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With Nemtsov gone, Russian opposition wonders who is left to take on Vladimir Putin With the opposition leader Nemtsov murdered and other high-profile dissenters in prison or exiled, voices railing at Kremlin now thinned PUBLISHED : Monday, 02 March, 2015, 11:24pm UPDATED : Monday, 02 March...

Nemtsov murder witness, Ukrainian model Ganna Duritska, ‘blocked from leaving Russia’ PUBLISHED : Monday, 02 March, 2015, 9:16pm UPDATED : Monday, 02 March, 2015, 9:52pm Agence France-Presse in Moscow A man reacts at the site of the killing of veteran Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov...

5 Vietnamese arrested in Japan for people smuggling Thanh Nien News HO CHI MINH CITY - Monday, February 23, 2015 10:47 Police in Japan have taken into custody five Vietnamese nationals for allegedly abetting 30 people to illegally enter the country, Vietnam News Agency reported Sunday. Among...

7 Myanmar soldiers killed, 20 wounded in rebel attack near Chinese border PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 16 December, 2014, 9:30am UPDATED : Tuesday, 16 December, 2014, 9:30am Reuters in Yangon Trainees stand at attention at an army training base in Myanmar. The military accused insurgents of...

Millions feared missing in alleged Bitcoin scam Published: 2015-02-09 21:58 Updated: 2015-02-09 21:58 HONG KONG, (AFP) -- Investors in a Hong Kong-based Bitcoin trading company fear they have fallen victim to a scam after it closed down, a lawmaker said Monday, adding losses could total HK$3...

Henan doctor sacked after baby dragged by wheelchair and died Xinhua 2015-02-01 A surveillance video showing the mother giving birth in a wheelchair. (Internet photo) A doctor has been fired and several staff were demoted after a newborn baby was killed after being dragged several meters by...

Published: Friday February 6, 2015 MYT 11:18:00 PM Updated: Friday February 6, 2015 MYT 11:19:11 PM Man detained after package with pork hurled into mosque BUTTERWORTH: Police detained a man over an incident where a package believed to contain pork was hurled into the compound of the Telaga...

Chinese citizens rush to apply for new 10-year US visas Number of US visas issued to Chinese up 68 per cent in 2 months following reciprocal US-China deal on validity PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 03 February, 2015, 10:39pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 03 February, 2015, 11:16pm Toh Han Shih, Andrea Chen and...

Former Ting Hsin executive released on NT$100 million bail CNA 2015-01-29 Wei Ying-chung leaves after reporting to a police station in Taipei as required under the bail terms, Jan. 28. (Photo/Keye Chang) Wei Ying-chung, the disgraced former chairman of Ting Hsin Oil and Fat Industrial, was...

Chinese officers caught feasting on an endangered salamander Date January 28, 2015 - 8:04AM William Wan and Gu Jinglu In China, eating salamander meat is thought to improve one's skin. Photo: Wikipedia Beijing: China is in the throes of the harshest crackdown on corruption in decades, but...

What a brain injury looks like: scientists examine blast victims From first world war to Afghanistan, a study shines a light on a disease affecting blast victims PUBLISHED : Saturday, 17 January, 2015, 4:16am UPDATED : Saturday, 17 January, 2015, 4:16am The Washington Post A honeycomb...

Crowds gather for historic Paris march of defiance and sorrow PUBLISHED : Sunday, 11 January, 2015, 9:41pm UPDATED : Sunday, 11 January, 2015, 9:42pm Agence France-Presse in Paris People stand on the base of the statue of Marianne at the Place de la Republique at the start of the rally...

Man who confessed to 17 rapes, murders faces trial Xinhua, January 5, 2015 The trial of an alleged serial killer began Monday in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The case has been reopened more than eight years after his first trial. Serial killer Zhao Zhihong stands trial in...