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Brazilian author Paulo Coelho offers to pay Sony US$100,000 for rights to The Interview PUBLISHED : Friday, 19 December, 2014, 10:50pm UPDATED : Friday, 19 December, 2014, 10:50pm Agence France-Presse in Brasilia Brazilian author Paulo Coelho offers to pay Sony US$100,000 for rights to The...

Chinese villagers sign petition to banish boy, 8, with HIV PUBLISHED : Thursday, 18 December, 2014, 10:49am UPDATED : Thursday, 18 December, 2014, 4:05pm Reuters in Shanghai Kun Kun (not his real name) features in a news documentary. Photo: Screenshot Authorities in a Chinese village have...

Chinese villagers sign petition to banish boy, 8, with HIV PUBLISHED : Thursday, 18 December, 2014, 10:49am UPDATED : Thursday, 18 December, 2014, 4:05pm Reuters in Shanghai Kun Kun (not his real name) features in a news documentary. Photo: Screenshot Authorities in a Chinese village have...

iSight Partners finds Russian cyber-attack linked to Ukraine crisis Hackers use Microsoft Windows flaw in attacks linked to Ukraine crisis PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 15 October, 2014, 5:12am UPDATED : Wednesday, 15 October, 2014, 5:12am The Washington Post iSight Partners finds Russian...

Russian hackers used Windows bug to target Nato October 14 2014 Technology The bug targeted Nato and western governments among others Russian hackers exploited a bug in Microsoft's Windows to spy on computers used by Nato and western governments, a report indicates. The same bug was used...

North Korea draws American misfits Date September 18, 2014 - 10:15AM Foster Klug Evan Hunziker, right, shakes hands with then-US Representative Bill Richardson after being freed from North Korea in 1996. Hunziker decided to visit after a reported bout of drinking. Photo: AP Seoul: One...

Russia's Sistema chairman under house arrest in Bashneft case Reuters September 17, 2014, 3:33 am Russian services conglomerate Sistema President Vladimir Yevtushenkov speaks during the Reuters Russia Investment Summit in Moscow September 11, 2007. REUTERS/Thomas Peter By Maria Kiselyova...

Head of Shanghai's free-trade zone, Dai Haibo, to step down amid graft probe Loss of experienced technocrat Dai Haibo would be another blow for struggling Shanghai project PUBLISHED : Monday, 15 September, 2014, 5:44am UPDATED : Monday, 15 September, 2014, 5:44am Staff Reporters Head of...

Taiwan double agent gets 18-year sentence for spying for China AFP September 10, 2014, 5:50 pm Taipei (AFP) - A Taiwanese court on Wednesday sentenced a former intelligence officer to 18 years in prison for spying for China, the latest in a series of espionage scandals in recent years. Lo...

Polygamist Israeli cult leader convicted AP September 9, 2014, 5:12 am An Israeli court has convicted a polygamist cult leader of sex crimes, after he kept a harem of women who bore him dozens of children in a state of near total obedience. The Tel Aviv District court has convicted Goel...

Taiwan premier bans sale of 235 food companies’ products as ‘gutter oil’ scandal grows At least 240 tonnes of the oil – recycled from kitchen waste and pig skin by unlicensed factory – were sold to Chang Guann, which supplied food makers, schools and eateries in 22 cities and counties...

Dethroned Myanmese beauty queen flees with US$100,000 crown after row with organisers Branded 'rude', pageant winner's dispute with organisers began when she was asked to undergo breast surgery PUBLISHED : Saturday, 30 August, 2014, 6:50pm UPDATED : Saturday, 30 August, 2014, 9:35pm...

Hong Kong urged to accept 'imperfect' democracy AFP August 29, 2014, 6:07 am Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kongers must accept Beijing's version of democracy even if they think it is imperfect because the interests of the city's business community have to be safeguarded, one of China's foremost...

WHO urges stiff regulatory curbs on e-cigarettes Reuters August 26, 2014, 7:20 pm Armando Peruga (L), Programme Manager of Tobacco Free Initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Douglas Bettcher, WHO's Director of the department for Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, speak...

Malaysia Airlines steward put hand down my pants, weeping passenger says Australian says member of cabin crew put hand down her pants, then begged her to keep quiet PUBLISHED : Monday, 25 August, 2014, 10:19pm UPDATED : Monday, 25 August, 2014, 10:19pm Agence France-Presse in Sydney Laura...

Spirits conjured in search for ancient bell beneath Myanmar's Yangon River Science has failed to locate massive copper prize beneath Yangon River PUBLISHED : Sunday, 24 August, 2014, 5:44am UPDATED : Sunday, 24 August, 2014, 5:44am Associated Press in Yangon Using a hose as a breathing...

Philippine police smash online child 'sextortion' ring MANILA Fri Aug 22, 2014 5:55am EDT (Reuters) - Philippine police on Friday arrested eight people suspected of running an online sexual extortion racket involving children and preying on Asians, seizing laptops and other equipment. The...

Club World Cup will stay in Morocco despite Ebola - Fifa By Alex Fisher Aug 21, 2014 17:45:00 Concerns have been raised over the African country hosting the tournament after a breakout of the virus, but world football's governing body are not concerned Fifa has confirmed Morocco will...

1 dead, 19 injured in E China bus fire Xinhua, August 20, 2014 One person was killed and 19 others were injured after a public bus caught fire during rush hour in east China's Shandong Province on Wednesday. A bus exploded in a ball of flames this morning in east China’s Shandong Province...

Hong Kong-based trafficking suspect may have fathered children in India Japanese national Mitsutoki Shigeta, on the run from Thailand, also travelled to Ukraine in an attempt to father surrogate babies, according to reports PUBLISHED : Monday, 18 August, 2014, 3:11pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 19...