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Personalised digital magazine app Flipboard aims for 150 million users Company plans enhanced discovery and search tools to explore the 5m magazines already created Posted by Ben Cardew Sunday 12 January 2014 18.35 GMT The Guardian World of magazines … Flipboard’s titles cover myriad...

North Korean coal minister replaced in wake of Jang's execution Fate of Rim Nam-su unclear after reshuffle in North Korea analyst links to recent purge PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 07 January, 2014, 12:40am UPDATED : Tuesday, 07 January, 2014, 2:29am Agence France-Presse in Seoul North Korean coal...

Myanmar press stage rare protest against journalist's conviction Protest held after jailing of newspaper journalist who was working on a story about corruption PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 07 January, 2014, 1:54pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 08 January, 2014, 4:29am Associated Press in Yangon Myanmar...

Thai anti-graft panel to pursue charges against politicians PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 08 January, 2014, 2:51am UPDATED : Wednesday, 08 January, 2014, 2:51am Agence France-Presse in Bangkok Most politicians facing charges by Thai's anti-graft panel come from Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's...

Apparent suicide of K-pop star's family members shocks fans South Korean police believe the father and grandparents of Lee Teuk, leader of boy band Super Junior, took their own lives PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 07 January, 2014, 12:50pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 07 January, 2014, 6:44pm Audrey Yoo...

Three moves to the big time Wednesday, January 08, 2014 STAFF REPORTER Run Run Shaw's legendary career can be broadly divided into three key stages: Early ventures At age 19, Shaw went to Singapore to assist his third elder brother Runme Shaw in their business venture there. They established...

Match-fix probe widens after nine held by ICAC Beatrice Siu Wednesday, January 08, 2014 The Independent Commission Against Corruption has confirmed that nine people, including six football players and the executive officer of first division side Happy Valley, have been arrested for alleged...

Media mogul Run Run Shaw dies at 106 PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 07 January, 2014, 9:53am UPDATED : Tuesday, 07 January, 2014, 10:41am Vivienne Chow [email protected] Sir Run Run Shaw. Photo: Reuters Entertainment tycoon and philanthropist Sir Run Run Shaw passed away at home on Tuesday...

21 officials involved in village’s massive drugs trade Shanghai Daily, January 6, 2014 Twenty-one Party and government officials were identified as being involved in the business in Boshe in the southern province's Lufeng City. [photo / cpd.com.cn] Police and government officials were...

German construction worker killed by unexploded World War Two bomb as he dug a trench: Digger driver dies instantly in explosion near Bonn Bomb from World War II detonated in Euskirchen, west Germany One man dead, at least eight others injured in blast on industrial site Shock wave 'felt...

Egyptian rapper speaks out for women AP Mariam Rizk AP January 2, 2014, 6:01 am As soon as the beat started, the young veiled woman bobbed her head to the rhythm, raised her hands to get the crowd clapping and then unleashed a flood of rap lyrics that tackled some of the biggest social...

'12 Years a Slave,' 'Gravity' up for Producers Guild Awards Reuters January 3, 2014, 5:19 am Producer Alfonso Cuaron arrives for the film premiere of "Gravity" in New York in this October 1, 2013 file photograph. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/Files By Mary Milliken LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood...

Mysterious Aztec 'human sacrifice' skulls found in dig under Mexico City subway By James Nye PUBLISHED: 06:29 GMT, 1 January 2014 | UPDATED: 06:38 GMT, 1 January 2014 Archaeologists announced Tuesday that excavations for a Mexico...

Samsung sells 110-inch ultra-HD TV for $150,000 Samsung sells 110-inch ultra-HD TV: Models pose with a Samsung Electronics' 110-inch UHD TV.: Models pose with a Samsung Electronics' 110-inch UHD TV. Models pose with a Samsung Electronics' 110-inch UHD TV. By Youkyung Lee, AP Technology...

Slain Lebanese teen's last selfie AP December 31, 2013, 8:55 am<object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D <embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"...

Man 'stripped, bashed' in Brisbane unit AAP December 31, 2013, 3:18 pm A man was allegedly ordered to strip naked, threatened with a tomahawk and bashed in a vicious assault at a Brisbane unit. A 45-year-old man and a 47-year-old man appeared in court on Tuesday charged with deprivation of...

Security guard crushed to death by 15ft python in front of terrified crowd outside luxury Bali hotel By SIMON TOMLINSON PUBLISHED: 11:16 GMT, 27 December 2013 | UPDATED: 15:44 GMT, 27 December 2013 A security guard was strangled to death by a python in front of terrified onlookers today...

Son Killed Mother, Mutilated Her Body: Police Report Robert Owen Rankin, 22, allegedly told police he was looking for a baby in his mother's stomach. Friday, Dec 27, 2013 | Updated 6:02 PM EST Robert Owen Rankin, 22, is accused of killing his mother, Margaret Rohner, inside her Deep River...

Facebook 'dead and buried' as teenagers switch to WhatsApp and Snapchat - because they don't want mum and dad to see their embarrassing pictures Alternative picture-sharing apps are growing along with Instagram Study found many leave Facebook when their parents send friend request...

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