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Shanxi No 2 graft buster Yang Senlin confirmed to be in detention PUBLISHED : Thursday, 24 July, 2014, 5:04am UPDATED : Thursday, 24 July, 2014, 5:52am Keith Zhai [email protected] Yang Senlin was the executive deputy secretary of the provincial graft-fighting body. The second-highest...

Hong Kong expected to lead the way as smartwatch sales predicted to soar Hong Kong expected to lead the way on latest gadget, with global sales predicted to hit US$50b PUBLISHED : Sunday, 20 July, 2014, 6:06am UPDATED : Sunday, 20 July, 2014, 11:29am Michael de Waal-Montgomery...

Rare fossils in China show brain structures of prehistoric predators Strange creatures' nerve structures captured for first time in fossils in China PUBLISHED : Sunday, 20 July, 2014, 3:54am UPDATED : Sunday, 20 July, 2014, 3:54am Reuters in Washington An artist's impression of a Lyrarapax...

Published: Thursday July 17, 2014 MYT 11:20:00 PM Updated: Thursday July 17, 2014 MYT 11:40:00 PM MAS plane crashes in Ukraine by t avineshwaran PETALING JAYA: A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane has reportedly crashed in Ukraine near Russian border. The plane was flying from Amsterdam to...

MAS plane with 295 on board shot down over Ukraine, Interfax reports Published: 17 July 2014 A Malaysia Airlines plane has crashed after it was shot down at an altitude of 10km over eastern Ukraine, according to Russia's Interfax news agency. It said the Boeing 777 plane carrying 280...

2 generals, 2 pilots die as helicopter crashes in Cambodia PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 15 July, 2014, 1:32am UPDATED : Tuesday, 15 July, 2014, 1:32am Associated Press in Phnom Penh Soldiers use a crane to lift the chopper from a pond. Photo: AP Two generals who led the helicopter unit of...

Taiwanese Education Minister Chiang Wei-ling resigns over amid academic publishing scandal PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 15 July, 2014, 2:59am UPDATED : Tuesday, 15 July, 2014, 2:59am Agence France-Presse in Taipei Chiang Wei-ling was president of National Central University before he was appointed...

Locals-first job website launched by Singapore amid backlash against migrants PUBLISHED : Monday, 14 July, 2014, 10:40pm UPDATED : Monday, 14 July, 2014, 10:40pm Agence France-Presse in Singapore The Jobs Bank website. Photo: SCMP Pictures Singapore yesterday launched a jobs website...

Caught red-handed: Shanghai party cadre fired after being filmed groping woman on train Man identified as a state-run firm's deputy official arrested after victim comes forward PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 09 July, 2014, 1:14pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 09 July, 2014, 6:12pm Kathy Gao [email protected]...

Former Korean 'comfort women' for US troops sue own government Reuters | Jul 13, 2014, 02.15 PM IST Cho Myung-ja in a shack outside Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek. (Reuters photo) PYEONGTAEK South Korea: Cho Myung-ja ran away from home as a teenager to escape a father who beat her, finding...

Thailand warned it faces international sanctions over illegal ivory trade PUBLISHED : Sunday, 13 July, 2014, 6:06am UPDATED : Sunday, 13 July, 2014, 6:06am Agence France-Presse in Geneva A Thai official examines confiscated ivory. Photo: AP Thailand faces an international wildlife trade...

Carrefour says pulling out of India Reuters July 8, 2014, 3:43 am The logo of Carrefour is pictured during the company's 2013 annual results presentation in Paris March 5, 2014. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier PARIS (Reuters) - French retail giant Carrefour said on Monday it was closing its five...

France points finger at Swiss firm in Schumacher theft probe AFP July 8, 2014, 3:45 am Lyon (AFP) - France has tracked down the IP address of the computer used by the alleged thief of Michael Schumacher's medical records, prosecutors said Monday, locating it in the Swiss helicopter firm that...

Tributes from friends and foes for ex-Georgia leader AFP July 8, 2014, 4:12 am Tbilisi (AFP) - Tributes poured in from friends and foes on Monday after the death of former Georgian leader Eduard Shevardnadze, who helped end the Cold War as the Soviet Union's last foreign minister...

Malaysia to send more equipment for flight MH370 search in Indian Ocean PUBLISHED : Monday, 07 July, 2014, 4:24am UPDATED : Monday, 07 July, 2014, 4:27am Agence France-Presse in Kuala Lumpur Hishammuddin Hussein attends the opening of the MH370 Tribute Photo Exhibition organised by the...

Malaysia to send more equipment for flight MH370 search in Indian Ocean PUBLISHED : Monday, 07 July, 2014, 4:24am UPDATED : Monday, 07 July, 2014, 4:27am Agence France-Presse in Kuala Lumpur Hishammuddin Hussein attends the opening of the MH370 Tribute Photo Exhibition organised by the...

Fujian woman severs stepdaughter's arm, throws it in cesspit A 35-year-old woman, surnamed Wu, cut off her 7-year-old stepdaughter's right arm with a kitchen knife, and threw it in a cesspit outside their home last Saturday. The incident was discovered by the grandfather of the victim, Xiao...

Man jailed for abusing younger sisters RTHK (06-30 13:15) The High Court has jailed a man for five years for sexually abusing his younger sisters, who are triplets. The accused, who's now 20, is a year older than his sisters. The court that the victims were molested between over a three-year...

Soldier dismissed for setting man on fire The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Jakarta | Mon, June 30 2014, 7:38 AM A Indonesian Military (TNI) soldier, who was named a suspect for extorting and setting fire to an illegal parking attendant at the National Monument (Monas) last Tuesday, was dismissed...