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Australia crews brace for potential 'mega-fire' AFP October 21, 2013, 5:30 pm <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bVn14ZYzboo?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe> Mount Victoria (Australia) (AFP) - Firefighters were racing to tame an enormous blaze in...

Jailed Greenpeace activist clings to hope AAP Alex Diaz - October 20, 2013, 7:54 am Greenpeace activist Alexandra Harris has been denied bail following a month in Russian prison. EPA A British environmental campaigner facing 15 years in a Russian jail for alleged piracy says she is "trying...

Graffiti artist Banksy unmasked ... as a former public schoolboy from middle-class suburbia By CLAUDIA JOSEPH Created 2:38 PM on 12th July 2008 He is perhaps the most famous, or infamous, artist alive. To some a genius, to others a vandal. Always controversial, he inspires admiration and...

Guards posted to protect Banksy work in US AP October 20, 2013, 8:36 am A Brooklyn building owner has installed a metal gate to protect a work by graffiti artist Banksy. AP A Brooklyn building owner has hired security guards and installed a metal gate to protect a work by the elusive...

Killer 'clowns' murder Mexican ex-drug capo: official AFP October 20, 2013, 10:01 am Mexico City (AFP) - The eldest brother of Mexico's once powerful Arellano Felix drug cartel family was killed by gunmen dressed as clowns at a children's party, authorities said Saturday. Francisco...

Landlord jailed for molesting and threatening to kill tenant Published on Oct 18, 2013 By Elena Chong <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/l-3CIBHIVF4?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640"></iframe> A man, who molested his tenant and threatened to kill her...

Online vice ring: Ex-navy engineer is the second man to be convicted after a trial Published on Oct 17, 2013 Kwa Wee Nam was jailed for four months on Thursday after he was convicted of commercial sex with an underage escort in the online vice ring case. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW By...

Four dead as Everest avalanche hits tour group AFP October 17, 2013, 2:43 pm Beijing (AFP) - Four people died after an avalanche hit a foreign tour group camping on the slopes of Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, Chinese state media reported Wednesday. One of the dead was an...

Facebook lifts restriction on teen users sharing with public Reuters October 17, 2013, 7:50 am The Facebook logo is pictured in the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc removed...

Senior Dutch diplomat beaten up in Russia AFP October 17, 2013, 8:44 am Moscow (AFP) - A senior Dutch diplomat at The Netherlands embassy in Moscow was beaten up at his home in the Russian capital by unknown attackers who scrawled the letters "LGBT" on a mirror with lipstick, officials said...

23rd man in online underage sex case gets 12 weeks' jail Published on Oct 16, 2013 By Elena Chong A salesman who had commercial sex with a 17-year-old girl in the online vice ring case was jailed for 12 weeks on Wednesday. Sng Kok Wee, 31, is the 23rd man to be dealt with to-date. He...

Published: Sunday October 13, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Sunday October 13, 2013 MYT 6:57:51 AM Peeping Tom beaten after being caught red-handed GEORGE TOWN: A Peeping Tom was beaten up after he was caught filming a female tourist taking a shower at a shared toilet of a budget hotel in...

Published: Saturday October 12, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Saturday October 12, 2013 MYT 7:41:45 AM Couple fight over kids watching sex video BY P. ARUNA, NG SI HOOI, AND A. RAMAN A MAN beat up his wife after she confronted him for allowing their sons to watch a sex video, China Press...

Two cops suspended over racist WhatsApp remarks The Star/Asia News Network Sunday, Oct 13, 2013 GEORGE TOWN - Two Penang police officers have been suspended after allegedly making racist remarks on WhatsApp. Penang police chief Senior Deputy Comm Datuk Abdul Rahim Hanafi said in a statement...

The house where a Singapore man is believed to have injured his wife and killed her lover A Singapore man is believed to have stabbed a 32-year-old China national to death in Pahang, Malaysia The man's wife being taken to hospital after her husband fled the scene Passers-by gathering...

Singaporean man wanted for alleged murder of wife's lover A Singaporean man is wanted for the alleged murder of his wife's lover in Malaysia. The Straits Times, AsiaOne Sunday, Oct 13, 2013 SINGAPORE - The man is believed to have stabbed the lover, a 32-year-old China national who had...

Updated: 10/13/2013 15:14 | By Channel NewsAsia Police rope in foreign domestic helpers to fight crime SINGAPORE: Singapore police organised a community event at Lentor estate on Saturday to raise awareness of crime among foreign domestic helpers. The event was also aimed at enlisting...

Yuyao Flood Disaster Worst in History of PRC, and Looting by Fauna on Thursday, October 10, 2013 From NetEase: 70% of Zhejiang Yuyao Urban Area Flooded 2013 October 8 news, Zhejiang Yuyao. After Typhoon Fitow passed and as the people began checking the urban area’s flooded areas, Yuyuao’s...

Chinese Baby Thrown Into River During Fight Between Parents by Bing on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 From NetEase: Arguing Henan Couple Throws Infant Into River Where It Drowned On October 2nd at 7:00am, on Ruyang County Xinda bridge, a young couple were arguing and in a moment of anger threw...