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Messaging app Line tops 200m users; gives free 'stickers' CNA 2013-07-24 11:26 An ad in celebration of Line reaching the 200 million mark. (Internet Photo) Users of mobile messaging service Line have reached 200 million people worldwide, the service's developer said Tuesday, adding that it...

Russian reporter’s murder trial starts despite boycott Wednesday, 24 July, 2013 [Updated: 5:57PM] Agence France-Presse in Moscow The late Russian journalist and author Anna Politkovskaya. Photo: AFP A Russian jury on Wednesday began hearing the case against five men suspected over the...

Fukushima nuclear clean-up to cost $58 bn AFP July 24, 2013, 9:16 pm View of the unit 3 reactor at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, on March 15, 2011 (Tokyo Electric Power Co/AFP, TEPCO) TOKYO (AFP) - The clean-up after the Fukushima nuclear disaster could cost five times more...

Giant yellow duck to debut in Taiwan AFP July 24, 2013, 9:10 pm TAIPEI (AFP) - A larger version of the giant inflatable yellow duck that captivated Hong Kong will grace a port city in Taiwan later this year, officials said Wednesday. Keelung city council speaker Huang Jing-tai said he has...

Google expected to unveil new tablet AP July 24, 2013, 9:40 pm Google is expected to unveil the next generation of its Nexus tablets in its latest challenge to Apple's market-leading iPad and Amazon.com's Kindle Fire. The new devices are likely to be the main attraction on Wednesday at a San...

Archaeologists discover dinosaur tail in northern Mexico A fossilized tail of a duck-billed dinosaur, or hadrosaur, is seen in the Municipality of General Cepeda, Coahuila in this handout picture by National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) made available to Reuters on July 22...

Re: US Navy considers salvaging unarmed bombs dropped on Australia's Great Barrier Re U.S. Navy offers to help recover bombs from Great Barrier Reef Fishes swim through Australia's Great Barrier Reef which maybe effected by global warming that will devastate the world's coral reefs in the...

<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/hJggkbojlDA?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> Published on Jul 23, 2013 July 23 - Archaeologists in Mexico's northern desert region unearthed an extraordinarily preserved dinosaur tail that experts believe could be...

A Free Syrian Army fighter fires back towards what he said were forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in Deir al-Zor July 22, 2013. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi A member of the Free Syrian Army aims his weapon as fellow fighters stand behind him in Deir al-Zor July 22, 2013. Picture...

Exclusive: U.S. congressional hurdles lifted on arming Syrian rebels Free Syrian Army fighters move through a hole in a wall in the northern town of Khan al-Assal, after seizing it July 22, 2013. REUTERS-Hamid Khatib By Tabassum Zakaria and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON | Tue Jul 23, 2013 6:23am...

China cracks down on building projects in anti-graft move A man rides an escalator near Shanghai Tower (R, under construction), Jin Mao Tower (C) and the Shanghai World Financial Center (L) at the Pudong financial district in Shanghai July 4, 2013. REUTERS/Carlos Barria BEIJING | Tue Jul 23...

Woman cheats 30 people of $2.75m New Straits Times Friday, Jul 19, 2013 KUALA LUMPUR - A woman who promised ridiculously high returns in an investment scheme conned 30 people out of a whopping RM7 million (S$2.75 million). One of the victims, Heng Hwa Keng, 41, claimed that he had invested...

Woman dead, 7 people missing in Malaysia boat accident AFP Friday, Jul 19, 2013 KUALA LUMPUR - An Indonesian woman died and seven people remain missing after a wooden boat believed to be smuggling them out of Malaysia to return home for the end of Ramadan overturned, authorities said...

Friends Kill Girl Over LINE Message, Dump Body In Mountains by Beth on Thursday, July 18, 2013 Japanese police search the mountain area where the victim’s body was found. Japanese netizens have been horrified by the news that a sixteen year old girl was effectively murdered by lynch mob...

Top Ten Japanese Jobs That Lead To An Early Death by Beth on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 Overwork is a serious issue in Japan, where in recent years company employees are quite literally working themselves to death. Therefore, tabloid magazine Nikkan SPA! has helpfully compiled a ranking of...

Woman Shows Off Brutally Abusing & Killing Dogs on Microblog by Bing on Thursday, July 18, 2013 From Sina Weibo: @Happy张江: Global Manhunt for Dog Torturing Psycho. Weibo ID @sg00ll00, since last year, this person began posting all sorts of dog-abuse photos, the likes of which are too...

Pirates hijack tanker off Gabon as shipping risks spread LONDON | Wed Jul 17, 2013 7:33am EDT (Reuters) - Pirates have hijacked an oil products tanker with 24 crew on board off the Gabon coast, the vessel's operator said on Wednesday, as a surge in such attacks in West Africa's mineral-rich...

Italy court sentences Pirelli head in spying probe Pirelli president Marco Tronchetti Provera smiles in the paddock after the third practice session of the Italian F1 Grand Prix at the Monza circuit September 8, 2012. REUTERS/Giorgio Perottino MILAN | Wed Jul 17, 2013 8:02am EDT (Reuters) -...

Mexico investigates death of 250 stingrays found on beach Dead rays may have been dumped on Chachalacas beach in Veracruz state by fisherman unable to get a good price for them Associated Press in Veracruz The Guardian, Wednesday 17 July 2013 10.26 BST More than 250 stingrays were found...