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Taiwan millionaire Shih Chia-chin murdered after kidnap AFP and Network Writers News Corp Australia August 26, 2014 12:11AM Low profile ... murdered millionaire Shih Chia-chin was sentenced to an 18-month suspended prison term after his internet gambling ring was cracked nine years ago...

Cathay Pacific among airlines now avoiding Iraqi airspace PUBLISHED : Sunday, 10 August, 2014, 6:44am UPDATED : Sunday, 10 August, 2014, 6:44am Agence France-Presse and Lana Lam Cathay Pacific is one of the airlines that said they had stopped flying over Iraq. Major airlines including...

Australia sends asylum-seekers to Nauru, as India offer refused AFP August 2, 2014, 7:31 pm Sydney (AFP) - Some 157 asylum-seekers who were detained at sea for weeks by Australia have been sent to the Pacific island of Nauru after rejecting a return to India, officials said Saturday. The...

Palestine football legend Zaqout killed in Gaza conflict By Martin Macdonald and Miles Chambers Aug 2, 2014 11:05:00 The 49-year-old was the latest high profile victim of the battle between Hamas and Israel's army that has raged since mid-July and claimed the lives of over 1,000 people...

Five cult members charged with killing woman in McDonald's restaurant The five approached the victim about joining their church in Shandong, and she refused to give them her mobile phone number PUBLISHED : Friday, 25 July, 2014, 12:55pm UPDATED : Friday, 25 July, 2014, 1:03pm Laura Zhou...

Dangerous scorpions found in foreign mail Xinhua, July 24, 2014 Dangerous scorpions have been found in post sent from the Philippines in east China's Zhejiang Province, local authorities said Thursday. Zhejiang Entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau said a small package, declared as...

No more cheap breakfasts? Street food hawkers banned from Beijing's Haidian district Worries mount that crackdown on Haidian hawkers would leave lower-income families with no cheap breakfast options PUBLISHED : Thursday, 17 July, 2014, 4:30pm UPDATED : Thursday, 17 July, 2014, 5:21pm Nectar...

Woman tries to sell grandson to save sick son China Daily, April 25, 2014 A woman put her grandson up for sale on a street in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Wednesday, to raise money to save her sick son, who is also the the little boy's father, according to cnhubei.com. Along with a little girl...

Flying saucer or out-of-focus seagull pooping? Slides in Snowden's latest leak are fake UFO images used to deliberately spread misinformation, claims expert The latest official document to be linked by Edward Snowden is a presentation created by the British spy agency GCHQ The presentation...

Celebrity Couple Fall Victim to Burglary chosun / Mar. 06, 2014 12:40 KST Actors Jang Dong-gun and Ko So-young have fallen victim to a burglar who stole three cameras from their holiday home in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province. Jang and Ko are living in Seoul and do not have a security guard at...

Hackers steal 12m KT users’ information Published: 2014-03-06 21:13 Updated: 2014-03-06 21:13 A man walks in front of KT Corp.’s office in Seoul on Thursday. (Yonhap) The Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency on Thursday arrested two hackers and a telemarketing firm CEO in connection with the...

Car chase and shooting in Zhuhai city 'due to business dispute' PUBLISHED : Thursday, 20 February, 2014, 1:07pm UPDATED : Thursday, 20 February, 2014, 1:07pm Andrea Chen [email protected] The car chase and shooting in Zhuhai city left a gunmen injured and four vehicles damaged. Photo...

Killing of Kim Jong-un's uncle chills North Korean expats in China PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 19 February, 2014, 1:40am UPDATED : Wednesday, 19 February, 2014, 2:16am The Los Angeles Times in Yanji, China Jang Song-thaek She was a North Korean success story. For more than two decades, the...

Curitiba stadium given World Cup go-ahead By Kris Voakes Feb 18, 2014 6:45:00 PM Construction issues at the Arena da Baixada had put its hosting rights in question, but Fifa has given the venue the green light Curitiba's Arena da Baixada will retain its hosting rights for this summer's...

Man detained for spreading H7N9 rumor online Xinhua, February 12, 2014 A man from central China's Hubei Province has been detained by police after he allegedly spread rumors about H7N9 bird flu on the Internet, local authorities said on Wednesday. The man, surnamed Zhou, from Zigui County...

3 more human H7N9 cases in China Xinhua, February 13, 2014 China reported three more human H7N9 virus infections on Wednesday. Three men aged 84, 58 and 46 in east China's Zhejiang Province were confirmed on Tuesday to have contracted the virus, bringing the total to 82 for the province. The...

920 suspects snared in prostitution crackdown China.org. February 13, 2014 Police have swooped 18,372 entertainment venues, including 3,592 karaoke bars and 4,201 saunas in the province. [photo / sun0769.com] A total of 920 suspects had been apprehended as of Wednesday in a crackdown on...

Jail for conman publisher who made HK$300,000 by claiming official links Conman tricked businessmen into stumping up HK$300,000 for adverts by claiming his titles were official. Out on bail, he did it again - twice PUBLISHED : Monday, 10 February, 2014, 12:59pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 11 February...

Democratic groups propose arrival tax of up to HK$100 to curb mainland visitors Suggestion by democratic groups to charge visitors up to HK$100 is rejected by the tourism trade and labelled ‘brutal’ by one lawmaker PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 11 February, 2014, 4:33am UPDATED : Tuesday, 11 February...

Democratic groups propose arrival tax of up to HK$100 to curb mainland visitors Suggestion by democratic groups to charge visitors up to HK$100 is rejected by the tourism trade and labelled ‘brutal’ by one lawmaker PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 11 February, 2014, 4:33am UPDATED : Tuesday, 11...