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4 October 2013 Last updated at 18:53 GMT Silk Road accused Ross Ulbricht appears in court The Silk Road was known as a place to buy and sell illegal drugs The alleged mastermind behind the online illegal drugs marketplace Silk Road is too dangerous to be bailed, US prosecutors have said...

4 October 2013 Last updated at 16:46 GMT China employs two million microblog monitors state media say Sina Weibo, launched in 2010, has more than 500 million registered users with 100 million messages posted daily More than two million people in China are employed by the government to...

4 October 2013 Last updated at 09:38 GMT Adobe in source code and customer data security breach Adobe says cyber attacks have become an "unfortunate" part of doing business Adobe has confirmed that 2.9 million customers have had private information stolen during a "sophisticated" cyber...

1 October 2013 Last updated at 12:19 GMT Scientists use lightning bolt to charge mobile phone The lightning bolt was recreated in the lab Some 200 years after Mary Shelley used lightning to breath life into Frankenstein's monster, scientists have copied her idea to power a phone. The...

1 October 2013 Last updated at 13:19 GMT Symantec disables 500,000 botnet-infected computers By Tom Espiner Technology reporter A quarter of the ZeroAccess network of zombie computers has been disabled, says Symantec. Symantec has disabled part of one of the world's largest networks of...

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Death toll from Pakistan market attack rises to 42 Sun, Sep 29 2013 Security officials, rescue workers and residents gather at the site of a bomb attack in Peshawar September 29, 2013. REUTERS/Khuram Parvez PESHAWAR, Pakistan | Mon Sep 30, 2013 12:09am EDT (Reuters) - The death toll from a...

UK finance minister to court voters with 'tough love' welfare rules Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (L) leaves his hotel on the second day of the Conservative party annual conference in Manchester, northern England September 30, 2013. REUTERS/Phil Noble By Guy...

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13 dead as migrant boat runs aground off Sicily September 30, 2013 ROME (AP) — The Italian coast guard says 13 bodies have washed up on a Sicilian beach after a boat carrying some 200 migrants ran aground as it approached the shore. Coast guard official Marco Di Milla says rescue boats and...

Mumbai collapse death toll climbs to 60 as search ends AFP September 29, 2013, 4:36 pm Mumbai (AFP) - The death toll from the collapse of a residential block in Mumbai rose to 60 on Sunday as rescuers ended their search operation with all the missing accounted for, officials said. The...

Jung Chang: 'They should take down Mao's portrait from Tiananmen Square' The Wild Swans author on why she loves London, being banned in China and the astonishing life of an empress Interview by Kate Kellaway The Observer, Sunday 29 September 2013 Jung Chang: 'I care deeply what...

China Tiananmen Square makeover meets cost complaints Published September 29, 2013 AFP Beijing (AFP) – A giant vase installed in Beijing's Tiananmen Square ahead of a national holiday has met with scathing criticism from Chinese internet users after a newspaper revealed its cost on Sunday...

Fri, Sep 27, 2013 Yunlin protesters throw shoes at president By Mo Yan-chih / Staff reporter Environmental activists yesterday prepare to hurl shoes at President Ma Ying-jeou, who was visiting the National Yunlin University of Science and Technology.Sep 27, 2013 Photo: CNA President Ma...

Sat, Sep 28, 2013 Man pledges love with giant padlock By Chang Jui-chen and Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter, with staff writer Many couples have pledged their love by leaving a padlock on Love Locks Bridge (情鎖橋) in Greater Taichung. The challenge is how to make sure their lock does not get...

China Exclusive: Michael Jackson's coach trains Chinese teen Xinhua | 2013-9-28 15:34:16 By Agencies <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/XbIfkbhYH44?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"></iframe> US vocal coach Seth Riggs has been the master behind the...

14 Artificially Bred Panda Cubs in the Limelight in Chengdu 2013-09-24 10:32:52 Web Editor: Sun Wanming A group of artificially bred panda cubs were put together on Monday, for the first time since their births in the city of Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan Provinces on September 23...