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S. Korea activists postpone 'The Interview' DVD balloon launch AFP March 24, 2015, 4:49 am Seoul (AFP) - South Korean activists on Monday postponed plans to send thousands of copies of the Hollywood movie "The Interview" to North Korea, following criticism from Seoul and dire warnings of...

Top officials warn of possible Muslim terrorist threats to city Chief executive, police commissioner say city should not take Muslim extremist dangers lightly as leaflets with IS logo circulate PUBLISHED : Sunday, 22 March, 2015, 5:07am UPDATED : Sunday, 22 March, 2015, 5:07am Lana Lam and...

Mexico ambush leaves 10 dead, including 5 federal police AFP March 21, 2015, 3:44 am Guadalajara (Mexico) (AFP) - A gang ambushed a federal police convoy in western Mexico, sparking a shootout that killed five officers, three suspects and two bystanders, authorities said Friday. The attack...

HongKong.com and Taiwan.com domains go on sale for first time in 20 years PUBLISHED : Monday, 16 March, 2015, 6:54pm UPDATED : Monday, 16 March, 2015, 6:54pm James Griffiths [email protected] @jgriffiths A man uses a computer at an internet cafe in Hong Kong. Photo: May Tse Some of...

Daughter of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim arrested for sedition PUBLISHED : Monday, 16 March, 2015, 6:25pm UPDATED : Monday, 16 March, 2015, 6:25pm Agence France-Presse in Kuala Lumpur Nurul Izzah, daughter of jailed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, addresses a crowd...

China summons Myanmar ambassador after aircraft bomb kills four in Yunnan Beijing protests to Myanmar's ambassador after a missile dropped from a Myanmese aircraft leaves four dead and nine wounded PUBLISHED : Saturday, 14 March, 2015, 2:38pm UPDATED : Saturday, 14 March, 2015, 3:29pm Reuters...

Teenage girl and boyfriend, 27, charged with murdering her baby brother on New Year's Day Toddler Santino Balaz suffered extensive injuries and fractures to his body He died in hospital after ambulance was called to address in Birmingham His 19-year-old sister and her boyfriend were...

NY state to pay man $4.75 million after his 1992 murder conviction was overturned in 2009 Published December 23, 2014 Associated Press NEW YORK – A New York City man imprisoned for nearly 20 years for murder before a judge declared he was innocent is getting $4.75 million from the state...

10 December 2014 Last updated at 15:28 GMT Kenyan women with HIV sue over sterilisation Women say their rights are being violated A group of HIV-positive women in Kenya has taken legal action against the government, accusing it of arranging for them to be forcibly sterilised. The five...

Thousands stranded as super typhoon Hagupit surges closer to Philippines PUBLISHED : Friday, 05 December, 2014, 10:16am UPDATED : Saturday, 06 December, 2014, 3:48am Reuters in Manila Residents take shelter inside a church turned into a temporary evacuation center in Tacloban City, Leyte...

Tens of thousands march against abortion in Spain AFP November 23, 2014, 1:24 am Madrid (AFP) - Tens of thousands of Spaniards rallied in Madrid on Saturday threatening to punish the government in elections next year unless it revives a plan to restrict women's access to abortion. Waving...

India next: Pakistani Taliban group behind border bomb issues warning Leader of new Taliban group says more attacks are imminent, after suicide bomb left dozens dead at popular border flag-lowering ceremony PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 05 November, 2014, 5:55pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 05 November...

Zhou Yongkang yet to be prosecuted in corruption probe, senior court official reveals PUBLISHED : Saturday, 01 November, 2014, 11:45am UPDATED : Saturday, 01 November, 2014, 1:11pm Staff Reporter Former security tsar Zhou Yongkang is being investigated for corruption. Photo: Reuters Former...

'Hitler' cream pots leaves Swiss retailer red-faced AFP October 23, 2014, 12:44 am Geneva (AFP) - Swiss retailer Migros apologised on Wednesday for what it said was a string of errors which put coffee cream with the faces of Hitler and Mussolini in cafes in the Alpine country. Migros said...

Guangzhou taxi drivers strike over licence fees, black cabs Industrial action also triggered by city's plan to allow more taxis on the road, which drivers say will squeeze their already low incomes PUBLISHED : Thursday, 16 October, 2014, 4:53am UPDATED : Thursday, 16 October, 2014, 4:53am He...

Hong Kong police in violent clashes with protesters AFP October 15, 2014, 1:38 pm Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong protesters clashed with dozens of police using batons and pepper spray early Wednesday, in some of worst violence since pro-democracy demonstrations began more than two weeks ago...

A foreign 'chengguan'? British woman, 21, becomes traffic warden in Hunan Weeks into the job, expat may already be having the desired effect by stopping would-be jaywalkers in their tracks PUBLISHED : Friday, 19 September, 2014, 6:24pm UPDATED : Friday, 19 September, 2014, 7:11pm James...

Australian town in shock after family shootings AFP September 10, 2014, 6:25 pm Sydney (AFP) - A rural Australian town was in shock Wednesday after a mother and her three children were found shot dead at a farmhouse in a "horrific scene", as police searched a nearby dam for the father...

Massive blast hits northern Germany chemicals plant AFP September 10, 2014, 9:10 am Berlin (AFP) - A massive blast rocked a chemicals plant in northern Germany on Tuesday, a spokesman for the fire service told AFP, with no details yet on casualties. The explosion was heard many kilometres...

New China food scandal as 30,000 tonnes of chicken feet found soaking in hydrogen peroxide 35 suspects in custody, but more at large as some officials have allegedly tipped off manufacturers to flee PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 27 August, 2014, 1:47pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 27 August, 2014, 4:11pm...