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Three dead after volcano eruption
dpa, Published on 14/02/2014
» JAKARTA — Four international airports on Indonesia's main island of Java were closed and more than 100,000 residents fled their homes on Friday following a volcanic eruption, officials said.
Two jailed for killing Sabah orangutan
dpa, Published on 14/02/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian court has sentenced two Filipino plantation workers each to two years in prison for killing an orangutan in the eastern state of Sabah, a wildlife official said Friday.
Bieber's pilots hit by inflight pot haze
dpa, Published on 06/02/2014
» LOS ANGELES - Justin Bieber's pilots were forced to wear gas masks during a flight from Canada to New Jersey because the teen pop star and his entourage filled the private jet with marijuana smoke, according to NBC News and other United States media.
'Jealous' 80-year-old attacks retiree
dpa, Published on 04/02/2014
» SINGAPORE - His lawyer described him as old and frail, but age was not an issue for 80-year-old Lim Song Chong when it came to matters of the heart.
Bankers jailed for huge Vietnam fraud
dpa, Published on 27/01/2014
» HANOI - One Vietnamese bank executive was sentenced to life in prison while 20 others received terms of between two and 20 years Monday in the country's largest embezzlement case.
Boy feared "taken" by crocodile
dpa, Published on 26/01/2014
» SYDNEY - A 12-year-old boy is believed to have been "taken" by a crocodile while swimming in a pond in the Kakadu National Park in northern Australia, police confirmed on Sunday.
Panda meets the press
dpa, Published on 07/01/2014
» WASHINGTON - Bao Bao, the female giant panda cub at the National Zoo in Washington, had her first photo op on Monday.
Girl wearing suicide vest detained
dpa, Published on 06/01/2014
» Kabul - A 10-year-old Afghan girl was detained at a police border post before she could detonate the suicide vest she was wearing, authorities said Monday.
Polish woman 'drugged, raped' in India
dpa, Published on 05/01/2014
» New Delhi - A Polish woman was raped when she travelled to New Delhi with her 2-year-old daughter, police said Sunday, in the latest major sex crime in the South Asian country.
New USB plugs can go both ways
dpa, Published on 25/12/2013
» BERLIN - The day is coming when it will not matter if you insert your USB plug into a port with the wrong side up.