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U.S. cites human rights problems in Russia, China, Egypt By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON | Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:17pm EDT (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday expressed concern about increasing crackdowns on civil liberties around the world, from Russia to Egypt and China, saying these and...

Ex-French minister says "lied to self" over Swiss bank account By Nicholas Vinocur PARIS | Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:23pm EDT (Reuters) - A former French minister who quit after admitting he had a secret foreign bank account appealed for forgiveness on Tuesday, saying on TV he had made a "crazy...

Syrian guns fall silent to allow Aleppo's dead to be collected By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN | Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:10pm EDT (Reuters) - Guns fell silent in one of the main battle zones of Syria's biggest city, Aleppo, on Tuesday to let aid workers collect 31 bodies that had been rotting amid...

Ivory Coast wants surveillance drones to replace U.N. troops Ivory Coast's Ambassador to the U.N. Youssoufou Bamba listens to a question during a one on one interview with a Reuters journalist in New York City January 11, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi UNITED NATIONS | Tue Apr 16...

North Korea issues new threats over protests in South By Robert Birsel and Jack Kim SEOUL | Tue Apr 16, 2013 2:49pm EDT (Reuters) - North Korea issued new threats against South Korea on Tuesday, vowing "sledge-hammer blows" of retaliation if South Korea did not apologize for anti-North...

Britain stages grand funeral for "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher By Andrew Osborn LONDON | Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:13pm EDT (Reuters) - London will stage its biggest political funeral in almost half a century on Wednesday when Britain's governing elite join the Queen and global leaders to bid...

Venezuela's post-election toll reaches 7 dead, 61 injured CARACAS | Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:28pm EDT (Reuters) - - The number of those killed by violence after Venezuela's disputed presidential election has risen to seven, Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz said on Tuesday. Sixty-one people...

15 April 2013| last updated at 11:43PM 16 'sleeping' illegals nabbed in express bus GRIK: As much as they tried to escape detection, 16 illegal immigrants on board an express bus were arrested by the Anti-Smuggling Unit (UPP) here. Perak UPP commander Assistant Superintendent Kasturi Othman...

Monday, 15 April 2013 07:53 Police tracking down sex video mastermind KUALA LUMPUR -- The police have opened up an investigation paper on a sex video linked to a senior opposition party leader. Inspector-General of Police Secretariat assistant head (public relations) ACP Ramli Mohamed...

Monday April 15, 2013 Iron Man of Ipoh dies at 83 Ipoh's "Magnetic Man" Liew Thow Lin IPOH's “Magnetic Man” Liew Thow Lin (pic), who could make metal stick to his body, has died, China Press reported. The paper quoted Liew's family members as saying that the 83-year-old died at his house...

Sunday April 14, 2013 Female doctor is actually a guy By ALLISON LAI [email protected] Double identity: Supt Soh showing a photo of the man who posed as a female doctor in Malacca. MALACCA: With his soft and feminine features, the petite figure comes across as a prim and proper...

North Korea carries out military exercises on Chinese border - video Paratroopers believed to be from North Korea carry out drills on the Chinese border as tensions in the region escalate. A helicopter is seen circling above the North Korean border town of Sinuiju on Friday, dropping at least...

Fears for China's shuanggui detainees after Wenzhou official dies Many detainees under notoriously harsh form of extralegal detention in China claim to have been subjected to torture Jonathan Kaiman in Beijing guardian.co.uk, Friday 12 April 2013 08.18 BST China's shuanggui detainees...

Congo: We did whatever we wanted, says soldier who raped 53 women As the G8 discusses sexual violence in the DRC, perpetrators and victims speak out about mass rape in Minova Pete Jones in Minova The Guardian, Thursday 11 April 2013 18.43 BST Congo: an army sergeant who says he was ordered...

Japan search for super tank that never saw action A search is under way in a lake in central Japan for the last surviving example of a heavy tank that the military was developing in the latter stages of World War II to repel the anticipated Allied invasion. The Type 4 Chi-To was by far the...

First case of new bird flu strain found outside eastern China BEIJING | Sat Apr 13, 2013 12:35am EDT (Reuters) - The Chinese capital reported on Saturday its first case of a new strain of bird flu, state news agency Xinhua said, the first time it has been found in a human outside of eastern...

Men prepare a grave for an earthquake victim in the earthquake-stricken town of Khormoj in Bushehr province, April 11, 2013. REUTERS/Ali Hovaisi/ISNA Bodies of earthquake victims are seen in the earthquake stricken town of Khormoj in Bushehr province, April 11, 2013. REUTERS/Ali Hovaisi/ISNA

11 April 2013| last updated at 12:03AM Drugs found in exercise machine KLIA Customs director Datuk Chik Omar Chik Lim (centre) with KLIA Customs enforcement head Zahari Abdullah (left) and KLIA Customs assistant director Sazali Unus with the seized drugs. Pic by Ahmad Irham Mohd Noor...

Japanese Schoolgirls’ Energy Wave Attacks, Chinese Reactions by Fauna on Sunday, April 7, 2013 On NetEase: Japanese Schoolgirls’ “Energy Waves Attacks” Goes Viral Online Recently, a type of delayed photography style has become popular amongst Japanese students, imitating the “energy...

Japanese Schoolgirls’ Energy Wave Attacks, Chinese Reactions by Fauna on Sunday, April 7, 2013 On NetEase: Japanese Schoolgirls’ “Energy Waves Attacks” Goes Viral Online Recently, a type of delayed photography style has become popular amongst Japanese students, imitating the “energy...