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Bangladesh police charge 13 over country’s deadliest garment factory fire Fire at Tazreen factory last November killed 111 PUBLISHED : Sunday, 22 December, 2013, 3:33pm UPDATED : Sunday, 22 December, 2013, 3:43pm Agence France-Presse in Dhaka Survivors and relatives of Bangladeshi garment...

Australia to monitor Japanese whalers as conflict looms PUBLISHED : Sunday, 22 December, 2013, 2:15pm UPDATED : Sunday, 22 December, 2013, 2:16pm Agence France-Presse in Sydney A collision between Japanese whaling ship and a vessel of anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in...

Chinese fakes hit Japan's luxury diaper market PUBLISHED : Sunday, 22 December, 2013, 5:26am UPDATED : Sunday, 22 December, 2013, 5:26am Julian Ryall in Tokyo Daio Paper's Goo.n line of disposable diapers Counterfeit diapers are damaging both the reputation and bottom line of Japanese...

Abu Sayyaf freed Taiwanese hostage, says Philippine military PUBLISHED : Sunday, 22 December, 2013, 5:26am UPDATED : Sunday, 22 December, 2013, 5:26am Associated Press in Manila A Filipino marine officer comforts Evelyn Chang. Photo: AP Islamist insurgents in the southern Philippines...

Published: Wednesday December 18, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Wednesday December 18, 2013 MYT 7:31:51 AM Kids locked up by Ah Long BY NATASHA JOIBI KUALA LUMPUR: Three children were locked in their house by loan sharks who wanted to teach their grandfather a lesson for not settling his...

December 17, 2013 Turkish police detain sons of three Ministers in bribery probe (updated) Turkish police detain Turkish Interior Minister Muammer Guler's son Baris Guler (with sun glasses) as a part of an investigation operation to tender fraud and bribery, detaining at least 37 people in...

Published: Wednesday December 18, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Wednesday December 18, 2013 MYT 8:49:41 AM Customs officers nabbed in drug bust BY FARIK ZOLKEPLI <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/rVmS6CYYbt0?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="560" frameborder="0" height="315"></iframe>...

A miner who escaped from underground coal mine explosions take media questions at the Yangjiagou coal mine, in Hutubi county of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Dec 13, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua]

Xinjiang coal mine explosion kills 21 China Daily / Xinhua, December 14, 2013 Twenty-one coal miners were confirmed dead after a gas explosion on Friday morning in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the region's emergency response office said. The blast occurred at about 1:26 am as 34...

Sinkhole swallows up houses in SW China China Daily, December 14, 2013 The ground collapsed in Maoba village, Guangyuan city of Southwest China's Sichuan province, on the morning of Dec 12, 2013. The resulting crater was 60 by 40 meters and 30 meters deep. No one was hurt.[Photo by Gao...

Scientists discover secret code hidden within human DNA Published time: December 14, 2013 01:35 This undated handout illustration shows the DNA double helix (AFP Photo) Scientists have discovered a secret second code hiding within DNA which instructs cells on how genes are controlled. The...

<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/idp6wjqG674?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="853" frameborder="0" height="480"></iframe> The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Teaser Trailer - Official Warner Bros. UK

How 'Hobbit' Filmmakers Betrayed Evangeline Lilly By Meriah Doty December 13 2013 Yahoo Movies [Potential spoilers below, so proceed with caution.] J.R.R. Tolkein never wrote about a butt-kicking lady elf in his epic 1937 fantasy novel. He sure as heck didn't write about elves — and...

Published: Wednesday December 11, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Wednesday December 11, 2013 MYT 6:55:20 AM Teen rapes and sodomises kindergarten teacher BY NATASHA JOIBI KUALA LUMPUR: A 16-year-old student raped and sodomised a kindergarten teacher 10 years his senior near Taman Impian...

Thai king appeals for stability after violent protests AFP December 6, 2013, 2:09 am Bangkok (AFP) - Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej urged the nation to work together for "stability" in a speech Thursday on his 86th birthday, as protesters prepare for fresh anti-government rallies...

China anti-corruption activist 'beaten by police' AFP December 5, 2013, 10:30 pm Beijing (AFP) - A Chinese anti-corruption activist put on trial in what campaign groups say is a crackdown on dissent was beaten by police while in detention, lawyers said Thursday. Liu Ping, together with Wei...

Australia promises not to spy on Indonesia AAP By Karlis Salna, AAP Southeast Asia Correspondent December 5, 2013, 10:34 pm Foreign Minister Julie Bishop gave Indonesia assurance Australia will not spy on Jakarta anymore. EPA Australia has agreed to a six-point plan aimed at repairing...

Russia launches criminal inquiry into U.S. child trafficking Reuters December 6, 2013, 12:50 am Vladimir Markin, spokesman for investigative committee of the Russian general prosecutor's office, gives a statement in Berlin October 7, 2011. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian...

Selling second-hand memory cards online could bring serious risk of identity fraud: experts ABC By Caitlyn Gribbin December 2, 2013, 11:15 pm Security researchers say Australians who sell second-hand memory cards online are at serious risk of identity fraud. Memory cards can be found in...

Qld man dissolved wife's body in acid AAP Cleo Fraser December 2, 2013, 6:27 pm A man accused of murdering his wife and dissolving her body in acid has pleaded guilty to interfering with her corpse. A far north Queensland man has admitted causing his wife's death and dissolving her body in...