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Arsonists attack H. Kong media tycoon
AFP, Published on 12/01/2015
» HONG KONG- The home and office of pro-democracy Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai were hit by arsonists in the early hours of Monday, police said.
Amazon takes first-ever Globes for 'Transparent'
AFP, Published on 12/01/2015
» Online retail giant Amazon scored its first ever Golden Globes on Sunday with two wins for dark comedy "Transparent" -- a breakthrough in its bid to catch up with streaming pioneer Netflix.
The Enemy Within
Asia focus, Published on 12/01/2015
» Pakistan has been waging a war against extremist elements ever since former president and military chief Pervez Musharraf decided to join with the United States and its allies to fight against terrorists in Afghanistan. It did not take long before the militants started breeding within Pakistan itself and striking against the military and civilians.
Thousands more poultry culled as bird flu fears grow in Taiwan
AFP, Published on 12/01/2015
» Taiwan on Sunday ordered the slaughter of 16,000 geese and ducks to try to curb a bird flu outbreak that has already led to the culling of 120,000 chickens.
Paris Charlie Hebdo march: LIVE REPORT
AFP, Published on 11/01/2015
» 19:24 GMT - Supermarket protest - AFP's Christophe Parayre reports from Porte de Vincennes in eastern Paris, where marchers, some carrying Israeli flags, have gathered outside the Jewish supermarket where four hostages were shot dead on Friday.
Man resembling Paris attacker claims to be IS member in video
AFP, Published on 11/01/2015
» PARIS - A man resembling Amedy Coulibaly, who shot a policewoman and took hostages at a Jewish supermarket in the Paris attacks, claimed to be a member of the Islamic State group in a posthumous video released online on Sunday.
57 killed in Pakistan oil tanker crash
AFP, Published on 11/01/2015
» KARACHI - At least 57 people including women and children were killed when their bus crashed into an oil tanker, igniting a fierce blaze in southern Pakistan early Sunday, officials said.
More than 700,000 rally in France after Islamist attacks
AFP, Published on 10/01/2015
» More than 700,000 people on Saturday took to streets across France in tribute to the 17 people killed in three days of violence by Islamist extremists, the interior minister said.
Boko Haram suspected after girl, 10, blows herself up in NE Nigeria
AFP, Published on 10/01/2015
» Two explosions rocked northeast Nigeria on Saturday, including one by a female suicide bomber thought to be just 10 years old who blew herself up in a crowded market, as the US condemned a bloody spike in Boko Haram violence.
Nigeria suicide bomber aged 10
AFP, Published on 10/01/2015
» MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA - At least 20 people were killed on Saturday when a young girl, thought to be aged about 10, blew herself up at a crowded market in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the Red Cross and vigilantes said.