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Two injured in central Barcelona shooting: police AFP July 29, 2015, 3:49 am Barcelona (AFP) - A hooded attacker opened fire Tuesday outside a hotel in downtown Barcelona near the Spanish city's popular Las Ramblas boulevard, leaving two people injured, police said. One person was struck by...

Girl complains about mother's photo-sharing obsession China Daily, June 3, 2015 A ten-year-old girl in Leshan city, Sichuan province complains in her diary that her mother keeps taking photos of her and posting them as "Moments" on the popular instant messaging app WeChat, reported Chengdu...

Death sentence for ousted president Mursi, Egyptian court rules Judge refers death sentence pronounced on Mursi and others to the nation’s top Muslim theologian, or mufti, who must give his opinion before any execution can be carried out PUBLISHED : Saturday, 16 May, 2015, 7:04pm UPDATED ...

Chinese tourist blacklisted by officials for standing on Red Army statue for photo Man placed on database of badly behaved travellers for climbing statue at Shaanxi province memorial park to take picture, which went viral on mainland social media PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 05 May, 2015, 10:33am...

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye accepts PM’s resignation in wake of bribery scandal PUBLISHED : Monday, 27 April, 2015, 6:38pm UPDATED : Monday, 27 April, 2015, 10:18pm Agence France-Presse in Seoul South Korea's Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo leaves after delivering his speech during his...

Buildings collapse, hundreds killed as 7.9 magnitude quake strikes Nepal Death toll expected to rise as rescuers continue to sift through rubble in search of survivors and reports of fatalities during avalanches around Mouth Everest come in PUBLISHED : Saturday, 25 April, 2015, 3:04pm...

US drug agency chief Michele Leonhart to retire over DEA prostitute party scandal Date April 23, 2015 - 4:13AM Julie Hirschfeld Davis New York Times Leonhart spent 35 years working with the DEA. Photo: AFP Washington: The Obama administration's top drug enforcement official will step down...

Iran to spy on Aust foreign fighters By Rashida Yosufzai April 20, 2015, 9:13 am Australia will tap into Iran's "sophisticated" and broad intelligence network to track foreign fighters under an unprecedented spy co-operation deal. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop brokered what she describes as...

Parallel trading syndicates issue smugglers with ‘receipts’ to evade arrest Traders pose as genuine buyers with papers supplied by syndicate bosses PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 15 April, 2015, 11:12pm UPDATED : Thursday, 16 April, 2015, 1:19am Clifford Lo [email protected] An order in Sheung...

Lamborghini and Ferrari drivers in ‘Fast and Furious’ crash are jobless, Beijing police say Authorities detain two drivers over suspected road race involving multimillion-dollar vehicles, saying the young men are unemployed PUBLISHED : Monday, 13 April, 2015, 6:36pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 14...

Malaysia passes new sedition laws that lift maximum jail term to 20 years Government claims legislation protects religion, but opponents say it silences free expression PUBLISHED : Saturday, 11 April, 2015, 1:13am UPDATED : Saturday, 11 April, 2015, 1:13am Agence France-Presse in Kuala Lumpur...

Mother who fatally poisoned baby son with salt - and then blogged about his fight for life - jailed for 20 years PUBLISHED : Thursday, 09 April, 2015, 11:00pm UPDATED : Thursday, 09 April, 2015, 11:00pm Reuters in New York Lacey Spears looks towards Judge Robert Neary during her sentencing...

Official dubbed ‘Bulldozer Mayor’ over infamous demolition policy jailed for corruption Former mayor of Nanjing, who had a reputation for grand construction projects, took bribes worth 11 million yuan from 'circle of friends' PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 07 April, 2015, 2:23pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 08...

Microsoft to offer free upgrades to Windows 10 in China as it kills off Internet Explorer PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 18 March, 2015, 12:59pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 18 March, 2015, 2:15pm James Griffiths [email protected] @jgriffiths Microsoft announced this week it is discontinuing its web...

Chinese official suspended for watching pornography at work Source: Xinhua Published: 2015-3-15 19:11:26 An official with northwest China's Gansu Province was suspended from his job after reporters discovered he watched pornographic videos at work, local authorities said Sunday. The county...

Around the nation: Chinese beggar's income buys him two flats in Beijing Also, boy sparks bomb scare with prank on neighbours, and woman charged for killing husband's gambling buddy PUBLISHED : Monday, 02 March, 2015, 7:32pm UPDATED : Monday, 02 March, 2015, 7:32pm The man was detained for...

Grandfather, 68, jumps to death holding baby grandson in Hong Kong murder-suicide Man, 68, had 13-month-old grandson in his arms when they tumbled PUBLISHED : Monday, 23 February, 2015, 3:27pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 24 February, 2015, 1:32pm Samuel Chan [email protected] Firefighters arrive...

Translation China, land of fake goods, has excelled itself as a lucrative trade in selling fake ID’s to underage US college students has been uncovered by the New York Times. The practice has become so commonplace that the Illinois Secretary of State has issued warnings reminding students...

Alarm prompts evacuation of International Space Station section Ammonia leak triggers alarm causing six astronauts to to relocate from US sector to Russian as safety precaution. Subsequent tests indicate conditions are safe PUBLISHED : Thursday, 15 January, 2015, 11:13am UPDATED : Thursday, 15...