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200 tourists escape unhurt after fire in Thai luxury train The Statesman Sunday 1st February, 2015 Press Trust of India Bangkok, 01 February: Nearly 200 foreign tourists had a narrow escape when a fire broke out in one of the two engines of an international luxury train soon after it departed...

Worker dies on film lot to be used for Martin Scorsese movie Contractor dies and two others injured when scaffolding collapses PUBLISHED : Friday, 30 January, 2015, 11:25am UPDATED : Friday, 30 January, 2015, 11:26am Associated Press in Taipei Martin Scorsese, left, directs Leonardo...

Boy excluded for insulting head teacher's hair on Facebook Jordan Ford banned from Bristol academy for commenting on picture of head teacher's dyed hair after being told red mohican 'unacceptable for school' Jordan Ford, left, was banned from his Bristol academy for commenting on picture of...

Chen Shui-bian's illness doesn't pardon his crimes Editorial 2015-01-24 Chen Shui-bian waves to supporters before being released on medical parole, Jan. 5. (Photo/Fang Yang-kuan) Since Taiwan's disgraced former president Chen Shui-bian was released from jail in early January for one month's...

Ex-president indicted for money laundering (update) Central News Agency 2015-01-23 04:10 PM Taipei, Jan. 23 (CNA) Former President Chen Shui-bian was indicted on money laundering charges Friday, less than three weeks after being released on medical parole from a prison where he was...

Huge anti-Charlie Hebdo rally in Chechnya as global protests rumble on AFP January 20, 2015, 5:35 am Grozny (Russia) (AFP) - The backlash over Charlie Hebdo rumbled on Monday after days of bloodshed in Niger, with a huge rally in Chechnya against the magazine's cartoons of the Prophet...

Re: Top Malaysian court condemns two police to death for 2006 murder of Mongolian mod Malaysian policeman sentenced to hang for model's murder is living in Australia Date January 14, 2015 - 10:38PM Lindsay Murdoch The Malaysian government has refused to hold an inquiry into the murder of...

China arrests more than 110 people suspected of selling contaminated pork PUBLISHED : Monday, 12 January, 2015, 10:18am UPDATED : Monday, 12 January, 2015, 12:26pm Reuters in Shanghai The suspects allegedly sold meat from diseased Chinese pigs to markets in 11 provinces, including Henan and...

Al-Qaeda plotting attack on Britain After the Charlie Hebdo attack, the head of MI5 warns of a Paris-style atrocity on UK soil By Tom Whitehead, Security Editor 10:12PM GMT 08 Jan 2015 Al-Qaeda is planning a Paris-style terrorist atrocity against Britain, according to the head of MI5...

Cyber attack in Germany shuts down official sites Date January 8, 2015 - 2:33PM German Chancellor Angela Merkel: At least three official German websites were inaccessible. Photo: Bloomberg Berlin: At least three official German websites, including Chancellor Angela Merkel's page, were...

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Message in bottle's 5000km journey Yahoo7 News January 5, 2015, 3:24 pm Message in bottle s 5000km journey It took 42 years for the bottle Mr Souter threw into the ocean to be found. Photo: File. A message in a bottle has been found 5000 kilometres away from where it was tossed into the...

Girl, 8, sexually assaulted in Philippine prison by father's fellow inmate PUBLISHED : Saturday, 03 January, 2015, 3:20pm UPDATED : Saturday, 03 January, 2015, 3:24pm Agence France-Presse in Manila A jail cell inside Manila's notorious Bilibid prison. Photo: EPA An eight-year-old girl was...

Death toll in China summer explosion climbs to 146 : state media AFP December 31, 2014, 5:04 am Beijing (AFP) - The death toll from an August factory explosion in China has risen to 146 in the months since the blast and dozens of officials will be punished over the case, state media reported...

Air Asia flight from Indonesia to Singapore 'goes missing': reports PUBLISHED : Sunday, 28 December, 2014, 11:32am UPDATED : Sunday, 28 December, 2014, 11:59am Reuters and Staff Reporter Photo: SCMP Pictures An Air Asia flight is reportedly missing after losing contact with air traffic...

Google, Microsoft help screen Sony film AFP December 25, 2014, 11:03 am Google and Microsoft have joined forces with Sony, using their online might to release the movie The Interview to online audiences despite threats from hackers. "Of course, it was tempting to hope that something...

Google, Microsoft help screen Sony film AFP December 25, 2014, 11:03 am Google and Microsoft have joined forces with Sony, using their online might to release the movie The Interview to online audiences despite threats from hackers. "Of course, it was tempting to hope that something else...