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Agence France-Presse December 19, 2014 1:30pm Man rams gas-laden car into Spain ruling party HQ A man rammed a car loaded with gas cylinders into the Madrid headquarters of Spain's conservative ruling party on Friday, police said. The canisters did not explode and there were no injuries, a...

Nigerian court sentences 54 soldiers to death for mutiny Five acquitted in case involving refusal to fight against Boko Haram Islamists PUBLISHED : Thursday, 18 December, 2014, 9:28pm UPDATED : Thursday, 18 December, 2014, 9:28pm Agence France-Presse in Abuja Soldiers accused of refusing...

Malay Muslims fleeing country as fundamentalism takes hold Increasing religious fundamentalism and authoritarianism propel many to leave PUBLISHED : Sunday, 14 December, 2014, 10:11pm UPDATED : Monday, 15 December, 2014, 10:24pm Amy Chew in Kuala Lumpur In the past, it was Malaysian's...

Moldova arrests gang suspected of smuggling uranium from Russia AFP December 12, 2014, 6:37 am Chisinau (AFP) - Moldova has detained seven people suspected of smuggling uranium-238 on a passenger train from Russia, a highly radioactive substance that can be used to make a dirty bomb...

Poland unearths one of WWII's darkest secrets AFP December 6, 2014, 8:02 am Now, 70 years after the end of World War II, thanks to the excavations in eastern Poland, these unknown soldiers are getting a proper burial. Anastasia carefully digs through the earth with her trowel. Bit by bit, a...

Canada's new millionaire visa scheme 'will only accept 50 applicants per year' Tiny scheme would thwart 45,000 rich Chinese who were dumped from investor immigration queue PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 03 December, 2014, 2:55pm UPDATED : Thursday, 04 December, 2014, 4:11am Ian Young in Vancouver...

Thai PM plays down concern over tourist murder investigation By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:07am EDT Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha gestures to the media as he leaves after a handover ceremony for the new Royal Thai Army Chief, General Udomdej Sitabutra, at...

New documentary on Edward Snowden covers NSA whistleblower's Hong Kong revelations Premier of a documentary about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden offers an intimate portrait of man prepared to risk loosing his freedom in order to expose government surveillance PUBLISHED : Saturday, 11...

New Taiwan company revealed to have sold tainted lard oil as food scandal widens Taiwan prosecutors found that Cheng I Food has been supplying tainted lard oil products to various supermarket chains in latest "gutter oil" food scandal revelations PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 08 October, 2014, 6:36pm...

German train drivers announce rail strike soon Reuters October 7, 2014, 2:05 am BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's train drivers' union GDL said on Monday it would hold a nationwide strike some time in the coming days, the latest step in its drawn out pay dispute with state-owned rail operator...

Mainland Chinese youths launch Facebook campaign to support Hong Kong protesters PUBLISHED : Friday, 03 October, 2014, 3:23pm UPDATED : Friday, 03 October, 2014, 5:54pm Chen Yifei and Raquel Carvalho A screenshot of the facebook page of Mainlanders support Hong Kong. A Facebook page was...

Caught on cam: Scam artist fakes getting hit by car <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/skON4WCqb1w?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0" allowfullscreen="" height="480" width="853" frameborder="0"></iframe> A raw video showing a man landing on a car’s front window has gone viral on Chinese social...

Thousands join 'anti-Facebook' social network Ello Ello invitations have sold on eBay for US$500 with reports of 35,000 requests per hour PUBLISHED : Monday, 29 September, 2014, 3:23am UPDATED : Monday, 29 September, 2014, 3:23am Agence France-Presse in Washington Ello does not require...

Chinese internet regulator sacked and expelled from party over graft Gao Jianyun was official in high-level taskforce chaired by President Xi Jinping PUBLISHED : Saturday, 27 September, 2014, 4:35am UPDATED : Saturday, 27 September, 2014, 4:35am Adrian Wan [email protected] Gao Jianyun...

Middle East experts question staying power of anti-Islamic State alliance Middle East experts question the original motives and the resilience of the grouping that has assembled to go to battle with Islamic State PUBLISHED : Thursday, 25 September, 2014, 11:26pm UPDATED : Friday, 26...

Middle East experts question staying power of anti-Islamic State alliance Middle East experts question the original motives and the resilience of the grouping that has assembled to go to battle with Islamic State PUBLISHED : Thursday, 25 September, 2014, 11:26pm UPDATED : Friday, 26 September...

Scuffles as Hong Kong students escalate democracy strike AFP September 23, 2014, 10:15 pm Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong students mobbed the city's leader Tuesday in angry scenes as they took their anti-Beijing strike to government headquarters, where more than 1,000 protested against China's...

Chart Book Nicole Elliott PUBLISHED : Friday, 19 September, 2014, 5:34am UPDATED : Friday, 19 September, 2014, 9:20am Chart of the day: Don't panic, Scotland Today we find out how Scotland has voted, a difficult decision where the economy is just one of the issues. The chart of the euro...

Re: A new Scotland, the 'Singapore' of Europe? Chart Book Nicole Elliott PUBLISHED : Friday, 19 September, 2014, 5:34am UPDATED : Friday, 19 September, 2014, 9:20am Chart of the day: Don't panic, Scotland Today we find out how Scotland has voted, a difficult decision where the economy...

Re: A new Scotland, the 'Singapore' of Europe? Scotland votes 'no' to independence in historic referendum that keeps UK intact Scots vote 'no' to independence in 27 out of 31 constituencies declared PUBLISHED : Friday, 19 September, 2014, 8:41am UPDATED : Friday, 19 September, 2014, 2:06pm...