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Pair plead not guilty to burglary of Miley Cyrus' L.A. home LOS ANGELES Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:49pm EDT U.S. singer Miley Cyrus performs at the O2 Arena in central London May 6, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Olivia Harris (Reuters) - A man and a woman have pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles to...

Choppers used again in Canada jailbreak AP June 8, 2014, 10:34 pm Three inmates have escaped from a detention centre in Quebec City with the help of a helicopter, police in Canada say. It's the second helicopter-aided prisoner escape in Quebec province in two years. Provincial police said...

Indian minister says rapes happen 'accidentally' AFP June 8, 2014, 11:25 pm New Delhi (AFP) - A minister from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party has said rapes happen "accidentally" in the latest controversial remarks by a politician, amid renewed outrage over attacks against...

Court to rule on World Cup city strike AFP Laurent Thomet June 9, 2014, 12:21 am A Brazilian court is to rule on the legality of a subway strike threatening to disrupt the soccer World Cup's opening game with just four days until kick-off in Sao Paulo. The strike has brought traffic mayhem to...

Court rules Sao Paulo subway strike illegal AFP June 9, 2014, 1:40 am Sao Paulo (AFP) - A Brazilian court ruled Sunday that a subway strike that has caused traffic mayhem in Sao Paulo and raised fears of transport chaos at the World Cup kick-off is illegal. "The court ruled the strike was...

Thai political exiles plan to create anti-coup civil disobedience movement Backers of ousted government plan to mount civil disobedience campaign against military rulers PUBLISHED : Thursday, 05 June, 2014, 11:09pm UPDATED : Thursday, 05 June, 2014, 11:09pm Reuters in Bangkok A Thai...

Australia jails Indonesian people smugglers for role in deadly boat voyage More than 100 asylum seekers drowned when vessel sank off Christmas Island in June 2012 PUBLISHED : Thursday, 05 June, 2014, 3:14pm UPDATED : Thursday, 05 June, 2014, 3:14pm Agence France-Presse Australia is a...

Malaysia to perform autopsy on body suspected to be missing British tourist Rescuers found corpse on Tioman Island, where missing Gareth Huntley had served as a volunteer PUBLISHED : Thursday, 05 June, 2014, 11:49am UPDATED : Thursday, 05 June, 2014, 1:06pm Agence France-Presse Gareth...

Canada police extend manhunt after three police officers shot dead Three police officers were shot dead in the Canadian city of Moncton and two more were wounded as they conducted a manhunt for a man carrying a rifle and wearing camouflage clothes. Tribune wire reports 7:48 a.m. CDT, June 5...

Horny students set up FB page for one night stands Staff Reporter 2014-06-01 A Facebook page for one-night stands set up by a student of National Taiwan University. (Photo/NTU Swing) Students at 20 universities in Taiwan have set up Facebook groups dedicated to one-night stands, causing a...

Chinese Girl Bludgeoned to Death in Shandong McDonald’s by Fauna on Friday, May 30, 2014 Currently the hottest microblog post of the day on Chinese social network Sina Weibo… WARNING: The images below...

British tourist missing in Malaysian jungle AFP June 1, 2014, 1:35 am Kuala Lumpur (AFP) - Malaysian police on Saturday were looking for a British man who went missing when hiking in the jungle on a popular resort island five days ago. Gareth Huntley, 34, from London, did not return Tuesday...

Six 'cult' members held over China McDonald's death AFP May 31, 2014, 8:31 pm Shanghai (AFP) - Chinese police have detained six people for beating to death a woman at a McDonald's restaurant who refused to disclose her phone number, accusing them of being members of a religious cult, state...

US man accused of stealing skin AAP Patricia Madej May 31, 2014, 8:25 pm It's the kind of tale that would make anyone's skin crawl. Gary Dudek, 54 of Wallingford, Pennsylvania, allegedly stole $US357,000 ($A386,260) worth of human skin from Mercy Philadelphia Hospital between November 2011...

Former 'comfort women' demand apology from Japan AFP May 31, 2014, 9:02 pm Tokyo (AFP) - Six former "comfort women" joined an international activist meeting in Tokyo Saturday to demand Japan formally atone for sexual slavery in its wartime military brothels, an emotive legacy still haunting...

FFA completes sale of A-League's Western Sydney Wanderers SYDNEY Thu May 29, 2014 3:37am BST (Reuters) - Football Federation Australia has sold the A-League's newest franchise Western Sydney Wanderers to a consortium of investors, cutting the apron strings from a club it has poured millions...

Tiny 'living fossil' found in New Zealand waters AFP May 29, 2014, 2:43 pm Wellington (AFP) - A microscopic marine creature believed to have been extinct for four million years has been found alive and well in New Zealand waters, researchers said on Thursday. The animal, a tentacled polyp...

Venezuela government accuses opposition leader of 'coup' plot By Girish Gupta and Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS Wed May 28, 2014 3:42pm EDT Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado speaks during an interview with Reuters in Caracas May 23, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (Reuters) -...

Re: 'Operation Yellow Bird': How Tiananmen activists fled to freedom through Hong Kon June 4, 1989 events in China still have a profound effect on Hong Kong's political scene Twenty-five years after Beijing suppressed the pro-democracy movement, the events still have a profound effect on the...

'Operation Yellow Bird': How Tiananmen activists fled to freedom through Hong Kong Inside Hongkongers' unlikely operation to help hundreds of dissidents flee the mainland PUBLISHED : Monday, 26 May, 2014, 5:31am UPDATED : Monday, 26 May, 2014, 11:16am Jeffie Lam [email protected] The...