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Gold-shop robber in Paris caught after shoot-out with police at Metro station PUBLISHED : Monday, 21 July, 2014, 4:51am UPDATED : Monday, 21 July, 2014, 6:52am Agence France-Presse in Paris Police officers stand outside the Grands Boulevards Metro station in Paris, where the suspect of a...

Death penalty sought for Taipei Metro 'mass murder' suspect Central News Agency 2014-07-21 08:48 PM Taipei, July 21 (CNA) New Taipei prosecutors on Monday indicted a man accused of killing four passengers on the Taipei Metro system in May and recommended that he be given the death...

Man claims kingdom for princess daughter AP July 15, 2014, 6:30 am An American man says he has claimed a kingdom in Africa so his daughter can be a princess. Jeremiah Heaton told the Bristol Herald Courier that he recently trekked to a small, mountainous region between Egypt and Sudan...

76-year-old ban on gay sex challenged in Singapore’s top court Lawyers say colonial law violates constitutional rights to equal protection PUBLISHED : Monday, 14 July, 2014, 10:39pm UPDATED : Monday, 14 July, 2014, 10:39pm Bloomberg People dressed in pink attend the "Pink Dot" held in...

US boy develops itchy rash from his iPad amid reports of nickel allergies PUBLISHED : Monday, 14 July, 2014, 10:14pm UPDATED : Monday, 14 July, 2014, 10:14pm Associated Press in Chicago Unexplained rash? Check your iPad. It turns out the popular tablet computer may contain nickel, one of...

Eleven stabbed in Bolivia airport attack AP June 27, 2014, 12:22 pm A man wielding a kitchen knife has gone on a rampage in the La Paz international airport's terminal, stabbing 11 people. Hospital officials said most of the wounds did not appear to be life-threatening, although at least...

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Triple murderer, 68, hanged in Japan for ‘extremely cruel’ crimes PUBLISHED : Thursday, 26 June, 2014, 12:49pm UPDATED : Thursday, 26 June, 2014, 10:43pm Agence France-Presse in Tokyo Japanese Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki announces that Japan hanged a man, the ninth prisoner executed...

Russian gang boss wanted since 1990s arrested in Thailand PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 25 June, 2014, 10:15pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 25 June, 2014, 10:15pm Agence France-Presse in Bangkok Alexander Matusov listens to his translator in Bangkok. Photo: AFP A Russian crime boss who led a gang blamed...

Man charged over unlicensed cancer drugs Shanghai Daily, June 19, 2014 A man alleged to have sold unlicensed anti-cancer drugs has been charged with conducting an illegal business, Shanghai Minhang District Prosecutors' Office said yesterday. Made in India, the brands involved included...

Dad convicted for chasing daughter's killer AP June 19, 2014, 6:34 am A French court convicted a 76-year-old man of ordering a cross-border kidnapping as part of a decades-long mission to avenge his daughter's death but suspended his one-year prison sentence. The verdict in the eastern...

Police targeting Internet drug crime China Daily, June 19, 2014 China's police will intensify their crackdown on drug-related crimes, including the production and Internet trafficking of drugs, the Ministry of Public Security said. According to the ministry, national anti-drug police arrested...

Injured acrobats open up about horror accident Reuters By Scott Malone June 19, 2014, 7:57 am<object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D <embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"...

Rolf's brother Bruce defends star in court AAP Julian Drape, AAP London Correspondent June 5, 2014, 7:10 am Rolf Harris's older brother and manager Bruce has denied pressuring a witness in his child sex abuse trial and dismissed as "ridiculous" claims by an Australian make-up artist that the...

800 'forgotten' babies buried in mass grave at Irish Catholic home AFP June 5, 2014, 6:35 am Dublin (AFP) - Almost 800 babies and children were buried in a mass grave in Ireland near a home for unmarried mothers run by nuns, new research Wednesday showed, throwing more light on the Irish...

Dalai Lama prays for Tiananmen dead, urges democracy in China AFP June 5, 2014, 6:27 am Dharamsala (India) (AFP) - The Dalai Lama urged China on Wednesday to embrace democracy and offered prayers to the protesters killed at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, as the world marks the 25th...

Hong Kong marks Tiananmen anniversary as Beijing clamps down AFP June 5, 2014, 6:47 am Hong Kong (AFP) - Tens of thousands gathered in Hong Kong on Wednesday to remember the dead on the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, the only major commemoration in China as authorities...

UEFA ordered to pay €100,000 for defaming referee Maric By Mark Doyle May 28, 2014 7:31:00 PM The Croat was investigated by the European game's governing body in relation to a game between Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split - but no charges were ever brought against him Uefa have been ordered...

Manchester United owner Malcolm Glazer dies at 85 Wed May 28, 2014 9:40pm BST Tampa Bay Bucaneers owner Malcolm Glazer after his team won Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego, January 26, 2003. REUTERS/Mike Segar (Reuters) - Malcolm Glazer, 85, owner of English football club Manchester United...

Sousa to coach FC Basel Wed May 28, 2014 9:01pm BST Videoton FC's coach Paulo Sousa (R) reacts next to FC Basel's (FCB) Alexander Frei during their Europa League Group G soccer match in Basel November 8, 2012 file photo. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann Reuters - May 28 (Reuters) - Swiss champions FC...