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iPhone electrocutes Xinjiang woman in her sleep Staff Reporter 2014-07-29 An 18-year-old woman in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region is confirmed to have died in her sleep while charging her iPhone 4S, reports Hong Kong-based Ming Pao. The victim's older sister found the...

Marks & Spencer pulls chicken, turkey products from Hong Kong shelves over UK food scare Retailer finds some products sourced from British company embroiled in tainted chicken scandal; other firms urged to check inventory PUBLISHED : Sunday, 27 July, 2014, 6:27am UPDATED : Sunday, 27 July...

In India, caste system ensures you are what you eat As a new genre of caste-based cookbooks reveals, India's multitude of culinary customs not only denotes class and region, it also symbolises faith, dictates who you marry and can be used as a barrier to social mobility, writes Amrit Dhillon...

Harris jury shown film of main accuser Julian Drape, AAP London Correspondent May 23, 2014, 10:32 pm The jury in Rolf Harris's child sex trial has been shown footage of his main accuser taken in Australia just days after she alleges the entertainer first indecently assaulted her as a...

HSBC comes under investor fire on bankers' pay Reuters May 23, 2014, 8:31 pm Group Chief Executive of HSBC Holdings PLC Stuart Gulliver speaks during the Asia-Global Dialogue forum in Hong Kong December 5, 2013. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu By Steve Slater and Matt Scuffham LONDON (Reuters) - More...

Visa, Mastercard vow to stay as Russia softens tone on rules Reuters May 23, 2014, 9:09 pm MasterCard and VISA credit cards are seen in this illustrative photograph taken in Hong Kong December 8, 2010. REUTERS/Bobby Yip By Darya Korsunskaya and Alexander Winning ST PETERSBURG/MOSCOW...

Putin vows to respect Ukraine vote AFP May 24, 2014, 4:02 am Saint Petersburg (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged Friday to respect the outcome of Ukraine's presidential election but warned that the country had descended into all-out civil war after a bloody upsurge in...

Authorities detain 80 in international cyber crime operation Reuters May 20, 2014, 1:21 am A hand is silhouetted in front of a computer screen in this picture illustration taken in Berlin May 21, 2013.. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Police in 16 countries across the United...

Abducted Chinese mine workers freed in Myanmar AFP May 20, 2014, 1:28 am Yangon (AFP) - Two Chinese workers kidnapped and threatened at a China-backed copper mine in Myanmar have been released, their firm said Monday, after they were held by activists demanding a halt to the controversial...

Balkans floods trigger Bosnia's worst exodus since war AFP May 20, 2014, 3:04 am<object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D <embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"...

84-year-old could face firing squad in Bali drugs case Agence France-Presse, Denpasar, Bali | National | Mon, May 19 2014, 3:45 PM An 84-year-old man could face death by firing squad for smuggling crystal methamphetamine worth more than $400,000 into the Indonesian resort island of Bali, an...

Taiwanese woman jailed for 10 years for trafficking Cambodian fishermen PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 29 April, 2014, 3:21pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 29 April, 2014, 3:21pm Agence France-Presse in Phnom Penh Taiwanese woman Lin Yu Shin was jailed for 10 years for trafficking hundreds of people. Photo: AFP...

Xinhua editor found dead inside newsroom in apparent suicide Long-time bureau chief had battled depression, sources said PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 29 April, 2014, 2:14pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 29 April, 2014, 3:49pm Wu Nan and Keith Zhai Song Bin. Photo: Xinhua A senior Xinhua editor was found...

Fix for Heartbleed bug may slow internet to a crawl Most sites have closed the back door to hackers with a patch, but it will make browsers sluggish PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 16 April, 2014, 11:37pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 16 April, 2014, 11:37pm Agence France-Presse in Washington An instruction...

Sir Alex Ferguson to auction HK$39 million wine collection in Hong Kong Legendary ex-Manchester United boss puts a different set of reds up for sale with Christie's PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 16 April, 2014, 5:17pm UPDATED : Thursday, 17 April, 2014, 4:28am Amy Nip and Reuters Christie's staff...

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Lawmaker accused of rape by TV anchor sentenced to 11 years for corruption and fraud Former member of the municipal People’s Congress in Shuangcheng, Heilongjiang province accused of rape by a TV anchor is sentenced to 11 years for corruption and fraud PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 16 April, 2014...

Malaysia reports first Asian death from Mers virus PUBLISHED : Thursday, 17 April, 2014, 1:24am UPDATED : Thursday, 17 April, 2014, 1:24am Associated Press in Kuala Lumpur A Malaysian man who went on a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia has become the first death in Asia from Middle East...

Italian priests, Canadian nun kidnapped in Cameroon April 5, 2014, 9:34 pm Yaoundé (AFP) - Suspected Boko Haram gunmen seized two Italian priests and a Canadian nun in northern Cameroon overnight Saturday, in the latest kidnapping of Westerners in the remote, insurgency-wracked corner of...

Thousands flee as fire razes Philippines slum AFP April 5, 2014, 11:42 pm Davao (Philippines) (AFP) - A huge night fire sent slum swellers running for their lives and destroyed more than a thousand homes in the Philippines' largest southern city, officials said Sunday. Davao city's skyline...