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Taiwan food company boss jailed for 20 years over ‘gutter oil’ scandal Yeh Wen-hsiang, chairman of Chang Guann, also fined US$1.6 million for selling on 243 tonnes of tainted oil that led foods being removed from Taiwan and Hong Kong stores and hotels PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 28 July, 2015, 4:31pm...

Philippine massacre suspect Ampatuan dies in hospital: lawyer AFP July 18, 2015, 4:14 am Manila (AFP) - The patriarch of a warlord clan who is on trial for the Philippines' worst political massacre has died, his lawyer said Saturday, days after he slipped into a coma. Andal Ampatuan Sr. and...

Taiwan lifts ban on Vietnamese workers 2015/07/15 12:34:01 (CNA file photo) Taipei, July 15 (CNA) The lifting of a 10-year ban on certain categories of Vietnamese workers in Taiwan took effect Wednesday, with the first batch of some 10,000 workers due in Taiwan in three months, according to...

Egypt's journalists face jail for reporting 'false' death tolls, in move likened to Nazis Former army chief says situation not just under control, it's 'totally stable', after wave of violence PUBLISHED : Monday, 06 July, 2015, 1:21am UPDATED : Monday, 06 July, 2015, 1:21am Agence...

Former Hong Kong official convicted of taking cash for non-existent language courses PUBLISHED : Thursday, 02 July, 2015, 12:41pm UPDATED : Thursday, 02 July, 2015, 12:42pm Thomas Chan [email protected] Former assistant commissioner for labour Sam Chow was found guilty at Kowloon City...

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Bus carrying British children crashes in Belgium, driver dead Reuters June 28, 2015, 7:30 pm Rescuers stand next to a British bus, which was transporting 34 children before it overturned and crashed on a motorway, near the city of Middelkerke, Belgium, June 28, 2015. REUTERS/Dominique...

Nine teachers fired at troubled Hong Kong Canadian International School Those dismissed in the wake of governance row included the wives of former school chiefs who either resigned or were fired late last year PUBLISHED : Friday, 12 June, 2015, 3:06am UPDATED : Friday, 12 June, 2015, 3:06am...

German woman, 102, gets doctorate 77 yrs after Nazis blocked her AFP June 10, 2015, 1:56 am A 102-year-old woman received her doctorate from a German university - nearly 80 years after the Nazis prevented her sitting the final exam to officially obtain it. Pediatric expert Ingeborg...

Vietnam seizes record cocaine haul shipped from South America By Dam Huy, Thanh Nien News HO CHI MINH CITY - Sunday, May 31, 2015 12:36 Cocaine has been hidden in wooden pallets in a container shipped from South America to Vietnam. Photo: Dam Huy Customs and police forces have busted a...

‘He was a sexual predator’: Former Hanergy director jailed eight years for Hong Kong rape PUBLISHED : Thursday, 28 May, 2015, 3:55pm UPDATED : Friday, 29 May, 2015, 6:20am Thomas Chan [email protected] Laurent Frank found his victims on websites. Photo: David Wong A former director of a...

'Taiwan's Mandela' launches bid to stand for president AFP May 21, 2015, 11:36 pm Taipei (AFP) - A veteran Taiwanese opposition figure and human rights activist launched a bid Thursday to stand for president next year, posing the latest threat to the embattled ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party...

Ex-Madoff controller avoids prison time after cooperating By LARRY NEUMEISTER May. 19, 2015 6:03 PM EDT NEW YORK (AP) — Imprisoned Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff's former controller won't have to go to prison after a prosecutor praised her Tuesday for helping them successfully convict...

Irish nanny charged in baby's death released after 2 years By BOB SALSBERG May. 5, 2015 3:58 PM EDT Aisling Brady McCarthy arrives for her bail hearing at Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn, Mass., Tuesday, May 5, 2015. McCarthy, a nanny from Ireland, is accused of killing a 1-year-old...

China fines driver for motorway dog walk AFP May 3, 2015, 10:55 pm China fines driver for motorway dog walk The woman and her partner both left the car on the busy motorway Photo: AFP A woman who took her dog for a walk on a motorway in China while her car was parked in the middle of the...

Irish priest jailed for hiring IRA to intimidate nephew AFP May 1, 2015, 5:45 pm Dublin (AFP) - An Irish priest was jailed on Thursday for hiring men who said they were IRA paramilitaries to issue death threats and intimidate his nephew into dropping legal action. Former hospital chaplain...

Turkish Airlines plane makes emergency landing after engine fire AFP April 25, 2015, 8:35 pm Istanbul (Turkey) (AFP) - A Turkish Airlines plane returning from Milan made an emergency landing in Istanbul on Saturday after one of its engines caught fire, media and officials said. Footage on...

Authorities make 6 arrests in 2 states in terrorism probe By AMY FORLITI Apr. 20, 2015 2:29 AM EDT File- This March 9, 2012, file photo shows FBI spokesman Kyle Loven giving a tour of the Emergency Operations Center at the new Minneapolis-area field office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Loven...

'Dream' smartphone battery can be fully charged in under a minute PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 08 April, 2015, 12:18pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 08 April, 2015, 2:55pm Stephen Chen [email protected] A researcher from Stanford University shows a newly developed aluminium battery supplying...

Discovery of hanged black man in Mississippi raises questions about possible lynching Spectre of racial violence looms large in Mississippi as authorities investigate whether ex-convict committed suicide or was murdered PUBLISHED : Monday, 23 March, 2015, 12:41am UPDATED : Monday, 23 March...