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James Holmes is convicted of ‘Batman’ movie massacre in Colorado and may face execution PUBLISHED : Friday, 17 July, 2015, 9:57am UPDATED : Friday, 17 July, 2015, 9:58am Reuters in Centennial, Colorado Gunman James Holmes makes his first court appearance in Aurora, Colorado, on July 23...

FBI blunders allowed accused Charleston shooter to buy gun AFP July 11, 2015, 10:27 am Washington (AFP) - The man accused of shooting dead nine black Charleston churchgoers was only able to purchase the handgun that killed them because of FBI failures, its director said Friday. FBI chief...

China's draft cybersecurity law has chilling implications for internet, multinationals Proposed legislation steps up data protections as well as government controls online PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 08 July, 2015, 3:39pm UPDATED : Thursday, 09 July, 2015, 12:35am Nectar Gan [email protected]...

South Korean official tasked to handle bus crash aftermath falls to death from China hotel PUBLISHED : Sunday, 05 July, 2015, 10:20pm UPDATED : Sunday, 05 July, 2015, 10:20pm Agence France-Presse in Beijing The site of the accident, suspected to be a suicide, in which South Korean official...

Two feared dead after man set himself on fire on board moving Japanese bullet train PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 30 June, 2015, 12:02pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 30 June, 2015, 7:54pm Agence France-Presse in Tokyo A passenger is carried by rescue workers from a Shinkansen bullet train after it made an...

India arrests six suspected smugglers found with US$15m snake venom hidden in school bags PUBLISHED : Sunday, 28 June, 2015, 8:50pm UPDATED : Sunday, 28 June, 2015, 8:50pm Agence France-Presse in New Delhi A man extracts venom from a viper at a snake farm. Wildlife experts say illegal trade...

Toxic bootleg liquor kills 53 in India's Mumbai AFP June 20, 2015, 2:33 am Mumbai (AFP) - Fifty-three people have died in Mumbai and 28 others are being treated in hospital after drinking toxic home-made liquor, police said Friday, in the latest incident of alcohol poisoning in India...

Tiger 'unintentionally' mauled abbot at Thai temple: doctor AFP May 26, 2015, 3:06 am Bangkok (AFP) - A tiger that mauled the abbot of a Thai temple under fire over the welfare of dozens of big cats in its care "didn't intend" to attack him, the monk's doctor said on Monday. Wat Pha Luang...

Guatemalan president sacks 3 ministers amid graft scandal AFP May 22, 2015, 7:37 am Guatemala City (AFP) - Guatemala's embattled President Otto Perez fired three ministers and his spy chief Thursday, seeking to get a grip on a deepening corruption scandal that already claimed his vice...

Man tries to immolate self near Presidential Office Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2015-05-19 05:59 PM TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A man set himself on fire in front of the Presidential Office Building Tuesday but was taken away to a nearby hospital alive, reports said. Because the incident...

J-31 stealth jet gets bad reviews after Zhuhai Airshow flight Chang Kuo-wei 2014-11-20 J-10 fighters fly in formation at the Zhuhai Airshow, Nov. 11. (File photo/Xinhua) China's newly unveiled J-31 stealth fighter has received bad reviews at home and abroad after making its first public...