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Taiwan university freshmen forced to strip down during orientation camp TAIPEI (THE CHINA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - First-year undergraduates were asked to take off their underwear and drink water spat from another student's mouth during a Jinwen University of Science and Technology's...

Young lawmaker Yau Wai-ching, who caused a hubbub for using a Cantonese slang term for sexual intercourse in a public forum, remained unremorseful and said she would continue using so-called “dirty” words in Legislative Council meetings if needed. The 25-year-old, of the localist party...

BERLIN: A Syrian man arrested on suspicion of plotting a militant bomb attack on a Berlin airport was found dead in his cell on Wednesday (Oct 12) after an apparent suicide, sparking outrage over a "judicial scandal". Jaber Albakr, who was arrested two days earlier following a nationwide...

Western contact with China began long before Marco Polo, experts say China and the West were in contact more than 1,500 years before European explorer Marco Polo arrived in China, new finds suggest. Archaeologists say inspiration for the Terracotta Warriors, found at the Tomb of the First...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3831991/Wheelchair-bound-woman-gang-raped-six-migrants-Swedish-asylum-centre-asking-use-toilet.html Wheelchair-bound woman is gang-raped by six migrants at Swedish asylum centre after asking if she could use their toilet A wheelchair-bound woman was...

Singapore is not expected to go into a recession, but should the economy turn negative, the Government stands ready to respond, Minister for Trade and Industry (Trade) Lim Hng Kiang told Parliament yesterday. "Depending on the nature and severity of the downturn, the Government is prepared to...

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/singapore/mas-orders-falcon-bank-to-shut-operations-in-singapore-imposes/3196162.html MAS orders Falcon Bank to shut operations in Singapore; imposes fines on DBS, UBS SINGAPORE: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced on Tuesday...

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/govt-doesn-t-encourage-online-gambling-but-recognises-reality-of/3194322.html SINGAPORE: The Government’s position on online gambling is “not to encourage it”, but to “recognise a reality” that there are Singaporeans who engage in it and hence...

http://www.chinasmack.com/2013/stories/chinese-student-kills-american-overseas-posts-2-million-bail.html Chinese Study Abroad Student Hits and Kills American, Posts 2 Million USD Bail SAN FRANCISCO (People.com.cn) – American local media are reporting that the mother of a 19-year-old...