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Hong Kong Rejects Beijing Reform Package 05:58 Thursday 18 June 2015 The government needed at least 47 of the 70 lawmakers to vote for the plans Hong Kong lawmakers have rejected a Beijing-backed political reform package that has sparked mass protests. Most pro-government lawmakers staged...

Indonesian stowaway hides in plane's wheel well to hitch free flight to 'dream city' Jakarta PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 08 April, 2015, 12:57pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 08 April, 2015, 2:10pm Kyodo A Garuda Indonesia flight takes off. The nation's flag carrier said a stowaway from Riau province had...

China detains two feminist activists ahead of Women's Day PUBLISHED : Saturday, 07 March, 2015, 4:05pm UPDATED : Saturday, 07 March, 2015, 4:05pm Reuters in Beijing Li Tingting, who goes by the pseudonym Li Maizi, pictured in Beijing's Qianmen Street campaigning against domestic violence in...

Madonna dragged down stage when cape snags during Brit Awards performance PUBLISHED : Thursday, 26 February, 2015, 10:29am UPDATED : Thursday, 26 February, 2015, 10:46am Associated Press in London Whoops! Singer Madonna falls during her Brit Awards performance when a dancer pulls back her...

Bribes, sexual favours, nepotism: abuses of power uncovered at Chinese state-owned giants Investigators from the central anti-graft agency uncover rot in latest round of 'targeted' inspections PUBLISHED : Saturday, 07 February, 2015, 12:14am UPDATED : Saturday, 07 February, 2015, 1:49pm Keira...

Obsession with gold medals, trophies has led to corruption, admits China’s top sports body Organisation has pledged to start reforms and change its criteria for what constitutes sporting success after anti-corruption investigators said they had uncovered serious problems PUBLISHED : Monday, 26...

China steps up cooperation with US to bring home economic fugitives amid anti-graft drive PUBLISHED : Friday, 16 January, 2015, 12:10pm UPDATED : Friday, 16 January, 2015, 6:45pm [email protected] A paramilitary officer stands guard outside the US embassy in Beijing. China will work...

Mainland Chinese housewife jailed in HK$240m Hong Kong laundering case Gao Ailing was involved in a 'sophisticated plan' to handle cash from her husband's company after he was jailed on the mainland, judge says PUBLISHED : Thursday, 15 January, 2015, 12:37am UPDATED : Thursday, 15 January...

New Zealand man bashed girlfriend with motorbike helmet on Bali street Date January 12, 2015 - 8:27PM A New Zealand man accused of bashing his ex-girlfriend with a motorbike helmet in a Bali street has agreed with a witness account of the assault. Richard James Wackrow, 40, faces up to two...

IS captures Jordanian pilot after warplane crashes in Syria PUBLISHED : Thursday, 25 December, 2014, 2:59am UPDATED : Thursday, 25 December, 2014, 5:10am Agence France-Presse Islamic State group militants captured a Jordanian pilot after shooting down his warplane while conducting...

LAPD to equip 7,000 policemen with body cameras amid outrage over unarmed blacks' deaths PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 17 December, 2014, 11:49am UPDATED : Wednesday, 17 December, 2014, 11:50am Associated Press in Los Angeles Los Angeles Police sergeant Dan Gomez demonstrates a video feed from his...

Beijing police bust huge 'underground banks' Source: Xinhua Published: 2014-11-14 22:37:21 The Beijing Police said on Friday that they had busted over ten "underground banks", which were used to illegally trade foreign currency and transfer money across borders. The cases involved nearly...

Man calls police to help find missing trousers, carpenter builds 'armoured' jeep from wood PUBLISHED : Saturday, 06 December, 2014, 12:49am UPDATED : Saturday, 06 December, 2014, 12:49am Folk artist Han Xiaoming demonstrates painting with his tongue in Hangzhou. Photo: Reuters CHONGQING No...

Man calls police to help find missing trousers, carpenter builds 'armoured' jeep from wood PUBLISHED : Saturday, 06 December, 2014, 12:49am UPDATED : Saturday, 06 December, 2014, 12:49am Folk artist Han Xiaoming demonstrates painting with his tongue in Hangzhou. Photo: Reuters CHONGQING No...

Vietnamese police arrest blogger for posting 'bad content' PUBLISHED : Monday, 01 December, 2014, 10:27pm UPDATED : Monday, 01 December, 2014, 10:27pm Agence France-Presse in Hanoi Hong Le Tho's blog, called Nguoi Lot Gach - literally "a brick layer" - has run for at least three years and...

Sierra Leone Ebola burial workers dump bodies in pay protest Reuters November 26, 2014, 3:07 am Health workers remove the body a woman who died from the Ebola virus in the Aberdeen district of Freetown, Sierra Leone, October 14, 2014. REUTERS/Josephus Olu-Mammah By Umaru Fofana FREETOWN...

Police in Japan arrest Chinese nationals in cybercrime crackdown Police uncover mainland-run operation that provided illegal internet services, allowing criminals to hack into Japanese banks and retailers PUBLISHED : Thursday, 20 November, 2014, 10:06pm UPDATED : Friday, 21 November, 2014...

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WhatsApp and Open Whispers team up to encrypt messages PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 19 November, 2014, 10:44pm UPDATED : Thursday, 20 November, 2014, 4:32am Agence France-Presse in San Francisco Open Whisper Systems has announced a partnership with WhatsApp to use TextSecure protocol to scramble...

Foreign student numbers in US reach record high, with almost one third from China Number of international students at US institutions reaches record high, with Chinese students making up more than 30 per cent PUBLISHED : Monday, 17 November, 2014, 1:01pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 18 November, 2014...