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China introduces law requiring children to visit parents Chinese children will now face court action if they do not regularly visit and care for their elderly parents. Chinese children are now required by law to regularly visit and care for their parents. Photo: ALAMY By Malcolm Moore...

South Korea offers to repatriate 360 Chinese soldiers Park Geun-hye, the South Korean president, has offered to repatriate the remains of more than 360 Chinese soldiers killed during the Korean War and presently interred in a cemetery in the town of Paju. South Korea's President Park...

Top tips to cut down mobile phone charges abroad Using your mobile phone on holiday? Some simple measures can reduce the likelihood of returning to an unpleasant bill Harriet Meyer The Observer, Friday 28 June 2013 If you want to use your mobile phone on holiday, ask your provider for a...

Turkish man held in Taiwan after 29 sex videos found Staff Reporter 2013-06-28 10:43 The Turkish man, identified by his Chinese name Wang Kaijie, is accused of trying to sexually assault a Taiwanese student and making sex videos without permission. (Internet Photo) A 27-year-old Turkish man...

Two editors suspended after Xiamen newspaper spells Xi Jinping incorrectly Hsu Shang-li and Staff Reporter 2013-06-29 17:02 Xiamen's West Strait Morning Post used the wrong characters to spell Xi Jinping's name on June 26. (Internet Photo) People's Daily printed an incorrect spelling of...

China shuts down 31 unlicensed news websites Xinhua 2013-06-29 14:01 China's internet censors crack down on unlicensed website. (Internet Photo) Thirty-one news websites have been shut down in China for operating without permits, conducting interviews in the name of news organizations and...

America's dumbest thief? Robber caught after leaving his BIRTH CERTIFICATE and a note from his mother at the crime scene By SNEJANA FARBEROV PUBLISHED: 21:18 GMT, 27 June 2013 | UPDATED: 21:55 GMT, 27 June 2013 Boston police officers didn't even break a sweat tracking down a robber this week...

World's laziest thief leaves birth certificate at scene of crime June 28, 2013, 4:09 pm Zacahry Tentoni, 26, of Connecticut has been labelled the world's laziest thief. Photo: Massachusetts State District Attorney A US man has been labelled the world's laziest thief after mugging a woman...

France challenges arbitration award, Tapie investigated Journalists work on the street as a car and scooter drive away from the home of French businessman Bernard Tapie in Paris June 28, 2013. REUTERS/Charles Platiau PARIS | Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:19pm EDT (Reuters) - A tycoon with ties to...

<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VcuFk-QK5CM?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe> Kirobo: Toyota's Robot Astronaut Heading for International Space Station

Japan to launch world’s first conversational humanoid robot into space The tiny talking robot is to be sent to the International Space Station in August to keep a Japanese astronaut company during his six-month mission, according to its developers. ASSOCIATED PRESS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2013...

iPhone 5 'Slowest' In Smartphone Speed Test An industry-recognised test to check out the speed of the UK's best-selling smartphones comes up with some surprising results. 9:59am, Tuesday 25 June 2013 Graph: Apple's iPhone 5 bruised by test Apple's iPhone 5 has turned out to be the...

Seven dead in Rio slum gunbattles AFP Updated June 26, 2013, 1:45 am RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Seven people, including one police officer, were fatally shot during gunbattles that erupted in a slum complex near Rio international airport, authorities said on Tuesday. An officer with a special...

Putin says Snowden at Moscow airport, rejects extradition AFP Updated June 26, 2013, 2:00 am MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday revealed that the US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden was still in a Moscow airport transit zone, rejecting calls for his extradition to...

Refugee boy's plea: help me, Australia Date June 24, 2013 - 11:58PM Michael Bachelard Indonesia correspondent for Fairfax Media Afghan refugee boy Omid Jafary, 12, near his accommodation in Cisarua, Bogor, Indonesia. Photo: Michael Bachelard Nine months after young refugee boy Omid Jafary...

Friends of Syria have 'secret plan' June 24, 2013, 12:12 a.m. Balancing act: US Secretary of State John Kerry is greeted by Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Photo: AP World powers supporting Syria's rebels have decided to take "secret steps" to change the balance on the battlefield...

Suspicious item a 'hate crime' for UK mosque Date June 24, 2013 - 11:03AM Matthew Cooper Foresenic officers check the street outside the Aisha Mosque and Islamic Center in Walsall, England, Sunday June 23, 2013, following the discovery of a suspicious item on Saturday night. Photo: AP...

Analysis: Another China central bank worry; companies push into lending The headquarters of China's central bank, the People's Bank of China, is pictured behind an iron chain in Beijing, June 21, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Jason Lee BEIJING/SHANGHAI | Sun Jun 23, 2013 11:55pm EDT (Reuters) -...

What is wrong with Islam today? The controversial Canadian author Irshad Manji discusses Islamophobia and the need to reform Islam. Head to Head Last Modified: 22 Jun 2013 09:00<object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D <embed...

Thousands flee flooding in western Canada At least four feared dead and nearly 100,000 flee their homes after days of flooding in Canadian city of Calgary. Last Modified: 22 Jun 2013 11:59 Move your cursor over the video to see the play button<object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D <embed...