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IMF says Pakistan at high risk of economic crisis Reuters September 13, 2013, 1:08 am ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund gave Pakistan a sobering assessment on Thursday, saying its economy was at a high risk of deteriorating into crisis and growth was too slow to...

Agence France-Presse September 12, 2013 10:16 Floods kill eight in Romania, hundreds evacuated Flash floods in eastern Romania have killed eight people, including a child, authorities said Thursday, updating an earlier toll of four dead. Rescuers saved 330 people from flooded areas overnight...

Agence France-Presse September 12, 2013 10:16 Egypt extends state of emergency by two months Interim president Adly Mansour on Thursday extended by two months Egypt's state of emergency in force since mid-August, his spokesman said. "President Adly Mansour decided to extend the state of...

Agence France-Presse September 12, 2013 04:33 Vietnam man jailed for 15 years for subversion Vietnam has sentenced a former army officer to 15 years in jail for plotting to overthrow the communist regime, a court official said Thursday, in the latest crackdown on dissent. Ngo Hao, 65, who...

Last update 08:00 | 12/09/2013 The giant fish in Vietnam Catching a giant whale shark of 800 kg A whale shark of 4.2 m long, weighing 780kg, was caught in the net of fishermen from Quynh Luu district, Nghe An province on August 15, 2013 about 145 nautical miles from the shore of the Tonkin...

Last update 08:00 | 12/09/2013 The giant fish in Vietnam Catching a giant whale shark of 800 kg A whale shark of 4.2 m long, weighing 780kg, was caught in the net of fishermen from Quynh Luu district, Nghe An province on August 15, 2013 about 145 nautical miles from the shore of the...

S'porean who tried to join Thai insurgents held under ISA Posted on Sep 12, 2013 6:04 PM Updated: Sep 12, 2013 6:21 PM By Rachel Chang Thai police inspect an elementary school bombed by insurgents on Tuesday in Yala province in Thailand's restive south, where Singaporean Asyrani Hussaini had...

Giant boulder slides onto road, lands on man AP September 12, 2013, 9:51 am This photo released by the Coconino County Sheriff's office shows investigators at the scene of a boulder slide where a man was seriously injured while trying to move another boulder. Photo: Supplied. A man in the...

US man gets 20 years in sex slave case Bill Draper, AP September 12, 2013, 8:14 am Edward Bagley. Photo: Supplied A man has been sentenced to 20 years in a US prison for holding a young woman captive as a sex slave for six years. Edward Bagley initially faced 11 federal charges accusing...

Two soldiers killed by school bomb in Thai south AFP September 10, 2013, 9:42 pm BANGKOK (AFP) - A twin bomb blast struck a school in insurgency-plagued southern Thailand on Tuesday, officials said, killing two soldiers and injuring one student in a new setback to peace efforts. Education...

School suspended after students found nose bleeding Xinhua, September 8, 2013 The students from the No. 9 Primary School in Beibaixiang township, Leqing City of Zhejiang Province, began nose bleeding on Wednesday, while some of them also showed symptoms of vomiting, headache and stomachache...

Cooking crocodiles CFP | 2013-9-8 23:13:01 By CFP Crocodiles are barbecued at a food festival held in Nanning, in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Thursday. Sellers claimed they were nutritious, and sold them at 50 yuan ($8.17) per piece. Photo: CFP

Mystery bleeding CFP | 2013-9-9 0:08:01 By CFP A student with a bleeding nose is carried from school in Yueqing, Zhejiang Province on Friday. The school had seen 19 students suffering from nonstop nose bleeds since the semester started. Some parents said it was due to the pungent smell...

Lighting up the Dark Web Global Times | 2013-9-8 18:48:01 By Zhang Xiaobo Police officers display drugs confiscated in a crackdown at a press conference held in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, on August 25. Photo: CFP When Zeng Yuan (pseudonym), 25, from Anhui Province, was detained by police...

Chinese premier calls for efforts to tackle urbanization challenges Xinhua | 2013-9-8 9:00:28 By Agencies Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (C) presides over a meeting with academicians and experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) on the...

Burglar risks death fall for $123 BIG RISK: Pek Kok Chong (above) broke into a flat and stole $123.17. He later climbed out the window of the 8-storey flat using knotted curtains. Shaffiq Alkhatib The New Paper Friday, Sep 06, 2013 SINGAPORE - BREAKING into an eighth-storey flat was easy...

100 car pileup leaves British police shocked REUTERS FIRST POSTED: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 05, 2013 10:33 AM EDT | UPDATED: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 05, 2013 10:48 AM EDT A rescue worker works amongst the wreckage of some of the 100 vehicles involved in multiple collisions, which took place in dense...

Published: Thursday September 5, 2013 MYT 8:01:00 AM Updated: Thursday September 5, 2013 MYT 9:15:39 AM Woman hangs herself after quarrelling with hubby over money OTHER NEWS AND VIEWS: COMPILED BY SIRA HABIBU, NG SI HOOI AND A. RAMAN <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/5jaTJgXvg1c?rel=0"...

Published: Thursday September 5, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Thursday September 5, 2013 MYT 9:10:30 AM Two cops jailed for taking bribes BY MANJIT KAUR [email protected] Guilty: L/Kpl Mohd Fauzi covering his face as he walks out of the Sessions court in Ipoh. IPOH: Two policemen...

Agence France-PresseSeptember 5, 2013 02:18 Chinese official Yang Dacai gets 14 years for bribery (VIDEO) Yang Dacai, known as 'Brother Watch' because of his penchant for luxury timepieces, was convicted of taking hundreds of thousands of yuan in bribes. <iframe...