED : Thursday, 22 January, 2015, 5:51pm A...

19 January 2015 Last updated at 13:43 GMT Tahira Ahmed murder: Husband admits decapitating wife Naveen Ahmed is due to be sentenced for murder on 28 January at the Old Bailey A man has admitted decapitating his wife at their home in west London. Naveed Ahmed, 41, pleaded guilty to the...

Three Chinese managers found guilty of manslaughter over deadly Italian factory blaze PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 13 January, 2015, 9:48am UPDATED : Tuesday, 13 January, 2015, 9:55am Agence France-Presse in Rome Lin Youli (left, obscured) and her husband Hu Xiaping (face covered) leave the Italian...