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Chinese beauty pageant slammed for 'bikini opera' Staff Reporter 2012-09-27 10:13 A flexible performer from the controversial bikini opera routine. (Internet photo) A Chinese beauty pageant featuring young women performing a routine in bikinis with traditional Chinese opera makeup and hair...

Silk slip: Wardrobe malfunction at Jiangsu beauty contest Staff Reporter 2012-10-02 14:57 Oops. (Internet photo) The finals of the 2012 New Silk Road Miss China Contest, held in the city of Zhenjiang in eastern China's Jiangsu province on Sept. 29, were reportedly enlivened by a series of...

Foxconn's recruitment drive in Henan falling apart: report Staff Reporter 2012-10-02 15:27 New recruits at the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, Henan province. (Photo/Xinhua) Electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn's aggressive recruitment campaign in China's central Henan province is falling...

Wage gap rises ever higher at China's banks Staff Reporter 2012-10-02 17:30 The high profits and high salaries on offer at Chinese banks have been brought into question as the country's economy begins to slow, with senior executives now earning as much as 80 times the salary of a general...

Iran currency plummets as sanctions bite Date October 3, 2012 IRANIANS are suffering their worst financial crisis since the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, with the national currency hitting an all-time low and the prices of staple goods soaring. With the Iranian economy crumbling under...

Syria played role in Gaddafi's downfall Date October 2, 2012 Muammar Gaddafi Photo: Reuters THE Assad regime in Syria brought about Muammar Gaddafi's death by providing France with the key intelligence which led to the operation that killed him, sources in Libya have claimed. French spies...

Burglars 'took the chance' when they broke into shotgun-holder's home: judge A judge today defended a homeowner who shot two burglars, saying the thieves “took the chance” when they broke into his isolated cottage. Tracey and Andy Ferrie were arrested by police and held for 40 hours after Mr...

Chinese journalist 'plagiarised Boris Johnson's Daily Telegraph column' A senior Chinese journalist has been accused of plagiarising and fabricating a series of Olympic reports, including an "exclusive interview" with Boris Johnson, which was actually one of his Daily Telegraph columns...

'Scientists should get four years for failing to predict L'Aquila earthquake' Prosecutors in Italy have called for a group of scientists to be sent to prison for four years each for allegedly failing to give adequate warning of the L'Aquila earthquake in 2009 that killed 309 people and injured...

Alexander Lebedev charged in Russia with 'hooliganism' Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev has been charged with "hooliganism" for punching a rival businessman on television last year and faces five years in prison. 2:29PM BST 26 Sep 2012 Mr Lebedev, 52, who controls The Independent and...

'Moon River' crooner Andy Williams dies at age 84 By BOB THOMAS, Associated Press – 1 hour ago ST. LOUIS (AP) — With a string of gold albums, a hit TV series and the signature "Moon River," Andy Williams was a voice of the 1960s, although not the '60s we usually hear about. "The old cliche...

Families of Polish plane crash victims ask: Who did we bury? WARSAW | Wed Sep 26, 2012 12:04pm EDT (Reuters) - Relatives of the victims of a plane crash that killed Poland's president and 95 others in 2010 are facing the possibility that they buried strangers instead of their loved ones due to...

French jobless total tops 3 million in blow to Hollande PARIS | Wed Sep 26, 2012 12:17pm EDT (Reuters) - The number of jobless people in France rose in August for the 16th month running to breach the psychologically important level of 3 million, putting new pressure on President Francois...

Lawsuit: $73,000 Glass Pool Table Not Up to Scratch By ALAN FARNHAM | Good Morning America – Tue, Sep 25, 2012 10:11 AM EDT The buyer of a futuristic, $73,000 glass pool table claims he's been snookered. In a complaint filed in Orange Country, Calif., superior court, the buyer alleges that...

Child found alive under dead bodies at shooting scene in France AAP September 06, 20124:15PM A FOUR-year-old girl has been found alive at the scene of a shooting where four bodies were discovered near the edge of the French Alpine village of Chevaline. The child was found unharmed under...