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Mers outbreak sparks surgical mask rush in Asia - but are they really effective? PUBLISHED : Thursday, 18 June, 2015, 4:01pm UPDATED : Thursday, 18 June, 2015, 4:46pm AFP in Tokyo Participants wearing mask as a precaution against Mers, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, virus in Seoul...

UN condemns Myanmar's jailing of writer AFP June 4, 2015, 1:33 am Geneva (AFP) - The United Nations on Wednesday condemned Myanmar's jailing of a writer for urging religious tolerance, calling on authorities to release him and instead prosecute extremists inciting violence against...

New Zealand woman appeals to court for the right to die Date May 25, 2015 - 12:27PM Lecretia Seales has been given just weeks to live. Photo: Facebook Knowing she could be helped to die would be a great comfort in her final days of life, a New Zealand lawyer fighting for her right to die...

Motorcycle gang shootout started with parking dispute By EMILY SCHMALL May. 19, 2015 3:51 PM EDT This combination of booking photos provided by the McLennan County Sheriff's office shows people arrested during the motorcycle gang related shooting at the Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas...

Indonesia lifts ban on foreign journalists Date May 11, 2015 - 2:00AM Indonesian President Joko Widodo has lifted a ban on foreign journalists entering Indonesia. Photo: Bullit Marquez Indonesia's president has announced the lifting of a travel ban for foreign journalists to the country's...

Vietnam court sentences Indonesian drug mule to life in prison Thanh Nien News HANOI - Thursday, May 07, 2015 22:49 Triwenning Puji Astuli (L) in police custody in September 2014. File photo. A court in Hanoi sentenced an Indonesian woman to life in prison on Thursday over the smuggling...

Almost all Hong Kong shops now charge 50-cent plastic bag levy No more verbal warnings; offenders now risk HK$2,000 fine or prosecution PUBLISHED : Friday, 01 May, 2015, 5:20am UPDATED : Friday, 01 May, 2015, 5:20am Fanny W. Y. Fung [email protected] Enforcement of phase two of Hong...

Contaminated eels seized before release to the public By Jocylin FC Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2015-04-28 12:42 PM Central News Agency Malachite green was found in several batches of processed and half- processed eels by a group of investigators led by the Taoyuan prosecutors office and...

Saudi prince offers Bentleys to pilots after Yemen air strikes Date April 24, 2015 - 1:29PM Louisa Loveluck Telegraph, London A boy near Sanaa holds a shell which landed from a nearby missile base after it was struck by a Saudi-led coalition air strike. Photo: Reuters London: A member of...

Blackwater case provides crucial lessons on keeping private security firms in check PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 21 April, 2015, 1:14am UPDATED : Tuesday, 21 April, 2015, 1:26am SCMP Editorial A former member of Blackwater outside the federal court in Washington, where four former guards stood...

Dance school probed over teen 'twerking' classes AFP April 15, 2015, 4:50 am Russian investigators are investigating a dance school after a video showing teenage girls in bee costumes performing the sexually explicit "twerking" dance move was viewed millions of times online. Photo: YouTube...

French warning on nuclear reactors being built in Guangdong Weakness found in steel from maker that is also a supplier to Guangdong facilities PUBLISHED : Friday, 10 April, 2015, 2:39am UPDATED : Friday, 10 April, 2015, 2:39am Stephen Chen [email protected] French warning on nuclear...

Second ‘black box’ data recorder from German jet located at crash site PUBLISHED : Thursday, 02 April, 2015, 10:46pm UPDATED : Thursday, 02 April, 2015, 11:01pm Reuters in Paris French gendarmes prepare to go to the crash site of the German Airbus A320 in Seyne-les-Alpes. Photo: AFP The...

Germanwings crash opens debate over medical privacy after Andreas Lubitz concealed his mental illness Medical privacy laws called into question after Andreas Lubitz kept psychosomatic condition secret before crashing Germanwings plane PUBLISHED : Monday, 30 March, 2015, 7:29am UPDATED ...

Crash co-pilot was a psychiatric patient and planned a big gesture, girlfriend tells reporter Former girlfriend says health troubles ended Andreas Lubitz's hope of dream Lufthansa job PUBLISHED : Saturday, 28 March, 2015, 6:04pm UPDATED : Sunday, 29 March, 2015, 4:15am Agence France-Presse in...

Letter sent to White House tests tentatively for cyanide By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Mar. 17, 2015 11:35 PM EDT Uniformed Secret Service agents patrol the top of the White House as seen from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 17, 2015. According to the Secret Service a...

Japanese accused of tricking Vietnamese woman into surrogacy By Le Nga, Thanh Nien News HO CHI MINH CITY - Tuesday, March 10, 2015 15:41 Tran Thi Mai Khoa (R) poses with Namita Masanobu and a baby she claims is their son, whom the Japanese man has allegedly taken away. File photo Tran Thi...

India bans broadcast of documentary showing gang rapist blaming his victim PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 04 March, 2015, 4:58pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 04 March, 2015, 6:20pm Agence France-Presse in New Delhi British filmmaker Leslee Udwin speaks at a press conference alongside her co-producer...

US porn star Sasha Grey dragged into Ukraine propaganda war Propaganda piece about nurse in Ukraine goes 'too far' PUBLISHED : Monday, 23 February, 2015, 10:56pm UPDATED : Monday, 23 February, 2015, 10:56pm Tribune News Service Sasha Grey is unwittingly the face of Russian propaganda. The...

Woman is electrocuted when her iPhone dropped into her bath while it was charging as she looked at a Russian version of Facebook Evgenia Sviridenko, 24, was found lifeless in the bath by her housemate She had dropped iPhone into the bath while she was sitting in the water Phone had been...