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Porn free: Taipei court denies IP protection for adult content CNA and Staff Reporter 2013-03-22 15:13 DVDs at an adult video store in Taipei. (Photo/Chen Chun-wei) Prosecutors in Taiwan said Wednesday that Taiwanese firms that use Japanese-made pornographic films to make profits online have...

Overseas offspring of Chinese leaders summoned home Staff Reporter 2013-03-23 12:15 Xi Jinping's daughter was at Harvard before she dropped her studies to return to Beijing. (Photo/CFP) The children of China's newly appointed leaders and senior officials who have been studying or working...

'Terrible consequences' if China's property bubble bursts: Vanke boss Staff Reporter 2013-03-23 13:10 A real estate expo in Shanghai. (Photo/Xinhua) A Chinese real estate tycoon has warned that the country's property bubble is in danger of bursting, Guangzhou's 21st Century Business Herald...

US chef gets 15 years for cooking wife Date March 23, 2013 AP David Viens, a chef who told police he cooked his wife's body in boiling water, has been sentenced in Los Angeles to 15 years to life in prison for second-degree murder. Viens was convicted in September of killing of 39-year-old...

Philadelphia police arrest impostor pilot Date March 24, 2013 <iframe id="kaltura_player_1364112279" style="border: 0px solid #ffffff;"...

Obama fears Syrian power vacuum Date March 24, 2013 AFP Salute: President Obama in Amman, Jordan. Photo: AP President Barack Obama has warned Syria could end up as an enclave of extremism, and pledged $US200 million ($190 million) in fresh aid to ease the refugee crisis on its border. On...

Apple proposes ultimate screensaver Date March 24, 2013 Matt Warman, Richard Holt Telegraph, London The feeling of dread is familiar to anyone who has ever dropped their mobile. But picking up an iPhone from the floor hoping that the screen has not cracked could become a thing of the...

Radiation experts join Berezovsky probe Date March 24, 2013 - 12:57PM Experts in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) emergencies have been sent to the British property where Russian exile Boris Berezovsky was found dead. Police say "all necessary measures to ensure a full...

Key negotiator reveals details of Rodwell's escape Date March 24, 2013 - 9:10AM Lindsay Murdoch and Al Jacinto Warren Rodwell is escorted from a helicopter by US soldiers at a military base in Zamboanga City. The Islamic terrorists who kidnapped Australian adventurer Warren Rodwell were...

Syria rebels seize southern base, border area By Erika Solomon BEIRUT | Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:58pm EDT (Reuters) - Rebels seized an air defense base near Syria's strategic southern international highway on Saturday, activists said, bolstering access to supply routes to the capital Damascus...

Ancient Chinese rice terraces menaced by crayfish South west China's spectacular terraced rice paddies are under threat from an invasion of crayfish. Farmers plant rice seedlings in Yunnan Province, China Photo: CORBIS By Malcolm Moore, Beijing 5:22PM GMT 22 Mar 2013 The trouble in...

Cyprus lawmakers approve key bills for bailout Cyprus lawmakers approve key bills aiming to secure broader bailout package By Menelaos Hadjicostis, Associated Press | Associated Press Small bondholders who say they suffered major losses during Greece's massive public debt write-off last...

Shares, euro rise on hope Cyprus reaches deal By Herbert Lash NEW YORK | Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:38pm EDT (Reuters) - Global equity markets and the euro advanced on Friday on hopes Cyprus will avert a financial collapse, taking succor from an agreement that shielded Greek banks from the Cypriot...

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati resigns By Laila Bassam BEIRUT | Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:41pm EDT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced his government's resignation on Friday after a cabinet dispute with Shi'ite group Hezbollah over preparations for a parliamentary...