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Employer demands Facebook page of worker on sick leave AAP Updated August 11, 2013, 2:45 pm A woman sacked by Air NZ has been forced to hand over copies of her Facebook pages. Air New Zealand has forced a sacked flight attendant to hand over copies of her Facebook pages and bank accounts to...

South Korea warns of power shortages amid nuclear shut downs Power transmission towers supplying electric power to the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex from South Korea, are seen at the customs, immigration and quarantine (CIQ) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating...

Flash floods batter Afghanistan, at least 22 dead Afghan boys cross flood waters in the Shakar Dara district of Kabul August 11, 2013. REUTERS-Mohammad Ismail KABUL | Sun Aug 11, 2013 7:27am EDT (Reuters) - At least 22 people in Afghanistan were killed and farmland was damaged when flash...

NZ's Fonterra pulls 'DCD' milk powder in Sri Lanka, disputes test The Fonterra logo is seen near the Fonterra Te Rapa plant near Hamilton August 6, 2013. REUTERS/Nigel Marple By Gyles Beckford and Shihar Aneez WELLINGTON/COLOMBO | Sun Aug 11, 2013 8:19am EDT (Reuters) - New Zealand-based...

Two Muslim women walk behind patrolling Special Task Force Commandos outside a vandalized mosque in Colombo August 11, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer Special Task Force Commandos stand guard outside a vandalized mosque in Colombo August 11, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer

Buddhist mob attacks Sri Lankan mosque, 12 injured Two Muslim women walk behind patrolling Special Task Force Commandos outside a vandalized mosque in Colombo August 11, 2013. REUTERS-Stringer By Ranga Sirilal and Shihar Aneez COLOMBO | Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:44am EDT (Reuters) - A Buddhist...

8 August 2013 Last updated at 14:55 GMT Greek unemployment rate reaches record high in May Greece has the highest unemployment rate in the eurozone Greece's unemployment rate hit another record high in May of 27.6%, according to the country's statistics body. The figure, from the Hellenic...

7 August 2013 Last updated at 23:38 GMT Cocoa 'might prevent memory decline' It is not the first time cocoa has been linked with health benefits Drinking cocoa every day may help older people keep their brains healthy, research suggests. A study of 60 elderly people with no dementia found...

8 August 2013 Is invisibility possible? From Head Squeeze <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/BfrhrONsFIg?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> Being invisible to the naked eye tops many people’s list of superpowers, but what exactly is invisibility...

Unexpected strength in China trade data eases some gloom A customer tries on a pair of Nike shoes inside a shop at a shopping district in Beijing, August 6, 2013. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon By Koh Gui Qing BEIJING | Thu Aug 8, 2013 4:15am EDT (Reuters) - Surprisingly firm rebounds in China's...

<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/kzYRdYLtt0c?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> Published on Aug 7, 2013 CCTV VISION: one person dead and 22 injured after semi-tralier truck rear-ends a passenger bus in China. WARNING GRAPHIC VISION <iframe...

Fonterra CEO says NZ regulators auditing plants WELLINGTON | Wed Aug 7, 2013 11:40pm EDT Aug 8 (Reuters) - New Zealand food safety regulators have been inspecting Fonterra's processing plants, including one that produced contaminated dairy products that triggered a global food safety scare...

Sydney man sells mother-in-law on eBay Sean Berry, Yahoo!7 August 8, 2013, 6:24 pm Mothers-in-law have always copped a bit of grief, but one man has taken it a step further and is auctioning his off on an online auction site. While this may sound like a mean thing to do it was actually the...

Lawyer says not allowed to represent China's disgraced Bo Xilai China's former Chongqing Municipality Communist Party Secretary Bo Xilai reacts during a meeting at the annual session of China's parliament, the National People's Congress, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 6...

Vigil held for boys killed by snake <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/-rusNwEGzX8?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> Aug. 8 - Hundreds gather for a vigil to remember two boys strangled to death by a python in Canada. Rough Cut (no reporter...

Tens of thousands rally to oust Tunisian government Anti-government protesters wave flags and shout slogans during a demonstration in Tunis August 6, 2013. REUTERS-Anis Mili By Tarek Amara TUNIS | Tue Aug 6, 2013 10:20pm EDT (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Tunisians crowded the streets of...

Microsoft program manager accused of raping a janitor at the Redmond campus By Ron on Monday, Aug 5th, 2013 at 10:35PM A Microsoft program manager (an employee at the time of the incident) is accused of raping a janitor while at the Microsoft campus in Redmond. However, in his defense...

Microsoft manager accused of raping female janitor on Redmond campus... and then claiming the victim forced him to have sex with her Vineet Kumar Srivastava, 36, charged with second-degree rape in July 22 incident Attack took place in Building 27 on Microsoft's Redmond, Washington, campus...

Japan unveils largest warship since World War II Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's helicopter destroyer DDH183 Izumo, the largest surface combatant of the Japanese navy, is seen before its launching ceremony in Yokohama, south of Tokyo August 6, 2013. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags...

How North Korea is coping with uncouth tourists from China North Korea's tourism workers may look down on their boorish northern visitors but they also appreciate their big-spending ways Monday, 05 August, 2013, 2:07pm Kristine Servando [email protected] Chinese tourists leave...