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Lushan's giant face Staff Reporter 2013-09-04 08:45 The cliff resembles a human face in profile. (Photo/CNS) A photo of Lushan or Mount Lu showing a part of the mountain resembling a human face has gone viral on the internet, reports the English-language China Daily. Lushan, in...

50.9% HK students depressed By Zhang Lulu China.org September 4, 2013 <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ekeYD7pJgl0?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> 50.9 percent of Hong Kong’s high school students display symptoms of depression, according to a...

Teacher held for alleged sex with 8 students Xinhua, September 4, 2013 A junior high school teacher in central China's Hubei Province has been detained for allegedly having sex with at least eight of his female students, local police said Wednesday. The teacher, surnamed Wang, who taught at...

Qing urns found at site of Keelung's falling boulder Staff Reporter 2013-09-04 12:49 Officials fear the boulder is in danger of sliding off the hill, like its former neighbor. (File photo/Tseng Bai-tsun) Two funerary urns believed to date back to the Qing Dynasty have been discovered on a...

4 September 2013 Last updated at 05:59 GMT Olympus to be prosecuted by UK fraud agency Former chairman Tsuyoshi Kikukawa has previously said that responsibility for the cover-up was his Japanese camera and medical equipment maker Olympus and its UK subsidiary Gyrus Group will be prosecuted...

China and South Korea in stealth fighter arms race Staff Reporter 2013-09-03 17:23 Concept art for China's J-11B fighter. (Internet photo) To compete with the F-15SE Silent Eagle of the Republic of Korea Air Force, China has decided to upgrade its J-11 fighter with fifth-generation stealth...

Football ref attacked by gunmen Published: 4 Sep 2013 at 11.59 A high-profile Thai Premier League football referee was shot and seriously injured in Bangkok on Wednesday morning, police said. Pol Lt Col Komen Suphap, deputy superintendent of Hua Mak police station, said Thanom Borikut was...

Photos of Shanghai During the First Half of the 20th Century by Fauna on Monday, September 2, 2013 From NetEase: Free Shanghai This is a city full of freedom factor, where the people here exchange cigarettes, rice, and intelligence. Here in this place were international settlements...

CBS/AP/ September 3, 2013, 10:56 AM Ohio man who threatened officers holds "idiot" sign in front of police station <iframe width="480" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/X90vU-B6OTk?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Richard Dameron / WOIO CLEVELAND A man who...

Soca wields new powers to freeze global assets of super-rich foreigners MARK HOLLINGSWORTH , JIM ARMITAGE MONDAY 02 SEPTEMBER 2013 The embattled Serious Organised Crime Agency heads into fresh controversy on Tuesday as it emerges it has won sweeping new powers allowing it to freeze assets...

Amazing escape for Kiwi stalked by croc Tim Clarke, AAP Updated September 2, 2013, 7:36 pm A New Zealand kayaker has had an amazing escape after becoming trapped on a remote West Australian island for more than two weeks by a massive crocodile who would not let him leave. The man, known...

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<iframe width="480" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/wig98v__QAo?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> FSA says decision to delay military action could create further problems

Suez Canal Authority says attack attempted on container ship CAIRO | Sat Aug 31, 2013 5:41pm EDT (Reuters) - A "terrorist" staged an unsuccessful attack on a container ship passing through the Suez Canal on Saturday, in an attempt to disrupt the flow of ships through the waterway, the head of...

Egypt arrests three after gun attack on ship in Suez Canal : source REUTERS | 01 September, 2013 13:33 The mouth of the Suez Canal. File photo. Image by: Ankur P (Flickr) Egypt has arrested three people who opened fire with machine guns on a ship passing through the Suez Canal, an army...

Text: Obama statement on decision for U.S. strikes on Syria WASHINGTON | Sat Aug 31, 2013 4:22pm EDT (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday said he had decided the United States should strike Syrian government targets in response to a chemical weapons attack outside Damascus, but he...

Timeline: Turning points in the U.S. debate on Syria WASHINGTON | Sat Aug 31, 2013 3:42pm EDT (Reuters) - President Barack Obama backed off from an imminent military strike against Syria on Saturday to seek the approval of the U.S. Congress, in a decision that likely delays U.S. action for at...

Radiation readings spike at water tank at Japan's ruined nuclear plant An aerial view shows Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and its contaminated water storage tanks (bottom) in Fukushima, in this August 20, 2013 file photo taken by...

Stainless steal: Chinese tour group keep cutlery from in-flight meal Staff Reporter 2013-08-31 14:24 A Singapore Airlines flight. (Photo/Xinhua) A group of about 30 Chinese tourists recently sparked a row aboard a Singapore Airlines flight after refusing to hand over the metal cutlery from...

Stainless steal: Chinese tour group keep cutlery from in-flight meal Staff Reporter 2013-08-31 14:24 A Singapore Airlines flight. (Photo/Xinhua) A group of about 30 Chinese tourists recently sparked a row aboard a Singapore Airlines flight after refusing to hand over the metal cutlery...