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AirAsia flight may have made water landing before sinking, analysts say PUBLISHED : Friday, 02 January, 2015, 12:23am UPDATED : Friday, 02 January, 2015, 1:21am Agence France-Presse in Jakarta Indonesian Navy personnel in a rubber dinghy recovering a body believed to be a victim of the...

Local security officers carry a coffin containing a body of a victim of AirAsia Flight 8501 at the main hospital in Pangkalan Bun, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. Indonesian police carry parts of an airplane found floating on the water near the site where AirAsia Flight 8501 disappeared, at Kumai...

Indonesians hold up candles during a candle light vigil for the victims of AirAsia flight QZ8501 at Surabaya December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha Search and rescue team members stand by as a helicopter prepares to land, during search operations for passengers onboard AirAsia...

Indonesia Marine divers prepare their gear on deck of SAR ship Purworejo for search operation of passenger onboard AirAsia flight QZ8501 at Kumai port, Pangkalan Bun district January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Beawiharta Search and Rescue team members stand by as they get ready to board SAR ship...

Indonesian military personnel carry caskets containing the remains of passengers onboard AirAsia flight QZ8501, recovered off the coast of Borneo, at a military base in Surabaya January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha Indonesian military personnel load a casket containing the body of a...

Police officers and family members of Hayati Lutfiah, a passenger of AirAsia QZ8501, pray next to her coffin at Bhayankara Hospital in Surabaya January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha Police carry debris from a boat believed to be an emergency slide from the wreck of the AirAsia...

The grave marker of Hayati Lutfiah, a passenger of AirAsia QZ8501, is pictured at a cemetery in Surabaya January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas Relatives pray during the burial of Hayati Lutfiah, a passenger of AirAsia QZ8501, at a cemetery in Surabaya January 1, 2015.REUTERS/Sigit...

Relatives lower the coffin containing the body of Hayati Lutfiah, a passenger of AirAsia QZ8501, during her burial at a cemetery in Surabaya January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas

Four arrested over kidnapping of albino girl in Tanzania Date December 31, 2014 - 11:28PM Police in Tanzania say they have arrested four people over the kidnapping of an albino girl in the north of the country, where many are killed and their body parts sold as lucky charms. Four-year-old...

Greece heading to early elections after presidential vote fails Date December 30, 2014 - 3:06AM Snap election called: Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. Photo: Bloomberg Athens: Greece's parliament failed to elect a new president in the final round of a three-stage vote, paving the way...

AirAsia plane with 162 on board missing en route to Singapore AFP December 28, 2014, 6:40 pm Jakarta (AFP) - An AirAsia plane with 162 people on board went missing in bad weather en route from Indonesia to Singapore Sunday morning, the airline said, in the third crisis for a Malaysian...

Man apologises to wife by getting 45 cars to spell 'sorry' Kiran Moodley Wednesday 24 December 2014 Well, this is certainly a new one for the remorseful husband. A man in Russia has apologised to his wife by organising 45 cars to spell out the words "I'm sorry", according to Ruptly. There...

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Chinese university bans students from celebrating Christmas 'because it's kitsch' and makes them watch propaganda films about Confucius instead Modern College of Northwest University in China called Christmas 'kitsch' It banned students celebrating it, asking them to 'resist Western...

Ling Jihua 'to face same fate as Bo Xilai' Downfall of four 'big tigers' likely to intensify a power struggle in Communist Party, analysts say PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 24 December, 2014, 4:04am UPDATED : Wednesday, 24 December, 2014, 4:04am Mandy Zuo [email protected] Ling Jihua is the...

Ling Jihua 'to face same fate as Bo Xilai' Downfall of four 'big tigers' likely to intensify a power struggle in Communist Party, analysts say PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 24 December, 2014, 4:04am UPDATED : Wednesday, 24 December, 2014, 4:04am Mandy Zuo [email protected] Ling Jihua is the...

The rise and fall of brother of Ling Jihua, ex-aide to former president Hu Jintao Talented golfer Ling Wancheng successfully turned his hand from journalism to business PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 23 December, 2014, 1:27pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 24 December, 2014, 4:43am Keira Lu Huang...

US asked for China’s help on North Korea cyberattacks, says official Washington has asked Beijing to help block cyberattacks from North Korea as President Obama considers the response to the hack of Sony Pictures, a US official said on Saturday. PUBLISHED : Sunday, 21 December, 2014, 2:47pm...

Agence France-Presse December 19, 2014 1:30pm World Pie Eating Championships wrecked by mix-up The World Pie Eating Championships were declared null and void when an intern sent the pies to a divorce party instead, reports said Friday. While the divorce bash got the competition-sized pies...