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Banned 'Jesus reborn as a Chinese woman' cult sees five members jailed by Chinese court PUBLISHED : Saturday, 25 July, 2015, 5:25pm UPDATED : Sunday, 26 July, 2015, 1:18am AP in Beijing Members of another banned sect, Falun Gong, often march in Washington and Hong Kong to protest their...

India scandals threaten 'scam-free' government pledge AFP July 23, 2015, 7:29 pm New Delhi (AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bold promise of a squeaky clean government is under threat just over 12 months after his landslide election victory, with a string of scandals erupting...

Japanese firm Mitsubishi Materials apologises to ex-POW, 94, for wartime abuses PUBLISHED : Monday, 20 July, 2015, 7:43am UPDATED : Monday, 20 July, 2015, 7:43am Associated Press in Los Angeles Former POW James Murphy said the apology from Mitsubishi Materials was sincere. "This is a...

Mexican president faces music after drug lord's prison break AFP July 18, 2015, 5:07 am Mexico City (AFP) - Mexico's president faced a howling political and public relations nightmare Friday as he arrived home from an overseas trip to confront fallout from the escape from prison of the...

Drunken stupor costs Frenchman $350,000 Tim Clarke July 16, 2015, 12:45 am Drunken stupor costs Frenchman $350,000 Quentin Cuchet leaves court. Picture: Michael Wilson A drunken prank by a French tourist to turn on a fire hydrant in a St Georges Terrace apartment block has cost the...

Mainland China-bound contraband worth HK$2 million seized in Hong Kong waters PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 15 July, 2015, 1:33pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 15 July, 2015, 1:36pm Clifford Lo [email protected] Electronic goods including cameras were seized in the operation. Photo: SCMP Pictures A...

Published: Monday July 13, 2015 MYT 10:05:00 AM Updated: Monday July 13, 2015 MYT 12:29:14 PM Cops probe alleged conspiracy to topple PM by farik zolkepli PETALING JAYA: The Inspector-General of Police is not ruling out the possibility of a conspiracy to topple the Prime Minister...

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Baby's body found in river after father attempts suicide: Cops REUTERS First posted: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 12:13 AM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 12:20 AM EDT Aaden Moreno Authorities search the Connecticut River near the Arrigoni Bridge for a missing child, Monday, July 6...

Doctor Farid Fata who lied to patients about cancer faces 175 years in jail Date July 7, 2015 - 3:38PM Fergus Hunter Victims and their families walk across the street from the federal courthouse after testimony was heard in the sentencing hearing of cancer doctor Farid Fata, Monday, July 6...

Overloading eyed in Philippine ferry capsize, as death toll rises PUBLISHED : Saturday, 04 July, 2015, 11:49am UPDATED : Saturday, 04 July, 2015, 11:49am AFP in Manila A city councillor from the country now claims the death toll has climbed to 56, which is higher than the coast guard's...

'No chance to put on life jackets': 41 people, including baby, killed in Philippine ferry sinking PUBLISHED : Friday, 03 July, 2015, 4:27pm UPDATED : Friday, 03 July, 2015, 4:30pm Agence France-Presse in Ormoc City Filipino rescuers bring the bodies of two dead passengers to shore in Ormoc...

Owner, crew of capsized Philippine ferry charged with murder PUBLISHED : Saturday, 04 July, 2015, 4:46pm UPDATED : Sunday, 05 July, 2015, 12:14am Agence France-Presse in Manila The death toll from the ferry that capsized Thursday has now climbed to 56. Photo: AFP Philippine police have...

Ten South Koreans killed in bus crash in northern China PUBLISHED : Thursday, 02 July, 2015, 11:12am UPDATED : Thursday, 02 July, 2015, 11:12am Associated Press in Beijing The South Koreans on the bus were mainly government employees touring historical sites. Photo: Xinhua A bus carrying a...

Heatwave toll climbs to 1233 AP June 28, 2015, 1:22 pm The death toll from a week-long heatwave in a Pakistani city has reached 1233, officials say. A Pakistani official says the devastating week-long heatwave in the southern port city of Karachi has killed 1233 people. Nazar Mohammad...

French decapitation victim was 'suspect's boss' AFP June 27, 2015, 1:16 am Saint-Quentin-Fallavier (France) (AFP) - The man decapitated in an attack Friday on an industrial gas factory in eastern France was the boss of the suspect now in police custody, legal sources said. The head of the...

Man decapitated in 'terrorist' attack on France gas factory AFP June 27, 2015, 2:03 am Decapitated body found, several hurt in French factory attack Saint-Quentin Fallavier, near Grenoble. Saint-Quentin-Fallavier (France) (AFP) - A suspected Islamist launched a daylight raid on an...

Sydney family suffers charcoal poisoning AAP June 23, 2015, 8:26 am The family dragged this charcoal burner into their living room. Photo: Seven News A western Sydney family is lucky to be alive after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning from bringing an outdoor charcoal burner into their...

Heatwave kills 45 in Pakistan's Karachi AFP June 22, 2015, 3:05 am Karachi (AFP) - A heatwave has killed at least 45 people in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi, officials said Sunday, as residents grapple with frequent power outages and water scarcity during the Muslim fasting month of...

India hotel fire kills 10 in Pratapgarh 19 June 2015 From the section India At least 10 people have been killed and several others were injured when a fire that broke out in a hotel in northern India, police said. The fire broke out just before 05:00 local time [23:30GMT] on Friday in a...