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Man kills family in Siberia, leaves money for burial AFP September 10, 201211:04PM A man has killed his sons, wife and in-laws before leaving a note and money with neighbours for their burials and then killing himself. Picture: ThinkStock Source: news.com.au A FATHER shot dead his two small...

Australians help fuel London real estate boom Charles Miranda September 10, 201211:27PM While this lavish London mansion may be out of almost everyone's reach, there has been an influx of foreign buyers to the British capital. Source: AFP THE London housing market is defying global trends...

Is China's President-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, in hiding? AP September 10, 201211:40PM Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, pictured here in July, has cancelled scheduled meetings, fuelling speculation about his whereabouts. Source: AFP WHERE is President-in-waiting Xi Jinping? Is he nursing a...

Man tried to fly in India with monkey in pants AFP September 10, 201211:16PM A man has been arrested in India after trying to smuggle an endangered loris monkey in his underwear. Source: AFP CUSTOMS authorities in India have arrested a man who was attempting to board a flight in New Delhi...

Girl accused of burning Koran goes into hiding Date September 10, 2012 Hiding ... Rimsha Masih. Photo: AFP THE 14-year-old intellectually disabled Christian girl at the centre of Pakistan's latest blasphemy controversy is in hiding under government protection, after being released from...

French police hunt for at least two gunmen after Alps murders Date September 10, 2012 Assassination signatures ... officers examine the al-Hilli home in Claygate, Surrey. Photo: AP LONDON: Two or more killers were last night being hunted over the murders of a family in the French Alps, as...

Japanese Man Caught Taking Upskirt Photos on Shanghai Metro by Li on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 From Yahoo China: Secretly photographing up women’s skirts, Japanese national “pervert” arrested According to a report by Dongfang Daily, on September 3rd at about 8:20 am, there was a sudden...

Hainan Airlines attendant given 11 years for smuggling Lu Su-mei and Staff Reporter 2012-09-09 08:56 (GMT+8) Buying perfume at a duty-free store in Sanya, Hainan province. (File photo/Xinhua) A former flight attendant for China's Hainan Airlines was sentenced to 11 years in jail for...

Foxconn denies allegations of forced intern work Staff Reporter 2012-09-09 12:02 (GMT+8) Foxconn says that none of its interns are forced to work on the iPhone's USB cable project. (File photo/Xinhua) Foxconn said on Sept 7 that none of its interns were forced to work on iPhone projects...

Relocation victims forced into labor camp after protest in Tian'anmen Staff Reporter 2012-09-09 11:56 (GMT+8) Labor camps are designed for "re-educating" its inhabitants in the proper doctrines of the Communist Party. (File photo/Xinhua) Twenty five victims of a forced demolition and...

Court finds Iraq VP guilty of running death squads AP September 09, 201211:06PM Iraq's Sunni Vice President, Tariq al-Hashemi, has been found guilty of running death squads against security forces and Shiites and sentenced to death. Source: AP AN Iraqi court has found the nation's Sunni vice...

Harry passes 'bomb awareness' training AP September 09, 201210:52PM Britain's Prince Harry, left, examines the 30mm cannon of an Apache attack helicopter at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, where he starts his tour of duty as a co-pilot gunner. Source: AP PRINCE Harry is finishing his first...

US warns Asia-Pacific leaders over territorial rows Updated 9 September 2012, 19:47 AEST Increasingly tense territorial rows in the Asia-Pacific threaten the global economy, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned at the end of a leaders' summit plagued by divisions. The annual...

Hu states China's stance on Diaoyu Islands Source: Xinhua | 2012-9-9 | ONLINE EDITION CHINESE President Hu Jintao returned to Beijing this afternoon after attending the 20th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' meeting at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. At...

Coca-Cola launches fruit-flavored drops Source: Agencies | 2012-9-9 | NEWSPAPER EDITION Sep 9, 2012 Dasani Drops can be squeezed into water to add a fruity flavor. COCA-COLA'S newest drink won't come in a bottle or a can. And only a squirt or two will be needed to quench thirst. The...

Cheap hairy crabs turn the industry upside down 2012-9-9 | NEWSPAPER EDITION Online stores are offering heavy discounts for hairy crabs ahead of two major holidays, upsetting traditional crab outlets and revealing industry kickbacks. Nineteen types of hairy crabs are being presold at an 80...

Nation gears up to spend its way out of slowdown Date September 9, 2012 CHINA'S central government is to launch a $150 billion spending package on roads and infrastructure projects, joining the country's regions in a blitz of stimulus to keep flagging growth alive. The National Development...

Dozens of children die in asylum boat sinking Date September 8, 2012 AS MANY as 31 children drowned when a boat laden with migrants from the Middle East apparently trying to get to Britain sank off the Turkish coast, with the loss of 60 lives. The fishing vessel, packed full with people...

Bishop guilty of shielding paedophile Date September 8, 2012 Bishop Robert Finn took over the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph in Missouri in 2005. An American Roman Catholic bishop was found guilty on one count of failing to report suspected child abuse, becoming the first US bishop in the...

No jail time for presidential poster boy Date September 9, 2012 Destroyed and faked evidence ... Los Angeles street artist Shepard Fairey. Photo: AP SHEPARD FAIREY, the artist who created an iconic 2008 election poster of Barack Obama based on an Associated Press photo, has been sentenced to...