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Indonesia landslide kills 18, leaves 90 missing PUBLISHED : Saturday, 13 December, 2014, 2:16pm UPDATED : Saturday, 13 December, 2014, 5:52pm Associated Press in Banjarnegara A rescue team removes bodies after a landslide at Jemblung village in Banjarnegara, Central Java province, on...

World’s oceans contain 270,000 tonnes of plastic, study reveals PUBLISHED : Thursday, 11 December, 2014, 10:20pm UPDATED : Thursday, 11 December, 2014, 10:23pm World’s oceans contain 270,000 tonnes of plastic, study reveals The world's oceans are now clogged with enough plastic to fill more...

Hong Kong protest leaders will 'stay to end' as police swoop looms AFP December 11, 2014, 1:34 am Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong's student protest leaders said Wednesday that they would "stay to the end" as police prepared to swoop on the city's main rally site after more than two months of...

600,000 Filipinos flee homes as super typhoon's erratic path keeps country on edge PUBLISHED : Saturday, 06 December, 2014, 1:05pm UPDATED : Sunday, 07 December, 2014, 2:19am Associated Press in Manila Filipinos take shelter inside a gymnasium in Mambaling village, Cebu province, some of...

One dead, dozens missing as South Korean trawler sinks off eastern Russia Seven crew members rescued and one body recovered, but dozens of fishermen remain missing in the freezing waters of western Bering Sea PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 02 December, 2014, 10:05pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 03 December...

Qatar court acquits US couple over daughter’s death Chinese-American couple, jailed amid claims they had starved to death their adopted black daughter to sell her organs, are free to leave Qatar PUBLISHED : Sunday, 30 November, 2014, 6:13pm UPDATED : Monday, 01 December, 2014, 4:31am Agence...

Egyptian court drops case against ex-president Hosni Mubarak over 2011 protester deaths PUBLISHED : Saturday, 29 November, 2014, 5:23pm UPDATED : Sunday, 30 November, 2014, 3:48am Reuters in Cairo An image from Egyptian state television shows Hosni Mubarak sitting in the defendant's cage in...

Argentina accuses HSBC in US$3b tax evasion cases “HSBC Argentina emphatically rejects its participation in any illegal association, including any organization that allows capital flight aimed at evading taxes” PUBLISHED : Friday, 28 November, 2014, 9:56am UPDATED : Saturday, 29 November...

Grant confirmed as new Ghana boss By Mark Doyle Nov 27, 2014 14:27:21 The Israel trainer succeeds Kwesi Appiah at the helm after penning a a two-year contract with the Black Stars Former Chelsea boss Avram Grant has been confirmed as the new coach of Ghana's national team. The Black Stars...

Bangladesh war criminals on death row win right to final appeal AFP November 26, 2014, 2:46 am Dhaka (AFP) - Ten Bangladesh convicts on death row won the right to a final appeal against their conviction and sentence for war crimes, the country's top legal official said Tuesday. The Supreme...

Swiss museum agrees to return masterpieces seized by Nazis PUBLISHED : Monday, 24 November, 2014, 10:14pm UPDATED : Monday, 24 November, 2014, 10:14pm Bloomberg in Berlin Henri Matisse's Woman Sitting in an Arm chair is among the works thought to have been looted by the Nazis. A museum in...

Hungary teachers protest against cuts, reforms AFP November 23, 2014, 5:52 am Budapest (AFP) - Thousands of Hungarian teachers demonstrated in Budapest on Saturday against Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government, demanding a stop to funding cuts and dialogue over controversial education...

England announce France and Germany friendlies By Peter Thompson Nov 19, 2014 12:45:00 The Euro 2016 hosts travel to Wembley on November 17, 2015, with the world champions arriving in March the following year, while Spain and Netherlands fixtures are being discussed The Football Association...

Atari games buried in landfill net US$37,000 on eBay PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 18 November, 2014, 4:10am UPDATED : Tuesday, 18 November, 2014, 4:10am Associated Press in Alamogordo, New Mexico A screengrab from the ET: The Extra-Terrestrial game. Photo: Reuters What some have called the worst...

Pope targeted by explicit protest on St Peter's Square AFP November 15, 2014, 3:07 am Femen, the women's rights group known for topless protests, took their act to a new level of provocation on Friday with an explicitly sexually suggestive demonstration in front of the Vatican. In what they...

Thai king suffers another bout of colon inflammation AFP November 14, 2014, 1:14 am Bangkok (AFP) - Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-serving monarch, is being treated for another bout of colon inflammation, the palace said Thursday, days after the monarch made a rare...

Jakarta to be protected from flooding by 8km, US$263 million sea wall PUBLISHED : Friday, 10 October, 2014, 5:13am UPDATED : Friday, 10 October, 2014, 5:13am Reuters in Jakarta Officials check the plan during the official launch of construction of the Jakarta sea wall. Photo: AFP Indonesia...

Briton paid HK$10,000 to have wife killed on South African honeymoon, hears court Briton wanted murder to look like hijacking, hears South African court PUBLISHED : Thursday, 09 October, 2014, 5:32am UPDATED : Thursday, 09 October, 2014, 5:32am Reuters in Capetown Shrien Dewani before the...

Friend of Boston bombing suspect told string of lies, trial hears But defence says Robel Phillipos was too high to remember what he was doing in suspect's room PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 07 October, 2014, 9:14pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 08 October, 2014, 3:45am Associated Press in Boston Robel...

France gets serious over 'Snowden syndrome' and cybersecurity PUBLISHED : Monday, 06 October, 2014, 10:11pm UPDATED : Monday, 06 October, 2014, 10:11pm Bloomberg in Paris Under the new law, the French government will require that the 200 entities most vital to the country's economy, such as...