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Malaysian sect prepared for Mayan 'doomsday' (AFP) Friday, Jan 11, 2013 KUALA LUMPUR — A Malaysian Islamic sect that stockpiled a huge cache of swords, gunpowder and other weaponry was preparing for last month's much-hyped Mayan apocalypse prophecy that never came true, police said Friday...

Chinese Zoo Visitors Hit Lions with Snowballs for Fun by Peter Barefoot on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 From NetEase: Zoo Visitors in Hangzhou Violently Hit Panthera Leos with Snowballs for Pleasure January 5 afternoon...

College Girl Covers Chinese Artist’s Naked Body with Hickeys by Wayne Chen on Monday, January 7, 2013 From Fetion: Hickeys all over naked guy: Hardcore! Female college students leave hundreds of hickeys on naked guy He is...

Underground Gambling on When Cancer Patients Will Die Exposed by Stuart Dingle on Thursday, January 10, 2013 From Yahoo Taiwan: Betting on when late-stage cancer patients would die, doctors and family members wagered over 1 billion [TWD] Gambling nature is...

2 die after eating toxic cockles The New Paper | Thu Jan 10 2013 6 people suffered from paralytic shellfish poisoning following the red-tide phenomenon in Sabah. Malaysia, January 10, 2013 Six people suffered from paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) - a serious illness - following the...

Malaysian police kill two after 'chilli' escape AFP Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police on Thursday shot and killed two of the seven suspected criminals who escaped custody this week by temporarily blinding a guard with chilli powder. The escape Monday of the men - whom...

Honduras ambassador resigns after alleged embassy orgy The Honduran ambassador to Colombia was forced to resign at the weekend after his bodyguard reportedly held a Christmas party with prostitutes at the mission, the foreign ministry in Tegucigalpa said. Photo: Alamy 4:00PM GMT 06 Jan 2013...

26ft giant squid footage captured Footage of an elusive 26ft giant squid that roams the depths of the Pacific has been captured by Japanese scientists. The video of the giant squid was shot at a depth of 630 meters (2,067 feet) in the sea near the Ogasawara islands, Japan Photo: DISCOVERY...

Bahrain upholds jail terms for activists Bahrain's highest appeals court has upheld jail terms against 13 prominent activists, seven of whom are facing life in prison, over charges of plotting to overthrow the monarchy. Bahraini Shiite Muslim women hold portraits of relatives being held in...

Colorado Batman shooter in court 'mini-trial' James Holmes, the man who allegedly shot dead 12 people in a cinema in Aurora, Colorado during a screen of the Batman film The Dark Knight Rises is due to appear in court, for a so-called 'mini trial. James Holmes faces more than 160 counts...

Google's Eric Schmidt heads to North Korea Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, has headed to North Korea with Bill Richardson, the former governor of New Mexico. Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, at Beijing International airport Photo: WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images...

Delhi gang-rape suspects in court amid chaotic scenes Five men charged with the gang-rape and murder of a student in New Delhi were due to appear in court for the first time amid calls for them to be hanged. A police van believed to be carrying the five men accused of the gang rape of a...

Chinese in rare protest outside newspaper over censorship Scores of supporters of China's Southern Weekly, one of the country's most liberal newspapers, have demonstrated outside its headquarters in a rare protest against censorship. Demonstrators gather outside the headquarters of the...

Indian rape victim's father says he wants her named By Suchitra Mohanty and Frank Jack Daniel NEW DELHI | Sun Jan 6, 2013 7:40am EST (Reuters) - The father of an Indian student whose brutal rape provoked a global outcry said he wanted her name made public so she could be an inspiration to...