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Police on the trail of Indonesian murder suspect Posted on 24 September 2013 - 05:19pm Last updated on 24 September 2013 - 06:06pm TAWAU (Sept 24, 2013): The police are on the trail of an Indonesian man suspected of murdering a lorry driver in a logging camp at KM38, Jalan Kalabakan-Keningau...

Agence France-Presse September 23, 2013 11:03 Putin gets his own chapter in new Russian history textbook A new official history of Russia to be used in schools will devote an entire chapter to Vladimir Putin's domination of politics since he came to power in 2000, a report said Monday. The...

Agence France-Presse September 23, 2013 11:03 Airlines profit outlook downgraded The airline industry will earn a bit less than expected this year as fuel costs soar, emerging markets slow and the number of cargo shipments stagnate, the IATA said Monday. The International Air Transport...

Agence France-Presse September 23, 2013 11:04 Italy captain blames helmsman for cruise ship crash View from the Coast Guard ship on September 18, 2013, of the wreck of Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship (AFP, Vincenzo Pinto) Francesco Schettino, captain of Italy's doomed Costa Concordia...

Man arrested in 1992 Philly slaying Fugitive Santiago Pedroso has been charged with a 1992 murder in Philadelphia. (Philadelphia District Attorney's Office) Last updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 1:04 PM Posted: Friday, September 20, 2013, 11:20 AM A man has been apprehended in the...

Long-wanted US murder suspect nabbed after getting passport in PH Associated Press 2:09 am | Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 US Embassy in Manila, Philippines. AP FILE PHOTO PHILADELPHIA—Twenty years after he allegedly gunned down his wife’s friend in a Philadelphia restaurant, a fugitive...

Endangered monkey bought for $15, released into forest TUOI TRE UPDATED : 09/22/2013 10:50 GMT + 7 A junior high-school teacher in the central highlands province of Kon Tum has bought an endangered monkey from two local young hunters and released it back into the wild. Previously, two...

Foreigner commits suicide by jumping off auto salon building in Vietnam metro Last Updated: Sunday, September 22, 2013 09:00:00 An unidentified foreigner allegedly sneaked into an automobile showroom and in Ho Chi Minh City Tuesday night and committed suicide by jumping off the top floor of...

Nine ways to make money 'Chinese style' Staff Reporter 2013-09-21 13:45 Renminbi banknotes. (Photo/Xinhua) Chinese investment web portal Eastmoney.com has come up with the nine most impressive ways the nation's entrepreneurial spirit manifests itself in a country where laws are not...

Updated: 09/20/2013 14:41 | By Channel NewsAsia Illegal set-top boxes seized by StarHub in raid SINGAPORE: Pay TV operator StarHub said it has successfully raided a storage facility and uncovered a few hundred illegal set-top boxes. It said the raid, carried out earlier this week, was done...

Mother's horror as her five-month-old baby dies after she left him on conveyor belt at Spanish airport and he got trapped in the mechanism Mother 'placed baby on special baggage belt which was then turned on' Carousel began moving and baby was taken to bag portal Infant became trapped in...

Eight arrested in Britain over alleged Barclays theft Reuters September 20, 2013, 5:51 pm LONDON (Reuters) - Eight men have been arrested over the alleged theft of 1.3 million pounds by taking control of a Barclays branch computer system, in a "rapidly evolving" field of cyber crime, British...

Russia offers four step plan for Syria arms handover By AFP | 12 Sep, 2013, 02.13PM IST The plan aims to avert threatened US military action in retribution for a chemical weapons attack outside Damascus allegedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime. MOSCOW: Russia has handed the United States...

China drugmaker Sino Biopharmaceutical investigating TV corruption report Thu Sep 12, 2013 1:32am EDT By Adam Jourdan (Reuters) - Chinese drug company Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd has set up a team to investigate allegations broadcast on state television that its majority-owned subsidiary had...

Acquittal upheld in S. Korea 'octopus murder' case Published September 12, 2013 AFP Live octopus are seen in a water tank of a restaurant in Mokpo, 310 km south of Seoul, on October 11, 2012. A South Korean was jailed for life on October 11, then later acquitted, for the murder of his...

'Uncle House' sentenced in S China Updated: 2013-09-12 15:21 ( Xinhua) Cai Bin, former senior police officer with Guangzhou's Panyu District, stands trial for taking bribes in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, Sept 12, 2013. [Photo/Asianewsphoto] GUANGZHOU - An official who was...

Agence France-Presse September 12, 2013 02:34 China's 'Uncle House' given 11 years for bribes A Chinese court sentenced a city official nicknamed "Uncle House" for his large property holdings to 11 and a half years' jail on Thursday, domestic media reported. Cai Bin, a mid-level bureaucrat...

Sri Lanka sees new threats of terrorism, Muslim extremism Sri Lanka's Secretary of Defense Gotabaya Rajapaksa listens during a news conference in Colombo January 24, 2013. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO | Tue Sep 3, 2013 7:57am EDT (Reuters) - Sri...

Police probe grave-robbing attempt Police are investigating after thieves tried to access an elderly couple's coffin at a cemetery in Gloucester 03 SEPTEMBER 2013 Police are investigating an attempted grave-robbing after thieves tried to get to an elderly couple's coffin. The culprits dug...

Bosnian miners stage protest 250 meters below ground <iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/UhZsd1JZTno?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> SARAJEVO | Tue Sep 3, 2013 8:25am EDT (Reuters) - Around 140 miners have barricaded themselves 250 meters below...