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U.S. citizen detained amid Chinese pharma investigation Reuters July 23, 2013, 9:46 pm BEIJING (Reuters) - An American has been detained in connection with investigations sparked by an unfolding corruption scandal in the pharmaceuticals industry in China, a U.S. embassy official said on...

Iraq: hundreds escape from Abu Ghraib jail Ten police officers killed as suicide bombers drove car packed with explosives into prison gates on Baghdad outskirts Associated Press in Baghdad The Guardian, Tuesday 23 July 2013 08.12 BST Ten police officers were killed and 19 others injured in...

Haze from Indonesian forest fires returns to Malaysia AFP | 2013-7-22 23:28:01 By AFP Haze blanketed parts of Malaysia on Monday, weeks after the region suffered its worst pollution from forest fires in Indonesia in more than a decade. Three areas, two in southern Malacca state and a...

Court accepts case against ex-monk for violating girl under 13 Footage emerged in June 2013 of three monks flying in a private jet, wearing earphones and sunglasses and travelling with a Louis Vuitton luxury bag. One of them (inset) is now charged with rape of a minor. The Nation/Asia News...

Emergency rule lifted in central Myanmar AFP July 20, 2013, 6:02 pm YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar on Saturday lifted a state of emergency imposed in a riot-hit area in March where dozens of people were killed in religious violence, state media said. The order was revoked "as peace and stability has...

China growing in power but popularity lags: survey By Adam Jourdan LONDON | Thu Jul 18, 2013 5:42am EDT (Reuters) - China will eventually overtake the United States as the global superpower but its rise is not making it more popular, according to a major global survey by Pew Research Center...

India to probe school meal scheme after 23 children die A schoolgirl eats her free mid-day meal, distributed by a government-run primary school, in New Delhi July 5, 2013. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal By Annie Banerji PATNA, India | Thu Jul 18, 2013 5:53am EDT (Reuters) - The Indian government...

Pirates raid chemical tanker off Togo, injure crew: sources ABUJA | Thu Jul 18, 2013 6:09am EDT (Reuters) - Pirates robbed a chemical tanker off the coast of Togo this week, a maritime agency and a security source said on Thursday, the latest attack in increasingly dangerous West African...

Malaysian migrant attempts self-immolation The Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra | National | Tue, July 16 2013, 7:00 AM A Malaysian national tried to set fire to himself on Monday at the Belawan Immigration Office when he was about to be deported home. Immigration officers managed to...

Goldman Sachs buys stake in Shanda's IPO-bound e-book unit Staff Reporter 2013-07-15 09:28 Cloudary's e-book platform. (Internet photo) Cloudary, an e-book platform subsidiary of Chinese online gaming and entertainment company Shanda Interactive Entertainment, has seen its estimated value...

Chinese naval movement in La Perouse Strait watched closely by Japan Staff Reporter 2013-07-15 11:48 Chinese vessels fire anti-submarine rockets during the Maritime Cooperation 2013 joint naval exercise with Russia. (Photo/Xinhua) Seven surface combat vessels of the People's Liberation Army...

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Bling-bag investors cry ‘purse snatch!’ By KATHIANNE BONIELLO Last Updated: 4:32 AM, July 14, 2013 All that glitters is not gold — even when it comes to Judith Leiber’s iconic handbags. Two investors in the bejeweled-handbag company claim that it was sold out from under them for only $500,000...

Rocking out with his girls: Mick Jagger celebrates his 70th birthday early with the women in his life By DAILY MAIL REPORTER PUBLISHED: 10:44 GMT, 14 July 2013 | UPDATED: 10:46 GMT, 14 July 2013 Sir Mick Jagger was surrounded by celebrity pals and doting family as he celebrated turning 70 at...

'Pay up or I'll tell your wife': Secret lover warns mystery British rock star to cough up or she will reveal all about their love child Mystery rock star has fathered a daughter by a writer in new York She demanded £2million but he flatly refused the request Friends say that he is willing...

Third Chinese schoolgirl dies in Asiana air crash An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 plane is seen after it crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport in California, in this file aerial view taken July 6, 2013. REUTERS/Jed Jacobsohn/Files By Gerry Shih and Sarah McBride SAN...

Iraq foreign minister says can't stop Iran arms flights to Syria Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad are seen in Ain-Assan village during what they said was an operation to occupy it, in southern countryside of Aleppo, June 15, 2013. REUTERS/George Ourfalian RIYADH | Sat Jul...

China cancels $6 billion uranium plant after protest Police stand across demonstrators during a protest against plans for a uranium processing plant in Jiangmen, Guangdong province, July 12, 2013. REUTERS/Maggie Cen By Chen Aizhu and Qi Ding BEIJING | Sat Jul 13, 2013 4:42am EDT (Reuters) -...

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