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Mass surveillance of phone and internet data by British spies was illegal, court rules Date February 7, 2015 - 3:29AM The headquarters of Britain's Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ). Photo: Barry Batchelor London: A British court has ruled against the nation's spy agencies for...

Around the nation: Phone scammer took millions from rural elderly over five years Also: Itinerant beggars demand to be sent to Hainan for the winter; Fishermen pose as Somali pirates - in the Yangtze estuary PUBLISHED : Sunday, 01 February, 2015, 10:13pm UPDATED : Monday, 02 February, 2015...

Around the nation: Phone scammer took millions from rural elderly over five years Also: Itinerant beggars demand to be sent to Hainan for the winter; Fishermen pose as Somali pirates - in the Yangtze estuary PUBLISHED : Sunday, 01 February, 2015, 10:13pm UPDATED : Monday, 02 February, 2015...

Around the nation: three dead, 10 injured in Guangzhou bus crash PUBLISHED : Saturday, 31 January, 2015, 1:10am UPDATED : Saturday, 31 January, 2015, 1:10am Three people died when a bus crashed on the way from Guangzhou to Leizhou. Photo: SCMP Pictures GUANGZHOU Three die in bus crash A...

Around the nation: three dead, 10 injured in Guangzhou bus crash PUBLISHED : Saturday, 31 January, 2015, 1:10am UPDATED : Saturday, 31 January, 2015, 1:10am Three people died when a bus crashed on the way from Guangzhou to Leizhou. Photo: SCMP Pictures GUANGZHOU Three die in bus crash A...

Around the nation: endangered South China tiger cub nursed back to health after abuse at zoo PUBLISHED : Thursday, 29 January, 2015, 9:56pm UPDATED : Friday, 30 January, 2015, 12:21am The endangered South China tiger cub, which is now feeding normally at a zoo in Jiangxi province after a...

Around the nation: endangered South China tiger cub nursed back to health after abuse at zoo PUBLISHED : Thursday, 29 January, 2015, 9:56pm UPDATED : Friday, 30 January, 2015, 12:21am The endangered South China tiger cub, which is now feeding normally at a zoo in Jiangxi province after a...

Authorities reveal details of prison scandal Source: Xinhua Published: 2015-1-28 16:37:14 The justice department of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province has revealed details about a prison scandal in which a prisoner reportedly used smartphones to blackmail several women. Last week, a...

Authorities reveal details of prison scandal Source: Xinhua Published: 2015-1-28 16:37:14 The justice department of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province has revealed details about a prison scandal in which a prisoner reportedly used smartphones to blackmail several women. Last week, a...

Around the nation: Woman swallows ex-boyfriend's SIM card during row Also: Fake bank takes 200m yuan in savings; Scrooge comes unstruck PUBLISHED : Friday, 23 January, 2015, 9:18pm UPDATED : Friday, 23 January, 2015, 9:18pm [email protected] A man bumped into his former girlfriend...

Around the nation: Woman swallows ex-boyfriend's SIM card during row Also: Fake bank takes 200m yuan in savings; Scrooge comes unstruck PUBLISHED : Friday, 23 January, 2015, 9:18pm UPDATED : Friday, 23 January, 2015, 9:18pm [email protected] A man bumped into his former girlfriend...

Around the nation: 'Melon head' man spotted on metro in China - and taken away by police Also, lost cat stops traffic and zoo is 'invaded' by alligator snapping turtles PUBLISHED : Thursday, 22 January, 2015, 6:12pm UPDATED : Thursday, 22 January, 2015, 6:12pm The Chinese man who surprised...

Around the nation: 'Melon head' man spotted on metro in China - and taken away by police Also, lost cat stops traffic and zoo is 'invaded' by alligator snapping turtles PUBLISHED : Thursday, 22 January, 2015, 6:12pm UPDATED : Thursday, 22 January, 2015, 6:12pm The Chinese man who surprised...

Around the nation: Hallucinating Chinese man proposes to 'Fan Bingbing' - or so he thinks Also, teachers and students make sperm bank's top donors, and dogs make dinner out of dead owner's corpse PUBLISHED : Thursday, 22 January, 2015, 5:51pm UPDATED : Thursday, 22 January, 2015, 5:51pm A...

Around the nation: Hallucinating Chinese man proposes to 'Fan Bingbing' - or so he thinks Also, teachers and students make sperm bank's top donors, and dogs make dinner out of dead owner's corpse PUBLISHED : Thursday, 22 January, 2015, 5:51pm UPDATED : Thursday, 22 January, 2015, 5:51pm A...

19 January 2015 Last updated at 13:43 GMT Tahira Ahmed murder: Husband admits decapitating wife Naveen Ahmed is due to be sentenced for murder on 28 January at the Old Bailey A man has admitted decapitating his wife at their home in west London. Naveed Ahmed, 41, pleaded guilty to the...

Around the nation: Foot-and-mouth outbreak among cattle in Wuhan PUBLISHED : Friday, 16 January, 2015, 1:15am UPDATED : Friday, 16 January, 2015, 1:15am A foot-and-mouth outbreak has been reported among cattle in Wuhan. Photo: AP Hubei Foot-and-mouth outbreak An outbreak of...

Around the nation: Chinese police hunt man who stole cash and sex toys PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 14 January, 2015, 5:59pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 14 January, 2015, 6:46pm Police in Henan province said a man, filmed by a surveillance camera, is suspected of stealing cash and sex toys worth more...

China arrests more than 110 people suspected of selling contaminated pork PUBLISHED : Monday, 12 January, 2015, 10:18am UPDATED : Monday, 12 January, 2015, 12:26pm Reuters in Shanghai The suspects allegedly sold meat from diseased Chinese pigs to markets in 11 provinces, including Henan...

Three Chinese managers found guilty of manslaughter over deadly Italian factory blaze PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 13 January, 2015, 9:48am UPDATED : Tuesday, 13 January, 2015, 9:55am Agence France-Presse in Rome Lin Youli (left, obscured) and her husband Hu Xiaping (face covered) leave the Italian...