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Officials sacked after photos of cuddling with KTV girls uploaded Shanghai Daily, October 15, 2013 Six village officials in east China's Jiangsu Province who were photographed cuddling with KTV girls have been sacked from their government positions, local disciplinary officials said. An...

China confirms new human H7N9 infection Xinhua, October 15, 2013 One new human H7N9 avian influenza case has been confirmed in east China's Zhejiang Province, local authorities said Tuesday. It was the second such case reported in Zhejiang since late April, according to a statement from the...

Lawsuits against gov't for information disclosure surge Xinhua, October 15, 2013 China has seen a surge in the number of lawsuits against government agencies for their failure to disclose information, according to a report released Tuesday. Administrative cases about government information...

Myanmar police probe string of bomb blasts AFP October 14, 2013, 11:47 pm Yangon (AFP) - Police in Myanmar said Monday they were investigating a series of mysterious bomb blasts that have left two people dead and several wounded in recent days. A man and a woman were killed and another...

Four RI workers shot dead in Malaysia Yuliasri Perdani and Fadli, The Jakarta Post, Batam/Jakarta | National | Mon, October 14 2013, 8:33 AM Lost: Nur Hidayah (left) and Eka (right) display copies of passports of their husbands Hery Setiawan and Iknoriansyah, two Indonesian migrant workers...

Would you bring your PARENTS to work? LinkedIn invites employees to take relatives to the office to 'demystify the workplace' The Bring In Your Parents Day is scheduled for Thursday 7 November It has been created by the professional social network LinkedIn The site is hoping the day will...

Scientists trace 19 living relatives of Ötzi the Iceman whose 5,300-year-old body was found frozen in the Alps Austrian scientists tested the DNA of 3,700 male blood donors in Tyrol They matched a genetic mutation to the mummy found back in 1991 By STEVE NOLAN PUBLISHED: 04:07 GMT, 11...

Mozilla’s Firefox OS Gets First Update As It Heads For 2nd Phase Of Market Launches NATASHA LOMA 09 October 2013 Mozilla’s HTML5-based open mobile platform Firefox OS, which bagged support from a raft of carriers at the start of this year as a low cost alternative to Android-based...

Global trade weakening, economy to slow - APEC statement Reuters October 8, 2013, 5:14 pm Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders and their spouses pose for a group photo at the APEC Summit Official Dinner in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali October 7, 2013...

North Korea warns US of 'disaster' over joint naval drill AFP October 8, 2013, 3:06 pm Seoul (AFP) - North Korea on Tuesday warned the United States of a "horrible disaster" and put its troops on alert over a massive joint naval drill involving a nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier alongside...

US showdown laced with dangerous unknowns AFP By Stephen Collinson - October 8, 2013, 5:37 pm Republican John Boehner says he may not allow Congress to raise the US government s borrowing limit. EPA Surely, America's bickering politicians are not so crazed by partisan fervour that they...

German embassy bodyguard shot dead in ambassador kidnap attempt – reports Published time: October 06, 2013 14:27 Edited time: October 06, 2013 17:27 People gather outside a supermarket carpark after a shooting in Sanaa October 6, 2013. (Reuters / Mohamed Al-Sayaghi) A German national was...

Welcome to the otherworld: Swiss post sent house-warming mail to the dead Published time: October 06, 2013 14:03 Signs of the Swiss post (AFP Photo / Fabrice Coffrini) Switzerland’s postal service has accidentally sent greeting cards to recently deceased people. The cards welcomed the...

Android Jelly Bean rules the roost, accounts for 49 percent of 'active' users 03 Oct, 2013 | by Anujeet Majumdar | Smartphones Google’s current Android OS out in the market, Jelly Bean, has now been picked up by almost half the total number of active Android devices worldwide, according to...

British supermodel Hollie-May Saker PUNCHES topless protester after she is attacked on the catwalk 28 Sep 2013 09:00 Hollie-May Saker admitted her "Scouse-ness came out" when bare-chested Femen protesters invaded the stage during the Nina Ricci show <iframe...

Mumbai building collapse toll rises to 35 Rescue workers look for survivors from the debris of a collapsed building in Mumbai on Saturday. Photo: Vivek Bendre At least 30 people are injured, including four who are stated to be critical. The death toll in Friday’s collapse of a four-storey...

Spectacular jaguar attack captured on video Big cat is observed silently stalking and then attacking and immobilizing alligator-like caiman in Brazilian wetlands; 'This guy knew his business' September 26, 2013 by Pete Thomas Jaguar is shown moments before the attack on the caiman. Weeks...

Samsung launches 5.7-inch Note 3 phablet in Taiwan 2013/09/24 21:38:51 Taipei, Sept. 24 (CNA) Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest maker of handsets, launched the third generation of its Galaxy Note series phone in Taiwan Tuesday to keep ahead of new entrants to the phone-tablet...

Two toddlers dead in washing machine Xinhua, September 23, 2013 Police are investigating the deaths of two toddlers whose bodies were found in a washing machine at their home in east China's Jiangxi Province. Two sisters, three and two years old, crawled into the washing machine while...