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NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year: report A general view of the large former monitoring base of the U.S. intelligence organization National Security Agency (NSA) is pictured during sunrise in Bad Aibling south of Munich, August 6, 2013. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle WASHINGTON |...

U.N. chief Ban appeals for North Korea aid funding U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon holds a joint news conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah August 15, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman UNITED NATIONS | Thu Aug 15, 2013 5:14pm EDT (Reuters) -...

Venezuela politics soiled by sordid claims, gay slurs Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during the inauguration of a funicular at Petare slum in Caracas August 14, 2013. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins By Daniel Wallis CARACAS | Thu Aug 15, 2013 3:47pm EDT (Reuters) - From...

Man jailed for theft of $1.4m worth of Apple products at Changi Airfreight Centre Published on Aug 15, 2013 By Elena Chong A man, who stole $1.4 million worth of Apple products from Changi Airfreight Centre with two others two years ago, was jailed on Thursday. Ong Chip Siong, 32, a...

Updated: 08/15/2013 20:42 | By Channel NewsAsia Man to be charged with outraging modesty of 10-year-old girl SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 21-year-old man for outraging the modesty of a 10-year-old girl on board a bus. In a statement, police said that on August 14, at about 1.05pm, they...

Published: Wednesday August 14, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Wednesday August 14, 2013 MYT 10:13:33 AM ‘Super’ slimming pill harmful to health BY P. [email protected] Coming forward: (Seated, from left) Chong, Wong and lawyer P.Y. Leong. Looking on are two other people who had...

Medium, 13, exorcises spirit from Singapore house Foo became an overnight sensation in June 2013 when he offered to help locate the body of economy rice seller Lim Chin Aik, who was said to have been buried about 40m underground after a lightning arrester fell on his car in Jalan Macalister...

Ma launches construction of Haiti's new court building CNA 2013-08-14 16:41 Ma Ying-jeou shakes hands with Haiti's Michel Martelly at the ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Aug. 13, 2013. (Photo/CNA) Taiwan's president, Ma Ying-jeou, and the president of Haiti, Michel Martelly, jointly presided...

6 arrested for unlicensed moneylending activities AsiaOne Wednesday, Aug 14, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested six people for being involved in five cases of unlicensed moneylending related activites between Aug 13 and 14. A 49-year-old man was arrested by officers from Bedok Police...

New iPhone to be unveiled Sept. 10 : report Staff Reporter 2013-08-14 15:18 The iPhone 5. (Photo/CFP) Apple will unveil the latest version of the iPhone on Sept. 10, according to a report from All Things D, a technology blog related to the Wall Street Journal whose sources have proved...

Netizens mock Global Times embrace of N Korea's heritary rule Staff Reporter 2013-08-14 15:48 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un waves to the crowd in Pyongyang on July 27, 2013. (Photo/Xinhua) Chinese internet users have expressed both anger and amusement over an editorial published in the...

Updated: 08/14/2013 08:00 34-year-old driver involved in the fatal crash that took place on the Central Expressway in the early hours of National Day has been released on police bail The 34-year-old driver involved in the fatal crash that took place on the Central Expressway in the early...

Over 100 Palestinian prisoners to be released by Israel Published on Aug 13, 2013 <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/vs9-XLrLl3I?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> In the first of four stages, Israel plans to free 26 Palestinian prisoners as part of...

Israel Releases 26 Palestinian Prisoners, to Cheers and Anguish A bus with freed Palestinians was thronged near the Erez crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip early Wednesday morning. By ISABEL KERSHNER Published: August 13, 2013 RAMALLAH, West Bank — Israel released 26 long-serving...

Beijing gives rooftop villa owner two-week demolition deadline <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/6FZAeu7FZH8?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> Aug. 13 - A man who built a large mountain-like villa on top of a Beijing apartment block is given 15...

<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/lBb4SrZVQPg?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> Aug. 13 - At least 24 inmates are injured after a Chilean prison catches fire. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)

U.S. sues to block AMR-US Airways merger; stocks fall A U.S. Airways jet departs Washington's Reagan National Airport next to American Airlines jets outside Washington, in this file photo from February 25, 2013. REUTERS-Larry Downing-Files By David Ingram and Karen Jacobs WASHINGTON | Tue...

Mexico to fight release of drug lord behind U.S. agent's murder Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero is shown behind bars in this undated file photo. By Luc Cohen MEXICO CITY | Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:38pm EDT (Reuters) - Mexico said on Tuesday it would seek to void a court decision that freed...

Couple nabbed for snatch theft at Ang Mo Kio AsiaOne Tuesday, Aug 13, 2013 SINGAPORE Police have arrested a couple, aged 31 and 19, who are believed to be involved in a case of snatch theft committed at a bus-stop along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1. On July 24, 2013, at about 11.20pm, a 52-year-old...

Updated: 08/10/2013 21:12 | By Channel NewsAsia Body of drowned man found off East Coast Park waters SINGAPORE: A 51-year-old man has drowned after falling into waters off the East Coast Park. His body was found at 7.27pm on Saturday, after a search that lasted all day. Paramedics...