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Indonesia beefs up security after foiled Christmas plot AFP on December 22, 2016, 6:19 pm Jakarta (AFP) - Indonesian police on Thursday announced plans to deploy some 155,000 personnel to secure the country during Christmas and New Year holidays, a day after police foiled plans for militant...

Barcelona cannabis club shut down for selling marijuana candy AFP on November 16, 2016, 3:47 am Barcelona (AFP) - Authorities in Spain closed down a cannabis club in Barcelona that sold marijuana candy and other similar products to more than 16,000 people, many of them tourists, police said...

Indian jailed for killing pregnant girlfriend in New Zealand AFP on October 4, 2016, 12:41 pm Wellington (AFP) - An Indian student who killed his pregnant girlfriend in a frenzied knife attack in New Zealand after she told him the baby was not his was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday...

Philippines reports first Zika case in pregnant woman Zika-infected pregnant women can give birth to babies with microcephaly, a deformation marked by abnormally small brains and heads PUBLISHED : Monday, 26 September, 2016, 3:14pm UPDATED : Monday, 26 September, 2016, 3:14pm Agence...

Woman kept as sex slave in a wooden box relives seven-year nightmare Catherine Healey - Yahoo News on September 9, 2016, 5:41 pm WARNING: VERY GRAPHIC CONTENT A hitchhiker who was kidnapped by a couple and kept in a wooden box under their bed as a sex slave has spoken out about her ordeal...

Poland to make urgent UK visit following attacks on Poles AFP on September 5, 2016, 6:27 am Warsaw (AFP) - Poland on Sunday announced three ministers would make an urgent visit to London following attacks on its nationals in Britain, including a murder which may have been a hate crime...

http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2010296/locally-transmitted-zika-virus-infects-41-singapore

Hundreds of flights grounded as typhoon strikes near Tokyo AFP on August 22, 2016, 9:39 pm Tokyo (AFP) - A powerful typhoon struck near Tokyo on Monday, the first in 11 years to come ashore in the densely populated region, temporarily shutting down a major city airport and grounding more...

That sinking feeling: the images Indonesia doesn’t want you to see on its independence day PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 17 August, 2016, 4:33pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 17 August, 2016, 5:19pm Agence France-Presse 10 Jun 2015 Indonesia sank dozens of impounded foreign boats to mark Independence Day...

http://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2003248/us-terror-suspect-claims-be-paid-fbi-informant

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Pokémon Go crosses $200M in global revenue one month into launch Posted 9 hours ago by Darrell Etherington (@etherington) While bugs and feature complaints are still causing a decent amount of negativity among users, Pokémon Go continues its upward trajectory in terms of overall revenue. App...

http://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1998459/ioc-world-doping-agency-fued-worsens-eve-rio-olympics-over-russian-doping

Anthrax outbreak kills boy in northern Russia AFP on August 2, 2016, 12:19 am Moscow (AFP) - A 12-year-old boy has died in an anthrax outbreak in remote far northern Russia while dozens have been hospitalised on suspicion of infection, the region's governor said Monday. The Yamalo-Nenetsky...

France names second church attacker AFP on July 29, 2016, 2:53 am Paris (AFP) - France on Thursday identified the second jihadist involved in the brutal killing of an elderly priest, as calls mounted for the prime minister and interior minister to resign after the latest terror attack...

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Pokemon subject to fatwa in Saudi Arabia AAP on July 20, 2016, 9:15 pm Three Saudi men have been arrested while playing Pokemon Go at an airport in the kingdom, the Saudi online newspaper Almowaten reports. The three, in their mid-20s, were referred to investigations for using their...

http://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/1990043/two-men-fall-cliff-while-playing-pokemon-go-more

Monsieur, as the saying goes... strike while the iron is hot. Not willing to splash the cash? Other clubs will...

Anti-government protesters collect stones from hand to hand to strengthen a barricade in Istanbul June 16, 2013. REUTERS/Serkan Senturk