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World’s tallest man meets his 55cm counterpart for world records day PUBLISHED : Friday, 14 November, 2014, 11:02pm UPDATED : Saturday, 15 November, 2014, 3:03am Agence France-Presse in London The world’s shortest man, Chandra Dangi, and the tallest, Sultan Kosen, in London. Photo: Reuters...

European Space Agency makes history as probe lands on comet European Space Agency scientists behind the project overjoyed after touchdown caps a 6.4 billion-kilometre journey begun a decade ago PUBLISHED : Thursday, 13 November, 2014, 4:56am UPDATED : Thursday, 13 November, 2014, 4:56am...

Ting Hsin food tycoon Wei Ying-chun may face 30 years in jail over oil scandal PUBLISHED : Thursday, 30 October, 2014, 10:22pm UPDATED : Thursday, 30 October, 2014, 10:22pm Lawrence Chung in Taipei [email protected] Wei Ying-chun is escorted by police at the Changhua district court in...

Aussie jailed over Java holiday crash AAP By Gabrielle Dunlevy and Heru Rahadi October 16, 2014, 10:33 pm West Australian Jake Drage will spend nine months in jail for causing a fatal crash in Indonesia. AAP An Australian man has calmly accepted his nine-month jail sentence for a fatal...

Brace for Ebola, WHO chief tells East Asia PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 14 October, 2014, 4:30am UPDATED : Tuesday, 14 October, 2014, 4:30am Agencies in Manila Margaret Chan urged East Asian and Pacific countries to strengthen defences against the Ebola outbreak. World Health Organisation chief Dr...

Orange pollution alert raised as Beijing smog reaches 'hazardous' levels Pollution level at the highest – “hazardous” – level meaning air quality is a health threat to the entire population as roads are closed and schools told to limit outdoor activities PUBLISHED : Thursday, 09 October...

Beijing on alert as smog sets in Capital issues yellow warning with pollution expected to persist until the weekend, when strong winds are forecast to disperse haze PUBLISHED : Thursday, 09 October, 2014, 4:28am UPDATED : Thursday, 09 October, 2014, 5:03am Zhuang Pinghui...

75,000 party cadres probed for graft, but more 'big tigers' unlikely, says analyst PUBLISHED : Sunday, 05 October, 2014, 5:38am UPDATED : Sunday, 05 October, 2014, 5:38am Minnie Chan [email protected] Political analysts do not expect Xi Jinping to target any princeling officials...

'I will be acquitted,' Karadzic tells war crimes court AFP October 3, 2014, 1:50 am The Hague (AFP) - Radovan Karadzic did not know of the 1995 massacre of thousands of Muslims at Srebrenica, his lawyer said Thursday, with the former Bosnian Serb leader defiantly telling the UN tribunal he...

StealthGenie 'stalker app' maker arrested over its alleged privacy violation First-of-its-kind prosecution argues StealthGenie violates personal privacy PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 01 October, 2014, 3:58am UPDATED : Wednesday, 01 October, 2014, 3:58am The Washington Post StealthGenie can...

Student protesters stage overnight sit-in outside Government House in call for democracy PUBLISHED : Thursday, 25 September, 2014, 11:37am UPDATED : Friday, 26 September, 2014, 1:16am Tony Cheung, Samuel Chan, Peter So Student protesters carry a giant picture of CY Leung depicted as a...

White tiger kills youth at New Delhi zoo AFP September 24, 2014, 2:55 am New Delhi (AFP) - A white tiger on Tuesday attacked and killed a youth who apparently jumped into its enclosure at a zoo in the Indian capital. Witnesses said the tiger grabbed the young man by the neck as horrified...

Chinese vice mayor missing for over 45 days Xinhua, September 16, 2014 Police in central China are searching for a vice mayor of a city who disappeared in late July, allegedly together two others. Police are investigating Guo Yipin, 52, vice mayor of Luoyang City, Henan Province, a...

Chinese sturgeon on the brink of extinction PUBLISHED : Monday, 15 September, 2014, 5:44am UPDATED : Monday, 15 September, 2014, 2:14pm Staff Reporter Scientists believe Chinese sturgeon may have failed to breed in the wild over the past year, putting the critically endangered species of...

Ebola toll hits 2,400 as Cuba pledges medics World Health Organisation chief Margaret Chan stresses the need for more medical staff to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa as the number of cases hits 4,784 with 2,400 killed PUBLISHED : Saturday, 13 September, 2014, 6:11pm UPDATED ...

Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels exchange prisoners in ceasefire deal Dozens of prisoners of war returned to their home forces in Ukraine on Friday after they were transferred as part of a ceasefire agreement made in Minsk earlier this month PUBLISHED : Friday, 12 September, 2014, 2:45pm UPDATED ...

Bottoms up! Boss of 'gutter oil' firm drinks cup of cooking oil to prove it is safe Boss of 'gutter oil' firm downs a cup of cooking oil, as Taiwan bans Hong Kong imports PUBLISHED : Thursday, 11 September, 2014, 1:46pm UPDATED : Friday, 12 September, 2014, 2:54am Emily Tsang and Lawrence...

Device avoids diabetes amputation AAP September 10, 2014, 7:56 pm Experts have developed a new diagnostic device which can spot diabetes-related complications early. PAA A device similar to bathroom scales could stem the tide of patients who lose their limbs as a result of diabetes...

Honduras nabs ex-official over $330 million stash AFP September 10, 2014, 8:50 am Tegucigalpa (AFP) - Honduran police arrested the fugitive former director of the national social security institute Tuesday on charges of stealing more than $330 million in public money from 2010 until January...