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Australia crocodile snatches 12-year-old boy
A crocodile is being hunted by Australian police as they believe the animal snatched a 12-year-old boy while he was swimming with his friends. Police...
Thai protesters surround polling stations blocking early election vote
Thai protesters have surrounded polling stations, blocking early voting ahead of next week's general election, officials say. One of their leaders has been shot dead...
Xu Zhiyong sentenced to four years in prison
Prominent human rights activist Xu Zhiyong has been sentenced to four years in prison, a Chinese court has ruled. Xu Zhiyong, who campaigned for children's...
Philippines’ government and Muslim rebels agree on peace deal
The Philippines’ government has agreed the final section of a peace deal with Muslim rebels fighting a long-running insurgency in the south of the...
H7N9 Bird Flu alert: China confirms 73 cases in first days of 2014
According to the World Health Organization, a surge in cases of the deadly new strain of bird flu has been reported in China at...
Xi Jinping inspires Pork Bun Shop song
China’s President Xi Jinping's visit to a fast-food restaurant last month was reported across the globe, and has now inspired a song too. Wu Songjin,...
North Korea sends open letter to South Korea calling for reconciliation
North Korea has sent an open letter to South Korea calling for reconciliation and an end to "hostile military acts". The letter, published in North...
Kwanchai Praipana: Thai red-shirt leader shot in Udon Thani
Thailand's pro-government "red-shirt" leader Kwanchai Praipana has been shot, as the 60-day state of emergency came into effect in Bangkok and nearby provinces. Kwanchai Praipana,...
Xu Zhiyong goes on trial in Beijing
Chinese human rights activist Xu Zhiyong, who campaigned against corruption, has gone on trial in Beijing. Xu Zhiyong is charged with "gathering crowds to disrupt...
Sunanda Pushkar death: Indian magistrate orders investigation
An investigation into the death of Sunanda Pushkar, the wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor, has been ordered by a Delhi magistrate. Sunanda Pushkar’s body...
South Korea: Credit card details of 20 million people stolen
Credit card details from 20 million South Koreans have been stolen and sold to marketing firms. The data from almost half of South Korea’s population...
Surge in Demand for Villas in Whitefield
In the past few years Bangalore has emerged as one of the most sought after places of India. One of the major IT hubs...
Sunanda Pushkar death: Shashi Tharoor calls for swift investigation
Shashi Tharoor, whose wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in a Delhi hotel room on Friday, has called for a swift investigation so that...
China economic growth at slowest pace since 1999
China’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 7.7% in 2013 from a year ago, the slowest pace of growth since 1999, official figures show. Chinese economy...
Pakistani bomb attack kills 20 soldiers near Bannu
A Pakistani bomb blast that struck an army convoy in north-western part of the country has killed at least 20 soldiers, sources in the...
Who is Sunanda Pushkar? Shashi Tharoor’s wife biography.
Sunanda Pushkar - the wife of Indian Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shahsi Tharoor who was found dead yesterday in a...
Sunanda Pushkar seriously ill before being found dead?
Sunanda Pushkar, who was found dead in a Delhi hotel on Friday, was seriously ill, according to a former diplomat and close friend of...
Kabul bomb attack kills UN and IMF officials at Taverna du Liban
Four UN employees and a senior IMF official were among 21 people killed in a suicide bomb and gun attack on Taverna du Liban...
Cui Jian pulls out of China’s Spring Festival Gala over censorship
China protest singer Cui Jian, one of whose songs became an anthem of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, has pulled out of a major...
Sunanda Pushkar autopsy: Shashi Tharoor’s wife died a sudden and unnatural death
Shashi Tharoor’s wife, Sunanda Pushkar, who was found dead in a Delhi hotel room on Friday, died a "sudden and unnatural death", an autopsy...
Mumbai stampede: At least 18 people die at Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin’s funeral
At least 18 die and 50 are injured in a stampede at an Ismaili Shias leader’s funeral in Mumbai. Local officials say the incident happened...
Shashi Tharoor hospitalized after his wife’s death
Shashi Tharoor - the Indian minister of state for human resource development whose wife Sunnada Pushkar was found dead on Friday - has been...
Sunanda Pushkar: Shashi Tharoor’s wife found dead in Delhi hotel
Indian minister Shashi Tharoor’s wife, Sunanda Pushkar, has been found dead, following reports that he was having an affair with journalist Mehr Tahrar. Sunanda Pushkar...
Hiroo Onoda: WWII Japanese soldier who hid in jungle dies at 91
Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese soldier who refused to surrender after WWII ended and spent 29 years in the jungle, has died at the age...
Yingluck Shinawatra under investigation over corrupt rice subsidy scheme
PM Yingluck Shinawatra is being investigated by Thailand's official anti-corruption commission in connection with the government's controversial rice subsidy scheme. The policy guarantees Thai rice...
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