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China launches free trade zone in Shanghai AFP September 29, 2013, 6:32 pm Shanghai (AFP) - China launched a free trade zone in its commercial hub Shanghai on Sunday, state-media reported, with the project seen as a testing ground for much-needed reforms in the world's second largest...

Russian court detains Greenpeace spokesman AFP September 29, 2013, 8:25 pm Moscow (AFP) - A Russian court on Sunday ordered a Greenpeace spokesman to be detained for two months over an open-sea protest against Arctic oil drilling, in a criminal case that has caused international concern...

Israel says it caught Iranian spy with photos of U.S. embassy September 29, 2013 11:23 AM (Last updated: September 29, 2013 01:02 PM) Reuters In this Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005 file photo, The former head of Israel's Shin Bet internal security service, Avi Dichter speaks during a press...

Japan kindergarten told to pay $1.8m damages over tsunami deaths Five children and one woman were killed when bus was engulfed by the huge waves AFP Published: 13:51 September 17, 2013 Gulf News Tokyo: A Japanese court on Tuesday ordered a kindergarten to pay $1.8 million (Dh6.6 million) to...

North Korean inmates starved and tortured, abuse widespread: U.N. Michael Kirby, Chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea, smiles after a news conference after delivering his report to the U.N. Human Rights Council at the United Nations European headquarters in...

Jakarta to impose curfew on students Thu, September 12 2013 18:50 Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Jakarta provincial government is gearing up to impose a special curfew on students across the capital to prevent them from loitering in the city after midnight. "Students are underaged children, and...

Rangers shoot dead drug gang suspect Published: 13 Sep 2013 at 09.51 A member of a drug trafficking gang was shot dead, 60,000 speed pills seized and two drug mules arrested in two incidents in Chiang Rai on Thursday. An army ranger task force spotted six each carrying a backpack near Suanpa...

China sentences 3 to death for ‘violent terrorism’ September 13, 2013 Reuters BEIJING : A court in China’s restive far western region of Xinjiang sentenced three ethnic Uighurs to death on Thursday for acts of “violent terrorism”, including murder and being part of a terrorist organisation...

Georgian president scales mountain with Putin critic AFP September 10, 2013, 11:16 pm Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili is seen in Tbilisi on August 8, 2013 (AFP/File, Vano Shlamov) TBILISI (AFP) - Georgia's sport-loving President Mikheil Saakashvili has climbed one of Europe's tallest...

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<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/GTAFwg5yQsA?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"></iframe> Published on Aug 26, 2013 Officials at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington say a newborn panda is healthy and vibrant. The panda was born Friday and weighs 4.8...

<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/P5OSu8YR3Fs?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"></iframe> Published on Aug 26, 2013 Highlights of this day in history: American women gain the right to vote, as the U.S. Constitution's 19th Amendment takes effect...

<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/WG57CXTpGMs?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"></iframe> Aug. 25 - Police in Moscow detain Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny for allegedly breaching rules related to mass events conduct. Nathan Frandino reports. (...

Mumbai journalist gang-rape case: All five suspects arrested PTI Aug 25, 2013, 03.11PM IST (The accused, Kasim Bangali) MUMBAI: Three days after a young photojournalist was gangraped in a mill here, all the five accused in the case have been arrested even as Mumbai Police was grappling to...

Fidel Castro: I didn't expect to live this long Fidel Castro says he didn't expect he'd live long enough to turn 87 this week after grave illness forced him from office in 2006, according to an essay carried by official media Wednesday. Fidel Castro makes a rare public appearance By...

Chinese zoo substitutes lion for dog A zoo in China has substituted lions and wolves for dogs and rats for snakes in what is being seen as a cost-cutting exercise. A zoo in China has replaced its lions with Tibetan Mastiff dogs. Photo: ED JONES/AFP By Malcolm Moore, Beijing 7:21PM BST 14...

Brazil Inmates Flee Jail Amid Mass Riot Video from a detention facility in Sao Paolo shows a number of prisoners scaling the wall and climbing down a tree to freedom. 2:54pm, Tuesday 13 August 2013 <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RgetgREbOO4?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0"...

13 August 2013 Last updated at 10:44 GMT Dalai Lama's Chinese website hacked and infected By Joe Miller BBC News The Central Tibetan Administration website has been repeatedly targeted The Chinese-language website of the Tibetan government-in-exile, whose spiritual head is the Dalai Lama...

The dos and many don'ts of gift giving in China Shanghai Daily, August 12, 2013 Are there any rules about giving gifts in China? What types of gifts should I give to locals? Which ones should I avoid? A: China has a long tradition of giving gifts. We give presents on many occasions such as...

<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/uqsoWbQewIo?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> Published on Aug 12, 2013 Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg released a humorous campaign video of himself going undercover as a taxi driver, ahead of elections...