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26 August 2013 Last updated at 09:16 GMT Instagram, Vine and Netflix hit by Amazon glitch Instagram, and many other web firms, rely on Amazon's cloud service Software problems at one of Amazon's data centres has knocked out several high profile web services. Users of Instagram, Netflix...

Purpose built sex zone for prostitutes in Zurich 26 August 2013 Last updated at 02:00 GMT <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/g5oCX8M0Nlc?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"></iframe> The Swiss city of Zurich is introducing new laws on prostitution, under...

26 August 2013 Last updated at 15:56 GMT Kenyan trio in 'wife-sharing' deal Sylvester Mwendwa said he would pay the bride price Two Kenyan men have signed an agreement to "marry" the same woman. The woman had been having affairs with both men for more than four years and apparently...

Parents let baby pee on subway Global Times | 2013-8-25 22:58:01 The father of a man who let his baby pee on the metro, and at least one other passenger, has apologized publicly for his son's behavior, local media reported Sunday. The grandfather went to the metro's public security...

Brown panda appears in NW China CRI | 2013-8-25 16:24:55 By Agencies The photo shows a brown panda named Qizai in a wildlife research center in northwest China's Shannxi Province. Photo: CCTV Are all pandas black and white? Now, the answer is "No". Recently, a panda with brown fur...

Law of rude tourists Xinhua-Global Times | 2013-8-25 22:13:01 By Xinhua- Global Times A tour guide leads a group of visitors through Tiananmen Square in Beijing on April 27. Photo: CFP For five successive days since Wednesday, Xinwen Lianbo, a flagship news program on China Central...

Married Actor’s Ingenious Cheating Tactics Rumbled By Paper by Beth on Thursday, August 22, 2013 The well-known actor Oguri Shun is apparently in hot water this week for cheating on his model wife, Yamada Yu, by leaving his GPS-tracked cellphone in a Yakitoriya while he goes off to...

21 dead in NW China flood Xinhua, August 21, 2013 Twenty-one people were killed and three others remain missing after a rainstorm-triggered flood in northwest China's Qinghai Province, said local authorities on Wednesday. Sudden rainstorms and hail battered Wulan County in Mongolian-Tibetan...

Two detained for mongering online rumors in Beijing Xinhua, August 21, 2013 Yang Xiuyu, founder of the Erma Company. [Video clip] Two men have been detained in Beijing for fabricating online rumors and maliciously harming the reputation of others, Beijing police confirmed on Wednesday...

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U.S. deports drug cartel 'queen' to Mexico Sandra Avila Beltran, 52, a convicted aggravated felon, is deported from El Paso, Texas, August 20, 2013, in this U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement photo. REUTERS-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Handout via Reuters MEXICO CITY | Tue...

The editor of The Guardian Alan Rusbridger leaves Downing Street in London, December 4, 2012. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

Britain defends detention of journalist's partner U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald (L) walks with his partner David Miranda in Rio de Janeiro's International Airport in this August 19, 2013 file photo. REUTERS-Ricardo Moraes-Files By Estelle Shirbon and Michael Holden LONDON | Tue Aug 20...

<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/cNpJiSUaZ-U?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"></iframe> Aug. 21 - Japan's military shows off its firepower in major exercise amid tensions with China over a territorial dispute. Jessica Gray reports.

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Egyptians help a woman suffering from tear gas exposure

An injured man lies on the ground