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Actor Ko Chun-hsiung dies of cancer at 70 2015/12/07 08:41:14 Ko Chun-hsiung (center) in his award-winning performance in the 1967 movie Lonely Seventeen Taipei, Dec. 7 (CNA) Ko Chun-hsiung (柯俊雄), one of the best known Chinese actors of his generation, has died, his agent said early Monday...

New PHP 7 engine is focused on speed, speed, and speed Web developers around the world have waited for this day for quite some years, but now that PHP 7 is officially out, work must begin on migrating their code to this newer version. http://github.com/php/php-src/releases/tag/php-7.0.0

Bangladesh hangs two opposition leaders for crimes committed during 1971 civil war PUBLISHED : Sunday, 22 November, 2015, 10:22pm UPDATED : Sunday, 22 November, 2015, 10:22pm Associated Press in New Delhi Ambulances carrying the dead bodies leave the Central Jail. Photo: AP Bangladesh has...

Paris-bound plane evacuated in Amsterdam after 'threat' AFP November 15, 2015, 3:50 am The Hague (AFP) - An Air France flight bound for Paris was evacuated and searched Saturday before leaving Amsterdam after "threats" were made against it on Twitter, Dutch police and the airline said. Air...

Bangladesh: Boy Killers Sentenced To Death The two cases have provoked outrage in Bangladesh where the authorities have been accused of failing to protect young children. 14:39 Sunday 08 November 2015 The video showing Rajon being tortured went viral Six men have been sentenced to death...

Afghan woman stoned to death for 'adultery' AFP November 4, 2015, 3:20 am Kabul (AFP) - A young Afghan woman was stoned to death after being accused of adultery, officials said Tuesday, a medieval punishment apparently recorded in a video that harks back to the dark days of Taliban rule...

India asks for access to 'terror emails' Gabrielle Dunlevy, AAP Southeast Asia Correspondent November 2, 2015, 4:00 am Australia is reportedly considering cooperating with Indian authorities on a terror case that could end with the suspect getting the death sentence. Attorney General George...

Chinese multi-millionaire property developer accused of leading bank robbery 16 years ago PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 28 October, 2015, 6:31pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 28 October, 2015, 7:39pm Laura Zhou [email protected] The suspect, Shi, following his arrest in Henan. The multi-millionaire...

Chinese multi-millionaire property developer accused of leading bank robbery 16 years ago PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 28 October, 2015, 6:31pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 28 October, 2015, 7:39pm Laura Zhou [email protected] The suspect, Shi, following his arrest in Henan. The multi-millionaire...

Five held for bank robbery 16 years ago China Daily, October 27, 2015 Sixteen years after an armed bank robbery in which 2.08 million yuan ($327,600) was stolen and two people were injured in Zhengshou, Henan province, police have arrested five suspects after matching physical evidence from...

Chinese smuggling endangers rare Philippine turtles AFP October 25, 2015, 11:39 pm Manila (AFP) - Chinese demand for forest turtles is threatening an endangered species found only on one Philippine island, wildlife officials said Sunday. The Philippine Forest Turtle, found only in the...

US Secret Service allowed use of warrantless intrusive phone tracking Under a new policy, the agency may use the technology in 'exceptional circumstances' without meeting the legal threshold for probable cause PUBLISHED : Thursday, 22 October, 2015, 10:49am UPDATED : Thursday, 22 October...

Typhoon Koppu kills at least 16 as it ravages the Philippines AFP October 19, 2015, 10:44 pm Santa Rosa (Philippines) (AFP) - Residents of flooded farming villages in the Philippines were trapped on their rooftops on Monday and animals floated down fast-rising rivers, as the death toll from...

Guizhou link mooted in raid on HSBC chief's Hong Kong home Concerns that would-be criminals from parts of the poverty-stricken province are eyeing the city PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 14 October, 2015, 1:44am UPDATED : Wednesday, 14 October, 2015, 1:44am Samuel Chan and Clifford Lo The suspect...

Why Joko Widodo can't stop Southeast Asia choking on his country's smoke by simply putting out fires Joko Widodo's failure to put out the forest fires choking Southeast Asia illustrates the problems of land use and decentralisation in Indonesia PUBLISHED : Sunday, 11 October, 2015, 11:21am...

Those who buy them either * know they are fakes yet buy to resell for a profit which means they are scammers :D * give them as gifts which means they are cheapos but if recipients are aware of it then who are the idiots? :D * are morons for not knowing... this has been rampant for many years.

Plumbers face blacklist over Hong Kong lead-in-water scare as Carrie Lam defends civil servants' role in scandal PUBLISHED : Thursday, 08 October, 2015, 2:20pm UPDATED : Friday, 09 October, 2015, 2:36am Fanny W. Y. Fung [email protected] Chief Secretary Carrie Lam came to the defence of...

Man fired from job for racist response to friends and followers on his own Facebook post PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 06 October, 2015, 2:54pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 06 October, 2015, 2:54pm New York Times Man fired from job for racist response to friends and followers on his own Facebook post Social...

Consists of porlumpars, selfish lot who sold their souls...