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Waters sprinklers installed outside hotel in Guangzhou to ‘drive off the homeless’ District government in the southern Chinese city also backed move after guests at hostelry had complained about people sleeping rough PUBLISHED : Monday, 05 January, 2015, 4:51pm UPDATED : Monday, 05 January...

广州城管写字楼外装定时喷水装置驱赶露宿者(图) 2015年01月05日 09:56 现场：每次喷水，骑楼下150平方米左右地面基本覆盖。 原标题：骑楼装喷头露宿者难容身 “每两小时喷一次，每次20分钟。”一位广州市民在江湾大酒店面对珠江边的一段骑楼下，用水桶接起喷头喷出的免费自来水。而原先露宿在喷头下面的近20名露宿者就没有这心情了，自上月底街道城管安装水管定时喷水，大部分人已经被迫离开。街道城管、物管部门回应，这是为了美化市容，不得已而为之。 目击：每两小时喷水20分钟...

Doctors' 'party' photos while patient gets plastic surgery spark probe in South Korea PUBLISHED : Monday, 29 December, 2014, 5:12pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 30 December, 2014, 11:03am Agence France-Presse in Seoul One of the staff blows out a birthday cake while an unconscious patient is lying on...

Sony's 'The Interview' makes $18 million in opening weekend By Liana B. Baker and Mary Milliken Sun Dec 28, 2014 8:27pm EST (Reuters) - Sony Pictures (6758.T) said "The Interview" has earned more than $15 million in online sales and another $2.8 million in theaters, an impressive return made...

26 December 2014 Last updated at 10:08 ET Egypt bans 'inaccurate' Exodus film Joel Edgerton and Christian Bale Joel Edgerton and Christian Bale play Ramses and Moses respectively in the film Egypt has banned a Hollywood film based on the Biblical book of Exodus because of what censors...

Mexican family of 8 dead in suspected murder-suicide AFP December 25, 2014, 6:15 am A Mexican soldier is suspected of strangling his six children and beating his wife to death before hanging himself, authorities said Wednesday. Authorities found the woman on a bed and the six children --...

Sony Pictures allows some theatres to show 'The Interview' Reuters December 24, 2014, 4:25 am A security guard stands at the entrance of United Artists theater during the premiere of the film "The Interview" in Los Angeles, California December 11, 2014. REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian LOS ANGELES...

French police shoot dead knifeman who was shouting Islamic slogans Investigation under way after man attacks officers in police station in central France Forensic police collect evidence inside the police station of Joue les-Tours after the assault Photo: AFP By Agencies 6:22PM GMT 20 Dec...

Claims that three boys were murdered are credible, say UK police probing ‘VIP child abuse’ PUBLISHED : Friday, 19 December, 2014, 11:28am UPDATED : Friday, 19 December, 2014, 11:28am Reuters Some of the alleged abuse of children is said to have taken place at Dolphin Square estate near...

Taiwan considers releasing jailed former president for medical treatment Panel to review case of Chen Shui-bian who is serving a 20-year prison term for corruption PUBLISHED : Thursday, 18 December, 2014, 2:30pm UPDATED : Thursday, 18 December, 2014, 2:30pm Minnie Chan [email protected]...

Taiwan considers releasing jailed former president for medical treatment Panel to review case of Chen Shui-bian who is serving a 20-year prison term for corruption PUBLISHED : Thursday, 18 December, 2014, 2:30pm UPDATED : Thursday, 18 December, 2014, 2:30pm Minnie Chan [email protected]...

Cemetery with one MILLION mummies unearthed in Egypt: 1,500-year-old desert necropolis is the largest ever found The Fag el-Gamous cemetery stretches over 300 acres in Faiyum, Egypt Mummified human bodies found in shafts up to 75 feet deep in the desert Remains date from when Egypt was...

Fake sheikh in Sydney siege was linked to murder of ex-wife and sex abuse cases PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 16 December, 2014, 10:59am UPDATED : Tuesday, 16 December, 2014, 11:20am Agence France-Presse Siege gunman Man Haron Monis is pictured in 2009, bound in chains and holding an Australian flag...

French suspect charged over LuxLeaks scandal PUBLISHED : Sunday, 14 December, 2014, 7:58am UPDATED : Sunday, 14 December, 2014, 7:58am Agence France-Presse in Luxembourg "LuxLeaks" scandal has exposed deals that saved some of the world's largest firms billions of dollars in taxes while...

Muslim rebels blamed for deadly bus bombing in southern Philippines PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 10 December, 2014, 11:05am UPDATED : Wednesday, 10 December, 2014, 7:36pm Agence France-Presse in Davao Rescuers examining a damaged passenger bus at the site of a bomb attack in Maramag town in...

One dead as Pakistan opposition party workers clash with police AFP December 9, 2014, 5:38 am Faisalabad (Pakistan) (AFP) - An opposition party worker was shot dead in Pakistan on Monday as hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police armed with water cannon and batons in the central city...

Fugitive Thai millionaire protests his innocence PUBLISHED : Sunday, 07 December, 2014, 4:24pm UPDATED : Sunday, 07 December, 2014, 4:24pm Agence France-Presse in Bangkok, Thailand Fugitive Thai millionaire Nopporn Suppipat denies police accusations that he helped orchestrate the kidnapping...

Taiwan retains most Cabinet members in reshuffle CNA 2014-12-06 A photo of the cabinet resignation led by Jiang Yi-huah, front row center, at the Executive Yuan in Taipei, Dec. 1. (Photo/China Times) Taiwan assembled its new Cabinet on Friday, retaining almost all of the previous...

Taiwan retains most Cabinet members in reshuffle CNA 2014-12-06 A photo of the cabinet resignation led by Jiang Yi-huah, front row center, at the Executive Yuan in Taipei, Dec. 1. (Photo/China Times) Taiwan assembled its new Cabinet on Friday, retaining almost all of the previous members in...

Mainland Chinese hope Taiwan elections will revive Sun Yat-sen's spirit of democracy PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 02 December, 2014, 1:35pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 02 December, 2014, 5:49pm Fanny WY Fung in Taipei [email protected] Wang Xueli, of Chongqing, an advocate of the "Three Principles of the...