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Standing on one leg for 20 seconds can predict chance of dementia The inability to stand on one leg for more than 20 seconds is associated with microbleeds and "silent" strokes In the standing on one leg with eyes closed test, men and women able to hold the position for less than two seconds...

US police hunt Iraq war veteran after six family members are shot dead PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 16 December, 2014, 10:31pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 16 December, 2014, 10:31pm Reuters A police SWAT team officer runs past a police vehicle and towards a home where a gunman accused in the shooting deaths...

Crane crashes into roof as Dutchman tries to ask girlfriend to marry him PUBLISHED : Saturday, 13 December, 2014, 11:50pm UPDATED : Saturday, 13 December, 2014, 11:50pm Agence France-Presse in The Hague A truck hangs in the air after the crane toppled over onto the house in Ijsselstein...

Ma resigns as KMT chief; names new cabinet boss PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 03 December, 2014, 2:29pm UPDATED : Thursday, 04 December, 2014, 1:49am Lawrence Chung in Taipei [email protected] Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou bows after announcing his resignation from the Kuomintang in...

Ma resigns as KMT chief; names new cabinet boss PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 03 December, 2014, 2:29pm UPDATED : Thursday, 04 December, 2014, 1:49am Lawrence Chung in Taipei [email protected] Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou bows after announcing his resignation from the Kuomintang in...

South Korea ferry disaster captain jailed for 36 years but acquitted of homicide PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 11 November, 2014, 1:45pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 12 November, 2014, 12:52pm Associated Press in Seoul Lee Jun-seok was sentenced to 36 years in prison. Photo: AP The captain of the South...

Everyone wore endek in Bali in 2013. Photo: AFP

Peruvian ponchos in Lima in 2008. Photo: AFP

In Vietnamese ao dai in Hanoi in 2006. Photo: Reuters

Traditional Korean durumagi in Busan in 2005. Photo: Bloomberg

Traditional Chilean ponchos at the summit in Santiago in 2004. Photo: Reuters

In Thai silk shirts in Bangkok in 2003. Photo: AFP

Guayabera shirts in Los Cabos, Mexico in 2002. Photo: AFP

Malaysian batik shirts at Cyberjaya in 1998. Photo: AFP

Leather jackets were the order of the day for Jiang Zemin and others in Vancouver in 1997. Photo: AP

Donning barong tagalog at the 1996 summit in Subic Bay, Philippines. Photo: AFP

Wearing Indonesian batik shirts at Bogor in 1994. Photo: AFP

Leaders step out in their Chinese-style costumes during Apec summit in Beijing Donning local costumes is a tradition at Apec summits that was started by Bill Clinton handing out bomber jackets in Seattle in 1993; Obama tried to stop it, but China had its turn in the spotlight on Monday...

Money can't buy happiness after all China Daily, November 6, 2014 A survey has found no direct correlation between wealth and happiness although money still tops the list of factors affecting people's feeling of contentment, according to Xiaokang, a fortnightly Chinese magazine. The "2014...

Four months to contain Ebola: Red Cross AFP John Heilprin October 22, 2014, 9:10 pm The WHO is helping co-ordinate trials of two of the most promising experimental Ebola vaccines. EPA The Ebola epidemic will take at least four months to contain even if all necessary steps are taken, the...