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Around the nation: shoppers cheat hawker with fake money PUBLISHED : Monday, 12 January, 2015, 7:42pm UPDATED : Monday, 12 January, 2015, 7:42pm A hawker in Luoyang, Henan, shows the seven 100 yuan bank notes, with identical serial numbers, that were passed to him in a morning's trade...

Around the nation: retiree leaves traditional Chinese drawings on dirt-caked car windows Also, teacher comes up with costly fines for his misbehaving pupils, and doctor starts his daughter early on learning about the human anatomy...using sausages PUBLISHED : Sunday, 11 January, 2015, 6:57pm...

Live chickens back on sale in Hong Kong after bird flu cull PUBLISHED : Sunday, 11 January, 2015, 11:40am UPDATED : Sunday, 11 January, 2015, 11:40am Ernest Kao Some 15,000 chickens were culled at Cheung Sha Wan market following the discovery of bird flu. Photo: SCMP Live chickens are back...

Chinese Communist Party officials in hot water over their luxury wardrobes Photographs of officials wearing designer labels including Louis Vuitton go viral but land officials in trouble after eagle-eyed internet users notice expensive brands Li Jianguo wore an expensive Louis Vuitton belt...

13 policemen detained over kidnapping of Mexican newspaper editor as 'tortured' corpse found PUBLISHED : Thursday, 08 January, 2015, 4:18pm UPDATED : Thursday, 08 January, 2015, 4:18pm Agence France-Presse in Xalapa An activist holds a picture of missing journalist Moises Sanchez during a...

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The future is here: gadgets that stole the show at Las Vegas electronics show PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 06 January, 2015, 10:40am UPDATED : Tuesday, 06 January, 2015, 12:04pm Associated Press in Las Vegas The International CES gadget show in Las Vegas this week isn’t typically a major forum for...

Three arrested after mass attempted suicide in north China (Xinhua) Updated: 2015-01-04 19:33 Twelve people stand on the top of the local development and reform commission government building at around 10 a.m in Shuozhou, North China's Shanxi province. [Photo/CRI and news.china.com] TAIYUAN...

Suspected North Korean army deserter kills four Chinese: Yonhap SEOUL Sun Jan 4, 2015 10:27pm EST (Reuters) - A suspected North Korean army deserter has been detained in China after killing four Chinese during a robbery in the border city of Helong late last month, Yonhap News Agency reported...

Libyan on trial for US embassy bombings dies at 50 By MAGGIE MICHAEL Jan. 3, 2015 7:01 AM EST FILE - This file image from the FBI website shows al-Qaida leader Abu Anas al-Libi. The wife of Al-Libi, a Libyan accused of being an al-Qaida member involved in the 1998 bombings of two U.S...

Putin tells Russians to steel themselves for tough year ahead PUBLISHED : Friday, 02 January, 2015, 3:19am UPDATED : Friday, 02 January, 2015, 3:19am Washington Post in Moscow A mural in Sevastopol, Crimea of Putin, who still commands strong support at home. Photo: Reuters The annual New...

Putin tells Russians to steel themselves for tough year ahead PUBLISHED : Friday, 02 January, 2015, 3:19am UPDATED : Friday, 02 January, 2015, 3:19am Washington Post in Moscow A mural in Sevastopol, Crimea of Putin, who still commands strong support at home. Photo: Reuters The annual New...

China businessman jailed 13 years for buying tigers, eating them and drinking their blood PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 30 December, 2014, 4:25pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 30 December, 2014, 4:25pm Agence France-Presse in Beijing A Siberian tiger tries to catch a chicken at a tiger park in Harbin...

Poppy capsules as food additive to be severely banned Xinhua, December 27, 2014 Chinese authorities have recently issued a notice saying that it will severely punish businesses using poppy capsules as food additives after a series of scandals. Poppy capsules [File photo / Legal Daily]...

Poppy capsules as food additive to be severely banned Xinhua, December 27, 2014 Chinese authorities have recently issued a notice saying that it will severely punish businesses using poppy capsules as food additives after a series of scandals. Poppy capsules [File photo / Legal Daily] The...

North Korea expands its air force Published: 2014-12-25 16:11 Updated: 2014-12-25 16:11 North Korea has increased the number of its air force troops by 10,000, while reducing that of army soldiers by the same amount, a South Korean government data showed Thursday. The total number of the...

Some N. Korean websites remain down Published: 2014-12-24 17:46 Updated: 2014-12-24 17:46 Some major North Korean websites remained blocked Wednesday for the second straight day amid growing speculation over cyber warfare between Washington and Pyongyang. After going down on Tuesday evening...

YouTube, web channels show Sony's 'The Interview' a day before theatres PUBLISHED : Thursday, 25 December, 2014, 8:27am UPDATED : Thursday, 25 December, 2014, 8:27am Reuters Tickets for the film "The Interview" is seen held up by theater manager Donald Melancon for the media at Crest...

YouTube, web channels show Sony's 'The Interview' a day before theatres PUBLISHED : Thursday, 25 December, 2014, 8:27am UPDATED : Thursday, 25 December, 2014, 8:27am Reuters Tickets for the film "The Interview" is seen held up by theater manager Donald Melancon for the media at Crest...

North Korea's gulags: a horror "without any parallel in the contemporary world" Updated by Max Fisher on October 27, 2014, 9:50 a.m. ET @Max_Fisher [email protected] North Korean propaganda mural Feng Li/Getty The gulags of North Korea exist in a strange world between secret and unsecret. No one...