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Man has broken chopstick inside the face for nine months Staff Reporter 2013-09-15 12:12 Wen shows the broken chopstick stuck in his face for nine months. (Photo/Sichuan Online News) A man in Chengdu had a part of a chopstick inside his nose for nine months, reports Sichuan-based West China...

Old-timers' gambling ring busted in Taiwan Staff Reporter 2013-09-13 15:37 The veteran gamblers, a hard lot. (Photo/China Times) Police in Taoyuan in northern Taiwan busted an illegal gambling ring on Aug. 10, arresting 51 gamblers of advanced years with a combined age older than the redwood...

HTC confirms staff layoffs in U.S. division 2013/09/14 22:17:13 Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp. confirmed Saturday media reports that its division in the United States has laid off some of its employees. Foreign media reports said HTC America has let go as much...

39,000-year-old woolly mammoth to be displayed in Taipei 2013/09/15 16:44:15 (From the exhibition's Facebook page) Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) A woolly mammoth that died and was frozen in permafrost 39,000 years ago will be displayed at an exhibition in Taipei in November. The mammoth...

Published: Sunday September 15, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Sunday September 15, 2013 MYT 7:18:02 AM 19 suspected gangsters nabbed in Penang, Ipoh GEORGE TOWN: Four suspected triad members are among 18 people rounded up by the police in various parts of Penang. The four – in their 20s –...

Published: Sunday September 15, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Sunday September 15, 2013 MYT 11:27:17 AM Mixed reaction to maid shortage solution Working hard: Myanmar refugee women cooking meals. PETALING JAYA: The proposal to allow employers to hire refugees as domestic helpers has drawn...

Published: Sunday September 15, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Sunday September 15, 2013 MYT 11:23:17 AM 'Hire refugees as maids instead' BY HARIATI AZIZAN [email protected] PETALING JAYA: Malaysian employers need not look further than home for their foreign maids. The refugee community...

Stocks mixed after six-day climb; Treasuries, oil rise Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange August 28, 2013. REUTERS-Brendan McDermid By Ellen Freilich NEW YORK | Wed Sep 11, 2013 11:55am EDT (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were mostly lower on Wednesday, as a slide in Apple...

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Published on Sep 11, 2013 <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/3-kKXStao_U?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"></iframe> A six-year-old Chinese boy whose eyes were gouged out undergoes surgery for artificial eye implants to restore appearance but not vision...

Chinese boy whose eyes were gouged out given implants Hong Kong surgeon volunteers services to help six-year-old Guo Bin, who suffered brutal attack in August Associated Press in Beijing Tuesday 10 September 2013 10.58 BST Guo Bin at a hospital in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, last week: police...

Israel to pay $1.1 million to family of "Prisoner X" JERUSALEM | Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:02am EDT (Reuters) - Israel will pay $1.1 million to the family of alleged Mossad spy Ben Zygier, a dual Australian-Israeli national who hanged himself in prison three years ago, the Justice Ministry said on...

China ditches pointless awards in latest anti-waste push BEIJING | Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:02am EDT (Reuters) - China said on Wednesday that it will ditch 76 pointless official - and sometimes obscure - awards as it seeks to rein in waste and extravagance, part of President Xi Jinping's crusade...

Chinese boy in eye-gouging case has surgery Published September 10, 2013 AFP Six-year-old Guo Bin, known as Bin-Bin, who was blinded when his eyes were gouged out, is held by his mother in a hospital in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi province, on September 3, 2013. A six-year-old Chinese boy...

Taiwan confirms first rabies in dog AFP Updated September 10, 2013, 10:02 pm TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwanese health authorities on Tuesday renewed a call for owners to inoculate their pets after confirming a case of rabies in a dog, as the island struggles with its first outbreak of the disease in...

S. Korea ex-vice minister charged in nuclear graft probe AFP September 10, 2013, 10:54 pm SEOUL (AFP) - A former deputy minister has been charged with taking bribes as part of a corruption probe into South Korea's nuclear industry which has already indicted nearly 100 people, prosecutors...

Fate of Bucharest’s stray dogs in balance after fatal mauling of 4-year-old boy (Vadim Ghirda, File/ Associated Press ) - This Sept. 8, 2013 photo shows, Aurica Anghel, grandmother of Ionut Anghel, a 4-year old boy, who was fatally mauled by stray dogs last Monday, after she failed to...

Romania votes for stray dog cull after boy bitten to death AFP September 10, 2013, 10:14 pm BUCHAREST (AFP) - Romanian lawmakers on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly for a law allowing stray dogs to be put down after a four-year-old boy was mauled to death by a pack of strays last week. The law...

Published on Sep 6, 2013 <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/eDJcZhIimmE?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"></iframe> Syrian activists posted video of explosions and attacks on the northern town of Binnish.

Published on Sep 6, 2013 <iframe width="480" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/lxYxCQX--eM?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Indonesian Islamic groups are protesting the Miss World 2013 beauty pageant on the Indonesian island of Bali but organizers say the show will go...