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Over a dozen Malaysians killed in bus crash in Chiang Mai THE NATION December 21, 2015 1:00 am AT least 14 Malaysian tourists were killed and many others injured at 11.30am yesterday when their coach hit a power pole and ran off a mountainous road in Chiang Mai’s Doi Saket district. Police...

Mali hotel reopens after deadly Islamist siege AFP December 16, 2015, 1:56 am Bamako (AFP) - Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita hailed the reopening Tuesday of a luxury hotel at the centre of a deadly Islamist attack as a victory over the scourge of jihadist violence. Gunmen took...

Girl targeted by cyber bullies hits back in style Yahoo December 8, 2015, 2:36 am A Canadian student has hit back at the cyber bullies who started an ‘ugly girl’ poll for her class, naming her in it. Lynelle Cantwell was in maths class when two friends alerted her to the poll, which was set...

Paris police detain 208 after climate change demo AFP November 30, 2015, 5:46 am Paris (AFP) - French police detained 208 people and kept a total of 174 in custody, after activists clashed with police in Paris on Sunday ahead of key climate talks, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said...

Want to buy a UFO hunting satellite? Crowdsourcing project aims to scour the skies with a swarm of $10,000 CubeSats Indiegogo campaign seeks to raise $50,000 to launch a low-orbit CubeSat The satellite will be equipped with a scintillation counter and NanoCam Counter will measure...

Malaysia on high alert as Turnbull arrives AAP November 21, 2015, 3:31 am Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull arrives in Kuala Lumpur for the East Asia Summit on Saturday where there are unconfirmed reports of imminent terror attacks. As world leaders including US President Barack Obama and...

That’s torn it: Four Air France employees sacked over shirt-ripping attack on airline executives PUBLISHED : Friday, 13 November, 2015, 10:22am UPDATED : Friday, 13 November, 2015, 10:22am Agence France-Presse in Paris Air France’s human resources vice-president Xavier Broseta climbs a...

Woman in Southern China sues hospital for botched nose job PUBLISHED : Monday, 02 November, 2015, 6:22pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 03 November, 2015, 12:13am Mimi Lau [email protected] The girl before the operation, left, and after. She says her nose has been permanently misshapen as a result...

Man robbed and thrown onto train tracks in Philadelphia Police release footage of a horrifying robbery on a commuter who was shot with a stun gun and thrown onto train tracks in Philadelphia, US By Telegraph 10:40AM GMT 29 Oct 2015 Dramatic video of an attack on a commuter, who was...

Hunt for killer in southern China after two boys stabbed to death in park PUBLISHED : Monday, 26 October, 2015, 12:33pm UPDATED : Monday, 26 October, 2015, 12:33pm Zhen Liu [email protected] The injured boy is treated by the emergency services. Photo: Chinanews.com Police in the southern...

Majority of Japan hotels ban tattooed tourists from public baths Most Japanese hotels refuse to allow visitors with tattoos from entering their public baths The survey found that 56 per cent of hotels and inns questioned did not allow those with tattoos to enter public bathing...

Vietnam jails 7 for placing war dead in fake graves and scamming families of MIA soldiers PUBLISHED : Saturday, 17 October, 2015, 2:13pm UPDATED : Saturday, 17 October, 2015, 2:13pm Associated Press in Hanoi A Vietnamese war veteran places incense on graves of dead soldiers in Dien Bien...

Japan's Cybercrime Underground On The Rise 10/13/2015 01:00 AM Kelly Jackson Higgins New report sheds light on stealthy cybercrime operations in Japan. When you think cybercrime, Japan probably isn't top of mind. But like anywhere else, the bad guys there are following the money, and an...

Unlucky winner: punter in China holds ticket for 2m yuan lottery prize but misses claim deadline PUBLISHED : Sunday, 11 October, 2015, 3:58pm UPDATED : Sunday, 11 October, 2015, 4:54pm Kwong Man-ki [email protected] Employees at the sports lottery management centre launched a campaign...

California teen who killed friend to experience death gets 71 years to life THE ASSOCIATED PRESS First posted: Thursday, October 08, 2015 01:41 AM EDT | Updated: Thursday, October 08, 2015 01:46 AM EDT This undated booking photo provided by the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office shows Talen...

HK's ex-chief executive in court on misconduct charges Xinhua, October 6, 2015 Former chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Donald Tsang Yam-kuen and his wife Selina arrive at Eastern Magistracy in Hong Kong on Monday afternoon. [Xinhua] Former Chief Executive of...

Titanic's last lunch menu sells for thousands at auction Date October 4, 2015 - 1:55AM Jill Serjeant The RMS Titanic departing Southampton on April 10, 1912. Photo: File New York: A menu for the last luncheon served to the first-class passengers aboard the ill-fated Titanic has sold for...

Woman who dreamed about being blind had DRAIN CLEANER poured in her eyes by a sympathetic psychologist to fulfil her lifelong wish - and now she's never been happier Jewel Shuping said her fascination with blindness started in childhood She would stare at the sun after learning it would...

Android Marshmallow Will Begin Rolling Out To The Nexus 5, 6, 7 (2013), 9, And Player On October 5th, Along With AOSP Ryan Whitwam 28 September 2015 Google has been testing Android 6.0 over the summer, and you might have even been running the developer previews, but when is the final version...

Bestselling Ad-Blocking App Will Soon Show Ads Despite promising to block all ads, developer Dean Murphy will be paid a monthly fee to allow some adverts through his filter. 12:06, Friday 25 September 2015 By blocking adverts the app promises faster browsing The top-selling advert-blocking...