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Airbus eyes $1 billion savings in three-year restructuring - union PARIS Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:58pm GMT Flags with the new logo of aircraft manufacturer Airbus Group are seen on the entrance gate of the company's office building in Paris January 3, 2014. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (Reuters) -...

McIlroy sizzles in Dubai; Woods among chasing pack By Matt Smith DUBAI Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:57pm GMT Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland takes a shot on the fairway of the 2nd hole during the first round of the 2014 Omega Dubai Desert Classic in Dubai January 30, 2014. REUTERS-Caren Firouz...

Russian Starykh out of Games after failed test MOSCOW Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:10pm GMT (Reuters) - Leading Olympic biathlon medal hope Irina Starykh will miss the Sochi Games after failing a doping test, the Russian biathlon federation said on Thursday. "The Russian biathlon federation pulls the...

Thai government wants controversial election to go ahead PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 28 January, 2014, 4:02pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 28 January, 2014, 4:02pm Agence France-Presse in Bangkok Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and the chairman of the Election Commission Supachai Somcharoen. Photo...

32 Taiwanese nabbed in Bangladesh for involvement in telecom fraud Central News Agency 2014-01-27 10:30 PM New Delhi, Jan. 27 (CNA) Authorities in Bangladesh cracked a telephone fraud ring with Taiwan's help last month and arrested a total of 32 Taiwanese suspects, with seven admitting to...

Baby-throwing policeman jailed for 3 years Xinhua, January 28, 2014 Policeman Guo Zengxi who injured a baby by hurling her onto the ground after a drinking session was sentenced to three years in jail. A policeman who injured a baby by hurling her onto the ground after a drinking session...

4 jailed for cooking in waste oil Shanghai Daily, January 28, 2014 Four employees of a chain restaurant in Changning District were handed prison sentences for cooking in waste oil, the Changning District People's Court ruled yesterday. Prosecutors said the four employees who worked at the...

Israel PM under fire over son's Norwegian girlfriend AFP 26 January, 2014 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prays with his sons Yair (behind) and Avner in Jerusalem's Old City on January 22, 2013 (AFP Photo/Uriel Sinai) Jerusalem (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was...

Natural gas pipeline explosion in Manitoba may mean some are without heat for several days Canadian Press | January 25, 2014 | Last Updated: Jan 25 5:49 PM ET Five homes remain evacuated as TransCanada Piplelines deals with a natural gas pipeline fire Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014 about 25...

7,000-Year-Old Human Bones Suggest New Date for Light-Skin Gene LiveScience By By Tia Ghose, Staff Writer 26 January, 2014 An illustration of what the ancient hunter-gatherer may have looked like An ancient European hunter-gatherer man had dark skin and blue eyes, a new genetic analysis has...

US officials probe illnesses on Caribbean cruise Associated Press By DAVID McFADDEN 26 January, 2014 KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — U.S. health officials on Sunday boarded a cruise ship docked in the U.S. Virgin Islands to investigate an illness outbreak that has stricken at least 300 people with...

Family devastated at woman's death Yahoo!7 January 25, 2014, 6:27 pm The family of an Irish woman who was found next to a car in a pool of blood has revealed the devastation her death has caused. Comrie Cullen was found in a carpark at Taren Point in Sydney's south by a man walking his dog...

Record number of women in Chile cabinet AAP January 25, 2014, 5:52 pm Chilean President-elect Michelle Bachelet has announced her cabinet, including record numbers of both women and political independents. "It is a team chosen on the basis of conditions of leadership, skill, commitment to...

Japan's PM defends dolphin hunting AFP January 25, 2014, 7:13 pm Tokyo (AFP) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has defended Japan's dolphin hunting and asked the world to understand that the controversial tradition is part of its culture and financially supports fishing communties. The annual...

Endangered Philippine eagle killed by falling branch AFP January 25, 2014, 7:21 pm Manila (AFP) - A rare Philippine eagle, whose species is on the brink of extinction, was killed inside a conservation group's breeding centre when a branch fell on its cage, the centre said Saturday. The...

Wiping the smile off CY Leung's face PUBLISHED : Thursday, 23 January, 2014, 3:23am UPDATED : Thursday, 23 January, 2014, 3:29am Offshore account: actor Julian Cheung. Photo: Nora Tam The Democratic Party has designed rolls of toilet paper bearing the face of Chief Executive Leung...

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Failed bombers given harsh prison sentences (update) Central News Agency 2014-01-22 07:44 PM Taipei, Jan. 22 (CNA) The mastermind of two failed bombing attempts in northern Taiwan last year was convicted on attempted murder charges by the New Taipei District Court on Wednesday and...