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China's 'Mistress hunters' on a mission
AFP, Published on 08/09/2016
» BEIJING - Don't get mad, get your opponent to surrender voluntarily: when Mrs Wang discovered her husband had been cheating on her for several years, she called in an elite team of Chinese "mistress hunters".
Bitcoin not money, US judge rules in victory for backers
AFP, Published on 06/08/2016
» NEW YORK - Bitcoin, a Florida judge says, is not real money. Ironically, that could provide a boost to use of the crypto-currency which has remained in the shadows of the financial system.
Philippines' Duterte endorses killing corrupt journalists, drug dealers
AFP, Published on 01/06/2016
» DAVAO - Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday that corrupt journalists were legitimate targets of assassination, as he amped up his controversial anti-crime crusade with offers of rewards for killing drug traffickers.
Football: What happened to the World Cup voters?
AFP, Published on 02/12/2015
» Five years ago on Wednesday, Fifa's executive committee chose Russia to host the 2018 World Cup and Qatar for 2022 in one of the most controversial votes in sporting history.
Smooth piste for Beijing's 2022 bid
AFP, Published on 30/07/2015
» China came of age as an Olympic power when it hosted the spectacular Beijing 2008, a display of the unlimited resources and political will some say are essential to its bid for the 2022 Winter Games.