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Heather Mack and Tommy Schaefer indicted for premeditated murder over Bali body in suitcase Date January 15, 2015 - 12:53AM Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa Heather Mack listens while sitting next to an interpreter in a court in Denpasar, Bali. Mack is charged with the premeditated murder of...

Months after deal, no refugees choose Cambodia as new home Date January 13, 2015 - 6:42PM Lindsay Murdoch Immigration Minister Scott Morrison and Cambodian Interior Minister Sar Kheng in September. Photo: Omar Havana Bangkok: Months after former immigration minister Scott Morrison toasted...

24-year-old rape case reopens with arrest of absconding accused Source : IANS Last Updated: Sun, Dec 21, 2014 15:25 hrs New Delhi: A 24-year-old rape case that was begging for justice due to non-appearance of the accused has been reopened in a fast-track court here dealing with sexual offences...

Taiwan gas blasts blamed on 'multiple human errors' AFP December 19, 2014, 2:43 am Taipei (AFP) - Prosecutors said deadly gas explosions in Taiwan were caused by "multiple human errors" Thursday as they charged 12 people over the blasts, including the head of a chemical company and...

China set to spend hundreds of millions revamping Qing royal tombs PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 17 December, 2014, 7:37pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 17 December, 2014, 7:57pm Chen Yifei [email protected] The tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi (right) was looted by a warlord in the 1920s. Photo: Courtesy of...

‘Occupy is over’: Hong Kong chief executive announces end to protests as Causeway Bay is cleared PUBLISHED : Monday, 15 December, 2014, 9:41am UPDATED : Monday, 15 December, 2014, 7:08pm Samuel Chan, Alan Yu, Tony Cheung and Ng Kang-chung Police have started clearing the camp in front of...

Thai prince divorces wife beset by family scandals amid anxiety over monarchy’s future PUBLISHED : Saturday, 13 December, 2014, 10:00am UPDATED : Sunday, 14 December, 2014, 2:01am Agence France-Presse in Bangkok Srirasmi is seen with Maha Vajiralongkorn. Photo: Reuters Thailand's crown...

Pirate Bay is taken offline as Swedish police seize servers in copyright raid PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 10 December, 2014, 10:50am UPDATED : Wednesday, 10 December, 2014, 11:06am Reuters A supporter of file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, waves a Jolly Roger flag during a demonstration in...

Last French hostage Lazarevic freed in Mali Serge Lazarevic was kidnapped in 2011 while on a business trip and held by Islamist militants; he is said to be in 'relatively good health' PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 10 December, 2014, 4:28am UPDATED : Wednesday, 10 December, 2014, 4:28am Agence...

UK man found dead after Prague stag trip AAP December 9, 2014, 7:40 am The search for a UK man who went missing while on a stag weekend in Prague has ended after the discovery of a body in a river near where he was last seen. Karl Law vanished on November 15 after he became separated from...

Swiss man held captive by Philippine rebels is rescued after three-year ordeal Swiss survivor's fellow bird-watcher, also abducted by rebels, failed to escape during military offensive PUBLISHED : Saturday, 06 December, 2014, 3:30pm UPDATED : Saturday, 06 December, 2014, 3:35pm Agence...

Fifteen detained in Malaysia over series of murders linked to Myanmar conflict Police look at ethnic conflict as possible explanation for killings, in which victims were found with their throats slit or heads and limbs severed PUBLISHED : Friday, 05 December, 2014, 3:49pm UPDATED : Friday, 05...

Trust is the first cure in beating Ebola as families still hiding suspected victims Foday Kalma's family is just one of many in Sierra Leone who hide from treatment out of fear in a country where the virus is winning PUBLISHED : Thursday, 04 December, 2014, 11:05pm UPDATED : Friday, 05...

1 December 2014 Last updated at 16:07 GMT 'Counterfeit' domains seized by Europol The operation targeted websites selling a wide range of fake branded items Police forces across Europe have seized 292 web domains that were being used to sell counterfeit goods, according to Europol. The...

Artists on Shia LeBeouf project speak out about his alleged rape PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 02 December, 2014, 12:18am UPDATED : Tuesday, 02 December, 2014, 1:36am The Guardian Actor Shia LaBeouf says a woman raped him. Photo: SCMP Two artists who collaborated with the actor Shia LaBeouf on an...

Hong Kong counts cost of protests on city's core shopping districts Reuters December 1, 2014, 8:05 am Sales persons wait for customers at a jewelry store at a road occupied by pro-democracy protesters at Mongkok shopping district in Hong Kong October 27, 2014. REUTERS/Bobby Yip By Anne...

Indian minister accuses Pakistan of backing terrorism Islamabad supporting militants in Kashmir, trying to destabilise Delhi's rule, high-ranking Indian minister says after deadly attack PUBLISHED : Sunday, 30 November, 2014, 5:32am UPDATED : Sunday, 30 November, 2014, 5:32am Agence...

McDonald's announces price changes in Taiwan CNA 2014-11-28 A McDonald's restaurant in Taipei, Nov. 27. (Photo/Huang Shih-chi) Customers at McDonald's across Taiwan will have to pay NT$10 (NT$0.30) more for some items on the Extra Value Meals menu beginning Friday, the chain announced...

Ex-Portuguese PM remanded in custody in fraud case AFP November 26, 2014, 8:47 am Lisbon (AFP) - The detention of Portugal's former prime minister Jose Socrates on suspicion of tax evasion and money laundering has set off a new political earthquake in a country already rocked by high-level...

Philippines fines Chinese fishermen US$102,000 each for turtle poaching PUBLISHED : Monday, 24 November, 2014, 5:28pm UPDATED : Monday, 24 November, 2014, 5:29pm Reuters in Puerto Princesa A group of Chinese fishermen leave the court in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Photo: AP A Philippine...