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Spanish football chief's niece dead in Mexico after kidnapping AFP on September 21, 2016, 8:32 am Madrid (AFP) - A niece of Spanish Football Federation president Angel Maria Villar was found dead Tuesday in Mexico after she was abducted and held for ransom for several days, Spain's foreign...

CAL plane damaged by bird strike in Philippines 2016/08/19 21:00:48 Photo courtesy of Manila Airport staff Manila, Aug. 19 (CNA) An aircraft belonging to Taiwan's China Airlines (CAL) was damaged Friday by a bird strike in the Philippines, the air carrier said. CAL flight 701 from Taipei...

Telegram denies Iranian mass breach 3 August 2016 Technology Encrypted instant messaging service Telegram has denied hackers breached its systems to gain the telephone numbers of 15 million Iranian users. Checks on phone numbers had revealed "publicly available data", it said. But it...

'Strong evidence' of alcohol-cancer link AAP on July 22, 2016, 11:42 am A New Zealand study has found strong evidence that alcohol causes at least seven types of cancer. There is strong evidence that alcohol causes seven types of cancer and probably others, a review has concluded. A study...

Daewoo Shipbuilding raided for ‘cooking the books’ PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 08 June, 2016, 6:45pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 08 June, 2016, 6:45pm Agence France-Presse Prosecutors on Wednesday raided Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Company (DSME), one of South Korea’s three giant...

Cat rescued after being caught in mouse glue trap 2016/05/24 17:59:07 Taipei, May 24 (CNA) The New Taipei City Animal Protection and Health Inspection Office recently shared a case of a rescued cat that was caught in a mouse glue trap, and explained methods to help animals in the same...

Striking Singapore death penalty film stirs emotions at Cannes AFP on May 16, 2016, 7:29 pm Cannes (France) (AFP) - Before he made his new film about the death penalty, Boo Junfeng sat down to tea with some of Singapore's retired hangmen. He also talked to the priests and imams who helped...

Google designs emojis depicting professional women 11 May 2016 section Technology Google is suggesting 13 new emojis depicting women in a range of jobs Google engineers have designed a set of 13 emojis that they say better represent women in the world of work. The designs have been...

Man kills himself with homemade bomb on Dak Lak street By Le Ai, Thanh Nien News DAK LAK - Monday, April 25, 2016 13:03 Police investigate the scene on Nguyen Tat Thanh Street in Buon Ma Thuot Town. Photo credit: Tien Thanh/Tuoi Tre Police investigate the scene on Nguyen Tat Thanh Street in...

Uganda drops charges against Aust doctor Godfrey Olukya - AAP on April 15, 2016, 10:00 pm The Uganda government has withdrawn all criminal charges against Australian cardiologist Aggrey Kiyingi. Uganda's director of public prosecutions Mike Chibita on Thursday discontinued the charges of...

Myanmar political prisoners to be released BBC News 3 hours ago Dozens of students in Myanmar who have been awaiting trial have been set free as the new government begins to release all remaining political prisoners. The students had been held in Tharrawaddy since last year after staging a...

Indian police quiz company officials after flyover collapse PUBLISHED : Saturday, 02 April, 2016, 3:43pm UPDATED : Saturday, 02 April, 2016, 3:43pm Associated Press Indian police are investigating possible murder charges against 10 construction company employees who have been either...

New twist in cement murder case: Hong Kong police arrest girlfriend of suspected victim Officers also nab man whose staff card was found at crime scene, bringing total number in custody to five PUBLISHED : Thursday, 31 March, 2016, 2:59pm UPDATED : Thursday, 31 March, 2016, 4:21pm Clifford Lo...

Money dispute suspected: three arrested after Hong Kong police find decomposed body in cement-filled box Victim’s clothing matches that of missing 28-year-old Cheung Man-li, and investigators look for five people in relation to the gruesome case PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 30 March, 2016, 1:19am...

Belgium charges suspect in Brussels airport bombing PUBLISHED : Saturday, 26 March, 2016, 11:19pm UPDATED : Saturday, 26 March, 2016, 11:19pm Agence France-Presse Belgium on Saturday charged a man believed to be the fugitive third Brussels airport bomber with terrorism murder, in a...

Chinese national, Briton and two Americans among Brussels attacks victims PUBLISHED : Friday, 25 March, 2016, 7:23pm UPDATED : Friday, 25 March, 2016, 11:10pm Reuters A Chinese national was among those killed in Tuesday’s Islamic State suicide bombings in Brussels, state media said on...

3 Hong Kong officials narrowly escape Islamic State bombing at Brussels airport Officials from Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Brussels had just gone through airport security checks when the bombs went off; they had to be evacuated PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 23 March, 2016, 10:43pm UPDATED...

Blood brothers: Brussels suicide bomber siblings abandoned street crime for jihad PUBLISHED : Thursday, 24 March, 2016, 8:28am UPDATED : Thursday, 24 March, 2016, 8:28am Agence France-Presse Long before blowing themselves up in crowds of innocent people, suicide bomber Ibrahim El Bakraoui...

ISIS claims responsibility for Brussels attacks Lorne Cook and John-Thor Dahlburg, The Associated Press First posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 06:30 AM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 03:15 PM EDT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABpjiguckKs BRUSSELS -- Bombs exploded Tuesday at the...