Friday August 13, 2010
‘My daughter may be a drug mule’
By CHRISTINA TAN
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PETALING JAYA: A 43-year-old mother’s worst nightmare was realised when her...
Thursday August 12, 2010
Punters hope to strike it rich at new grave sites
MORE than 200 punters went to a Chinese cemetery in Singapore to offer prayers to the deceased and to get lucky numbers in conjunction with the first day of the Hungry Ghost Festival on Tuesday, Sin Chew Daily...
Muslim waitress wins nearly £3,000 for hurt feelings over skimpy dress
A Muslim cocktail waitress who resigned after being ordered to wear a "revealing" dress for work that offended her religious beliefs has won £3,000 for sexual harassment despite having posed for...
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Zax Wang and wife in maid trouble
The ex-5566 boyband member and his wife Ji Qin are suspected of exploiting their maid.
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Jail, rotan for raping mute woman
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<!--end share --> KUALA LUMPUR: A 24-year-old unemployed man was sentenced to 15 years' jail and five strokes of the rotan by the Sessions Court yesterday for...
Teacher forced several pupils to smoke cigars as a punishment
By Rozanna Latif, Adie Suri Zulkefli and Adib Povera
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KUALA LUMPUR: The actions of a teacher who allegedly forced several pupils to...
HP CEO resigns after sex harassment investigation
Gabriel Madway and Alexei Oreskovic, Reuters August 7, 2010, 12:15 pm
Shock sends shares plunging
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co CEO Mark Hurd resigned on Friday after an investigation found that he had falsified...
Ancient sex guide published as audio book
LONDON | Thu Aug 5, 2010 1:27pm EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - Too shy to read the Kama Sutra on the train during rush hour? Just take out your headphones. The ancient sex guide dating back 1,600 years has been published as an audio book for the...
Japanese competitive eating champion Takeru Kobayashi (L) listens to his lawyer speak with the press after a judge dismissed
charges pending he stay out of trouble for six months at Brooklyn Court in New York, August 5, 2010.
Japanese competitive eating champion Takeru Kobayashi stands...
U.S. charges dropped against Japanese speed-eater
NEW YORK | Thu Aug 5, 2010 1:28pm EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Japanese competitive eater won't have to try jail food after all, a judge ruled on Thursday, dismissing charges against the skinny speed-feeder for crashing...
China protesters cut off and swallow fingertips
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<!-- end facebook-wall --> Four protesters in Beijing cut off their fingertips and swallowed them in a desperate bid to bring attention to their cause, state media reported Thursday...
Aug. 05, 2010
Mao's Grandson Says Wishes To Pursue Politics
Recently Promoted To General, Mao Zedong's Grandson Expresses Wish To Further Pursue Politics
Mao Xinyu (C), the grandson of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong, attends the opening ceremony of the National People's Congress...
Police Raid “Prostitution Street”, Netizens Not Impressed
Police Raid “Prostitution Street”, Netizens Not Impressed
A prostitution street in Zhejiang Haining has been shut down.
Zhejiang [province] Haining City Public Safety Bureau in collaboration with the City Council coordinated more...
According to the reports, the police tried firing warning shots at the man but as it had no effect,
the police open fired and brought down the suspect.
Paramedics rushed to the scene but the stabbed policeman had already dead.
A middle-aged male motorcyclist dressed in white tried to intervene.
According to witnesses the man had said "What are you doing? You’ve stabbed a person."
To which the suspect replied "So what? They deserve to die, all police deserve to die."
"Since I’ve already...