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Brazilian drug felon will be first foreigner executed in Indonesia this year Date January 15, 2015 - 6:25PM Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa Lawyer Utomo Karim with Marco Archer Candoso Moreira. Jakarta: A Brazilian drug felon has been told he will be executed on Saturday night in a move...

Are you sure? Facebook tackles graphic imagery by asking if users really want to see it PUBLISHED : Thursday, 15 January, 2015, 12:45am UPDATED : Thursday, 15 January, 2015, 12:45am The Guardian Facebook's 'Unlike' button.Photo: SCMP Pictures Facebook has begun placing warning messages...

More than 30,000 Beijing families ask for second child as China eases one-child policy PUBLISHED : Monday, 12 January, 2015, 12:09pm UPDATED : Monday, 12 January, 2015, 12:15pm Wu Nan [email protected] China's one-child policy, introduced in 1979, led to a low birth rate, which caused...

At least 12 dead in Paris after attack on satirical newspaper By Nicholas Vinocur and Antony Paone PARIS Wed Jan 7, 2015 10:46am EST <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/7dgTw-iAzmA?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> (Reuters) - Hooded...

Mexico drug cartel forces members to eat human hearts to test loyalty Date January 7, 2015 - 4:17AM Gabriel Stargardter Mexico's President meets with Obama Mexico City: A vicious Mexican drug gang forced some members to eat the hearts of murder victims as part of a gruesome initiation rite...

Simran Khosla January 3, 2015 01:30 This map shows you all the places where the pill is free These nations have government subsidies that make buying the pill free. Demonstrators rally outside of the US Supreme Court during oral arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby March 25, 2014 in...

Chinese families demand release of Shanghai stampede victims' bodies after foreigners' remains are returned Locals demand equal treatment from the authorities after the remains of only the foreigners are returned to their families PUBLISHED : Monday, 05 January, 2015, 4:16am UPDATED : Monday...

Girl, 7, walks away from private jet crash that left all other passengers dead PUBLISHED : Saturday, 03 January, 2015, 2:20pm UPDATED : Saturday, 03 January, 2015, 3:29pm Associated Press in Kentucky Types of Piper aircraft, similar to the one that crashed in Kentucky. Photo: AFP A...

How one Canadian airline ensures its planes never disappear PUBLISHED : Friday, 02 January, 2015, 3:19am UPDATED : Friday, 02 January, 2015, 3:19am Washington Post The flight information system used by First Air. Photo: FLYHT First Air, a Canadian airline, flies across some of the most...

Most of Australia banning commercial sunbeds The move is being made in the land of fun in the sun to try to reduce one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world PUBLISHED : Thursday, 01 January, 2015, 3:24am UPDATED : Thursday, 01 January, 2015, 3:24am Agence France-Presse in Sydney...

Turkish teen protester with shattered skull sentenced to jail AFP December 26, 2014, 3:03 am Istanbul (AFP) - A Turkish teenager who survived a severe head injury inflicted by the police in last year's anti-government protests was sentenced to more than three months in jail, local media...

Turkey student arrested for 'insulting' the president AFP December 26, 2014, 2:51 am Ankara (AFP) - A 16-year-old high school student has been arrested in central Turkey for "insulting" President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by accusing him and his ruling party of corruption, sparking angry...

Mexican drug cartel member sentenced in New Hampshire to 9 years in prison over cocaine charge Published December 23, 2014 Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. – A member of the Sinaloa drug cartel who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess cocaine has been sentenced in New...

Luxury French villa of jailed Chinese politician Bo Xilai 'up for sale at HK$66 million' Luxury home featured in trial of ex-Chongqing party boss goes on market PUBLISHED : Monday, 22 December, 2014, 11:58am UPDATED : Tuesday, 23 December, 2014, 3:11am Nectar Gan, Laura Zhou and Angela Meng...

Jordan hangs 11 after lifting execution ban Execution at dawn of eleven convicted criminals ends Jordan's informal eight-year moratorium on the death penalty. Last updated: 21 Dec 2014 08:42 Eleven criminals convicted in difference cases of murder were executed at dawn [File/Reuters]...

Taipei top destination for Singaporeans to greet New Year: survey Central News Agency 2014-12-19 06:24 PM Singapore, Dec. 19 (CNA) Taipei is the top tourism destination for Singaporeans to ring in the New Year, according to a survey by popular U.S. tourism website TripAdvisor. TripAdvisor...

Indian jailed for 9 months for molestation in Singapore Last Updated: Friday, December 19, 2014 - 12:22 Singapore: A 26-year-old Indian here has been sentenced to nine months in prison for molesting a woman, according to a media report. Sathaiya Ilayaraja was smelled of alcohol when he...

US lawmakers pass eleventh-hour US$1.1tr spending bill to avoid government shutdown PUBLISHED : Friday, 12 December, 2014, 3:08pm UPDATED : Friday, 12 December, 2014, 6:25pm Agence France-Presse in Washington Weary members of the US House of Representatives head for home after passing the...

Topless Paris activists cleared AP September 10, 2014, 8:28 pm A Paris court has thrown out a legal case against nine activists who bared their breasts in a rowdy protest inside Notre Dame Cathedral, ruling that there was insufficient evidence of any material damage. Prosecutors had sought...