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United States intelligence agencies may spy to help corporations, says report PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 09 September, 2014, 3:10am UPDATED : Tuesday, 09 September, 2014, 6:13am Andrea Chen [email protected] Glenn Greenwald broke the stories on the US government's far-reaching electronic...

Obama says will 'degrade and destroy' Islamic State By Balazs Koranyi and David Mardiste TALLINN Wed Sep 3, 2014 1:16pm EDT (Reuters) - The United States plans to fight Islamic State until it is no longer a force in the Middle East and will seek justice for the killing of American journalist...

Lesotho PM flees military 'coup' for S.Africa AFP August 31, 2014, 1:00 pm Maseru (Lesotho) (AFP) - Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane said he had fled for his life across the border to South Africa, accusing the military of seizing power in a coup and leaving the country in flux. In a...

Number of new HIV cases in Hong Kong set to reach record high for fourth year running Government consultant warns number could pass 600 this year for the first time PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 26 August, 2014, 3:23pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 26 August, 2014, 6:04pm Emily Tsang [email protected]...

Ukraine defiant on national day, rebels parade captives By Richard Balmforth and Thomas Grove KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine Sun Aug 24, 2014 5:14pm BST (Reuters) - Ukraine marked its independence day on Sunday with a military march-past in Kiev intended to send a message of defiance to Russia, but...

Actor Kai Ko to apologize to public over drug case CNA August 24, 2014, 12:01 am TWN TAIPEI, Taiwan --Taiwanese actor Kai Ko (Ko Chen-tung), who has been in detention in Beijing since Aug. 14 for allegedly smoking marijuana, will apologize to the public after his release, his...

Ferrari once owned by Steve McQueen goes for US$10m PUBLISHED : Monday, 18 August, 2014, 4:15am UPDATED : Monday, 18 August, 2014, 4:15am McClatchy Tribune The Ferrari once owned by Steve McQueen. Photo: SCMP Pictures A vintage Ferrari once owned by Steve McQueen sold for more than US$10...

Philippines brings home hundreds more workers from Libya AFP August 17, 2014, 4:32 am Manila (AFP) - More than 400 Filipino workers who fled conflict in Libya arrived in the Philippines late Saturday following a three-day mass evacuation by air and sea. The group, including 10 children...

Nicaraguans told to eat iguanas as drought threatens food supplies PUBLISHED : Friday, 15 August, 2014, 9:20pm UPDATED : Friday, 15 August, 2014, 9:20pm The Guardian Iguanas contains 24 per cent protein compared with 18 per cent in chicken. The reservoir of Las Canoas, 60 km from...

China says 18 fugitives linked to financial crimes now captured in overseas manhunt Those arrested include two bank fraudsters who surrendered to Cambodian authorities PUBLISHED : Thursday, 14 August, 2014, 4:05pm UPDATED : Thursday, 14 August, 2014, 4:34pm He Huifeng [email protected] A...

Chinese zoo unveils world's 'first' surviving panda triplets AFP August 13, 2014, 2:26 am Hong Kong (AFP) - A Chinese zoo has unveiled newborn panda triplets billed as the world's first known surviving trio, in what it hailed as a "miracle" given the animal's famously low reproductive rate...

Russia urges 'humanitarian' mission as Ukraine rebel bastion pounded AFP August 11, 2014, 2:33 am Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine's army shelled the main rebel bastion of Donetsk Sunday as Russia called for a humanitarian ceasefire, which the West warned could be a pretext by Moscow to...

Dad in jail 25 years for fatal fire freed over poor arson science PUBLISHED : Sunday, 10 August, 2014, 6:44am UPDATED : Sunday, 10 August, 2014, 6:44am Associated Press Han Tak Lee will either be tried again within 120 days or released. A South Korean man who has spent nearly 25 years in...

Standard Chartered may face new penalty over failure to flag risky transactions - source Reuters August 6, 2014, 3:11 pm People queue up outside a Standard Chartered Bank branch before operation hours at the central business district in Singapore January 23, 2014. REUTERS/Edgar Su (Reuters)...

Fresh charges for priest 'Father Tony' in gang case Yahoo7 and Agencies August 6, 2014, 2:06 pm Further charges have been filed against a priest, who was arrested last week, accusing him of getting imprisoned gang members transferred to less harsh jails and helping them to continue extorting...

US boy fatally stabbed by 12-year-old AP August 6, 2014, 2:48 pm A nine-year-old US boy has died after being repeatedly stabbed by a 12-year-old boy at a playground. Michael Conner Verkerke ran home and collapsed on the porch around 6pm on Monday after he was stabbed at a mobile home park...

US gun maker Smith & Wesson fined US$2m for bribery overseas PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 29 July, 2014, 10:04pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 29 July, 2014, 10:04pm Agence France-Presse in Washington A Smith & Wesson .357 magnum revolver is displayed for customers to rent at a Gun Club in Los Angeles...

Japanese murder suspect, 16, says she ‘wanted to dissect’ someone Girl who lived alone confesses to strangling and decapitating classmate using a hammer and saw PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 29 July, 2014, 10:11pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 29 July, 2014, 10:11pm Agence France-Presse in Tokyo Murder victim...

Ex-military attache at Taiwan US mission under scrutiny AFP July 29, 2014, 5:37 am Taipei (AFP) - A senior Taiwanese military officer who served at the island's de facto US embassy has been placed under investigation after failing a lie detector test, the defence ministry said Monday. From...

Violence soars in Gaza as world pleads for truce AFP July 29, 2014, 6:42 am Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Bloodshed in and around Gaza surged Monday with a strike killing eight Palestinian children and a mortar shell leaving dead four in Israel, shattering hopes for an end to...