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Philippines probes police 'murder' of criminal AFP July 13, 2013, 11:34 pm MANILA (AFP) - The Philippines is to investigate a group of police officers who were allegedly filmed executing a criminal, the government's human rights commission said Saturday. The video was at odds with a police...

Published: Tuesday July 9, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Tuesday July 9, 2013 MYT 11:44:18 AM Groom-to-be RM36,000 poorer COMPILED BY FLORENCE A . SAMY, NG SI HOOI AND A. RAMAN A MAN is now RM36,000 poorer after his bride-to-be conned him, reported Harian Metro. The 39-year-old housing...

Published: Tuesday July 9, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Tuesday July 9, 2013 MYT 7:43:25 AM Body found at durian orchard BY TAN SIN CHOW [email protected] First to discover body: Orchard workers Chin (left) and Fong who stumbled upon the body of the woman at the orchard. BALIK PULAU...

Published: Tuesday July 9, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Tuesday July 9, 2013 MYT 7:46:27 AM Armed gang loots former rep's house KUALA PILAH: Three men armed with machetes broke into the house of a former four-term assemblyman and held a parang to his widow’s neck and tied her up. Datin...

Snowden says states 'in bed with' NSA Date July 7, 2013 - 9:06PM NSA provides "analysis tools": Edward Snowden. Photo: Reuters The US National Security Agency operates broad secret spying partnerships with other western governments now complaining about its programs. The claim was made by...

French spying 'out of control' Date July 5, 2013 France's government is accused of illegal spying on its own citizens. Photo: Mayu Kanamori The French government spies on its own citizens in the same way as the United States, according to a leading newspaper. All phone calls, emails, text...

WHO sets up emergency committee on MERS virus GENEVA | Fri Jul 5, 2013 8:18am EDT (Reuters) - The World Health Organization is forming an emergency committee of international experts to prepare for a possible worsening of the Middle East coronavirus (MERS), which has killed 40 people, WHO...

Pakistan brings back death penalty, to anger of rights groups Policemen are seen silhouetted at the entrance of the Sargodha jail in Punjab province on June 24, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Faisal Mahmood By Syed Hassan ISLAMABAD | Fri Jul 5, 2013 6:22am EDT (Reuters) - Pakistan's new government...

EU threatens to suspend data-sharing with U.S. over spying reports A security camera is seen at the main entrance of the European Union Commission headquarters in Brussels July 1, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Francois Lenoir By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS | Fri Jul 5, 2013 10:24am EDT (Reuters) - The...

Notorious criminal Bassam Hamzy linked to brutal Brothers for Life gang in Sydney By police reporter Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop, ABC July 3, 2013, 10:02 pm Bassam Hamzy ... before and after his conversion to Islam. An ABC investigation has uncovered evidence that Australia's highest-security...

Three robbery suspects nabbed after car chase The Star/Asia News Network Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 Kuala Terengganu - Police shot at three suspected robbers and detained them following an early morning high-speed car chase drama in Marang. Terengganu deputy police chief Datuk Hamzah Mohd Jamil...

Published: Tuesday July 2, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Tuesday July 2, 2013 MYT 5:37:44 PM Arrests of junkies lead to cache of firearms JOHOR BARU: The arrest of a man over drugs led the police to a bigger find when they discovered a stash of firearms, a handcuff and al*****most RM40,000...

$720,000 worth of drugs hidden in iPad covers seized The Star/Asia News Network Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 Sepang - An Indian national was arrested for smuggling RM1.8mil (S$720,000) worth of drugs by hiding them in iPad covers. Claiming to be a salesman, the man, 31, had landed around 1am on...

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At least 19 firefighters killed battling Arizona blaze AFP Updated July 1, 2013, 9:21 pm LOS ANGELES (AFP) - At least 19 firefighters have been killed battling a fast-moving wildfire in Arizona, in one of the worst incidents of its kind in US history, as flames ravaged homes and forced the...

China law 'forcing' children to visit parents ridiculed AFP Updated July 1, 2013, 9:58 pm BEIJING (AFP) - A Chinese law requiring family members to visit their elderly relatives went into effect Monday to howls of online ridicule, as the country's huge population ages rapidly. The...

Japanese firm starts Down's therapy test AFP July 1, 2013, 9:46 pm TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese pharmaceutical company said Monday it will begin therapeutic testing of a drug it hopes will slow the decline in quality of life for some people with Down's syndrome. The firm will trial its...

India world's No. 3 smartphone market: research firm CNA 2013-06-29 11:09 New phones on the market. From left, HTC s J One HTL22, Kyocera's Urbano L01, and Sony's Xperia UL SOL22. (Photo/CFP) India has overtaken Japan as the world's third-largest smartphone market after China and the...

UK soldier murder trial set for Nov 18 From: AAP June 29, 2013 12:35AM THE trial of the two men accused of butchering a British soldier in a London street in a suspected Islamist attack will begin on November 18. The trial date was set on Friday as suspects Michael Adebolajo, 28, and...

Half metre-long lizard found in woman's home Firefighters are called after a giant grey lizard is discovered at a house in China. 5:36PM BST 27 Jun 2013 <iframe src="http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x11bn39" frameborder="0" height="270" width="480"></iframe> The half-metre long grey...