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‘The plane has crashed, it is completely destroyed’: Rescuers confirm 54 dead in Indonesia crash Attempts being made to remove the dead from the mountainous site, but the weather was creating problems. PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 18 August, 2015, 4:40pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 18 August, 2015, 4:41pm...

Thai court jails Swiss man for trying to blackmail Saudi oil company over dealings with scandal-plagued 1MDB PUBLISHED : Monday, 17 August, 2015, 6:54pm UPDATED : Monday, 17 August, 2015, 7:02pm Agence France-Presse in Bangkok Xavier Justo, center leaves the Bangkok South Criminal Court...

MtGox Bitcoin CEO faces new charges for embezzling $8.9 million in customer funds PUBLISHED : Sunday, 02 August, 2015, 9:38pm UPDATED : Sunday, 02 August, 2015, 9:38pm Mark Karpeles, chief executive officer of the failed MtGox Bitcoin exchange, who was arrested over the loss of a massive...

Japanese parents sue students over son's binge-drink death PUBLISHED : Thursday, 23 July, 2015, 11:59pm UPDATED : Thursday, 23 July, 2015, 11:59pm Agence France-Presse in Tokyo In 2012, Akira Takahashi collapsed after drinking a litre of shochu - a cheap distilled spirit usually made from...

Rescuers use a stretcher to evacuate a person from the rubble of a factory building in Wenling city in eastern China's Zhejiang province Saturday, July 4, 2015. Officials say the shoe factory collapsed Saturday afternoon during a weekend shift. The cause of the accident is still under...

Shoe factory collapses in eastern China, killing 9 people Updated 7:53 pm, Saturday, July 4, 2015 Rescuers shine flashlights across the rubble of a factory building in Wenling city in eastern China's Zhejiang province Saturday, July 4, 2015. Officials say the shoe factory collapsed during a...

Man attacking passengers with bricks shot dead at Xi'an Railway Station Shanghai Daily, June 17, 2015 A man is shot dead by police while he allegedly was attacking passengers in the railway station in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. [photo / Weibo] A man was shot...

73-year-old Base jumper died after setting his parachute on fire as part of a stunt PUBLISHED : Thursday, 21 May, 2015, 10:11pm UPDATED : Thursday, 21 May, 2015, 10:16pm Associated Press in Twin Falls, Idaho A video of the fatal jump, posted to YouTube on Monday, shows James E Hickey...

Bali executions: Eight prisoners refused to wear blindfolds as they were shot Date April 30, 2015 - 1:32AM Jewel Topsfield Indonesia correspondent for Fairfax In the still night air of Nusakambangan island, condemned prisoners sang Amazing Grace just after midnight. They also sang Bless the...

After 4 decades as fugitive, ailing man turns himself in By BRUCE SCHREINER Apr. 22, 2015 6:35 PM EDT This combination of photos shows at left an undated police booking photo of Clarence David Moore and at right a booking photo of Moore taken on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Moore, who spent...

Vietnamese woman arrested in Thailand's fake visa raid Thanh Nien News Songkhla - Thursday, March 12, 2015 16:22 Do Thi Nghia, 46, and her accomplice Suthipong Kanung, 47, at a police station in Songkhla, Thailand. Photo credit: Bangkok Post. Police in southern Thailand on Wednesday...

Raif Badawi, the Saudi Arabian blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes, may now face the death penalty Raif Badawi could face trial for apostasy Chris Green Sunday 01 March 2015 Raif Badawi, the Saudi Arabian blogger whose punishment of 1,000 lashes has prompted international condemnation, may...

Two commuter trains collide in Switzerland, at least five people injured PUBLISHED : Friday, 20 February, 2015, 4:32pm UPDATED : Friday, 20 February, 2015, 8:57pm Reuters in Zurich A rescue worker inspects the site of train crash at the train station of Rafz, northern Switzerland. Two...

Bali nine death sentence judges 'asked for bribes' for a lighter sentence: new claim Date February 15, 2015 - 10:44PM Executions imminent: Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. Photo: Anta Kesuma The six judges who handed down the death penalty to the Bali nine pair on death row offered to...

Hong Kong luxury car owners arrested in Shenzhen in China’s ‘biggest street-racing case’ Luxury car owners caught in mainland’s ‘biggest street-racing case’ hit speeds of up to 275km/h PUBLISHED : Friday, 13 February, 2015, 12:11am UPDATED : Friday, 13 February, 2015, 12:11am He Huifeng...

Alexander Litvinenko: Ex KGB spy accused of his murder said ''traitor'' deserved to be ''exterminated'' 17:09, 10 February 2015 By Jack Hardy, David Mercer Litvinenko was a Russian spy turned British spy who died in 2006 after drinking tea laced with radioactive polonium-210 at London's...

Ex-spy chief jailed for election meddling Published: 2015-02-09 20:17 Updated: 2015-02-09 20:17 A Seoul appellate court on Monday sentenced a former national intelligence chief to three years in prison for violating state intelligence and election laws, going back on a previous ruling that...

300 Hong Kong commuters trapped on broken Tai Po train for two hours PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 04 February, 2015, 12:06am UPDATED : Wednesday, 04 February, 2015, 12:33am Clifford Lo [email protected] A cross-border train broke down in Tai Po. Passengers were not allowed to leave the...

Customs officer suspected of helping smugglers bring iPhones into Vietnam Thanh Nien News HO CHI MINH CITY - Saturday, January 31, 2015 08:00 Le Nguyen Thi Ai Tram, an officer with Tan Son Nhat International Airport's customs department, was accused of helping electronics smugglers. Photo...

Hong Kong police arrest 6 African asylum seekers, seize illegal drugs and US$730,000 cash PUBLISHED : Thursday, 29 January, 2015, 5:08pm UPDATED : Friday, 30 January, 2015, 2:33am Clifford Lo [email protected] From left: Acting chief inspector Cheng Yan-yan, chief inspector Addy Li and...