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Robbery fails after sex shop attendant fights back Yahoo!7 November 8, 2013, 2:45 pm A shop attendant threw sex toys at a man who was trying to rob a Brisbane adult shop. In October, a man armed with a knife threatened the attendant before demanding money at the Albion store. The...

French man deemed too fat to fly home Staff reporter, The West Australian November 8, 2013, 10:16 am A French man who traveled to the United States for medical treatment has been told he can't fly home because he is too fat. CBS Chicago reports that Kevin Chenais, who weighs more than 225kg...

Intense typhoon hits Philippines AFP November 8, 2013, 2:52 pm<object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D <embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"...

Xinjiang military chief punished after Beijing attack: report AFP November 3, 2013, 7:47 pm Beijing (AFP) - China's Communist Party has expelled the military commander of Xinjiang from its ranks, state media reported Sunday, after an attack in Beijing officially blamed on members of the...

France says abducted journalists were shot dead AFP November 3, 2013, 9:53 pm Paris (AFP) - Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday that the two French radio journalists abducted and killed in northern Mali had been shot dead. Ghislaine Dupont and sound technician Claude Verlon were...

LA gunman charged, planned to kill 'multiple' agents AFP November 3, 2013, 10:25 pm Los Angeles (AFP) - The gunman who allegedly killed a security officer at Los Angeles airport carried a note saying he planned to murder "multiple" agents, prosecutors said as they announced charges against...

U.S. spy agency's defence: Europeans did it too Reuters October 31, 2013, 1:17 pm General Keith Alexander (2nd L), director of the National Security Agency (NSA) testifies at a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington October 29, 2013. Alongside Alexander are NSA...

Chinese Photoshop fail: Government apologise after turning vice-mayor into floating torso in official picture Yahoo! News October 31, 2013, 10:02 am Chinese officials have issued a red-faced apology after releasing a 'Photoshopped' government picture which removed a vice-mayor's legs. The...

Dell laptops 'smell like cat urine' Yahoo7 Finance 31 October 2013 A Dell laptop computer. (Photo: Reuters) As far as customer complaints go, this one's a doozy. Dell is offering returns for affected models of its Latitude E6430u laptop after a number of customers complained that their new...

NZ Post to slash mail delivery days from 2015 Published: 1:46PM Wednesday October 23, 2013 Source: ONE News New Zealand Post is set to cut urban deliveries to three days a week starting from 2015. In the face of declining volumes, the state-owned postal service has made changes to its Deed...

23 October 2013 Last updated at 09:33 GMT Facebook makes U-turn over decapitation video clip By Leo Kelion Technology reporter A Facebook page that hosted a decapitation video now says it is unavailable Facebook has removed a video clip showing a woman's decapitation and issued new rules...

23 October 2013 Last updated at 09:21 GMT China paper in detained journalist plea A screen shot of the New Express headline that reads "Please Release Him" A Chinese newspaper has published a rare front-page plea for the release of one of its journalists held by police. The New Express...

Xi Jinping cartoon raises questions in China AFP October 18, 2013, 6:53 pm Beijing (AFP) - China's President Xi Jinping has undergone training like a kung fu master while Barack Obama climbed to power on a mountain of dollars, according to a Chinese cartoon that has raised scepticism online...

Taiwan upholds graft convictions for five senior judges AFP October 18, 2013, 4:51 pm Taipei (Taiwan) (AFP) - Taiwan's Supreme Court said Friday it had rejected the final appeals of five senior judges who were handed lengthy prison sentences for bribery in cases that uncovered some of the...

Japanese minister visits controversial war shrine AFP October 18, 2013, 4:14 pm Tokyo (AFP) - A cabinet minister was among scores of Japanese parliamentarians who paid tribute at a controversial war shrine in Tokyo Friday, in a move likely to anger China and South Korea. Yoshitaka Shindo...

Indonesian police shoot dead suspected militant AFP October 18, 2013, 4:11 pm Jakarta (AFP) - Indonesian police shot dead a suspected militant and arrested two others, national police said Friday, in an ongoing clampdown on terrorism. Police from the counter-terrorism unit Detachment 88...

Apple cuts fourth quarter orders for iPhone 5C - source Reuters October 16, 2013, 8:03 pm Apple iPhone 5c phones are pictured at the Apple retail store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York September 20, 2013. REUTERS/Adrees Latif TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Apple Inc has told manufacturers...

Russian court gives Navalny suspended term on appeal AFP October 16, 2013, 8:36 pm Kirov (Russia) (AFP) - Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny on Wednesday avoided being sent to jail after a Russian court changed a five-year penal colony sentence against him in an embezzlement case into a...

<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/fTgEtI-fL4M?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"></iframe> Japan typhoon tolls hits 17, set to rise AFP October 16, 2013, 8:16 pm Tokyo (AFP) - At least 17 people died as a powerful typhoon lashed Japan's Pacific coast...

Australian dies in Everest avalanche Updated: 20:14, Wednesday October 16, 2013 Chinese state media say an Australian man and three Tibetans have died in an avalanche on Mount Everest. The Australian embassy in Beijing confirmed the death of a 60-year-old from South Australia in Tibet. It...