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Marseille title hopes spring leak at Montpellier
AFP, Published on 10/01/2015
» PARIS - Marseille suffered a second successive defeat and saw their Ligue 1 titles hopes suffer a blow when they lost 2-1 at Montpellier on Friday.
From Paris to Perth, massacre victims remembered
AFP, Published on 10/01/2015
» From Paris to Perth, Melbourne to Montpellier, sports stars, coaches and fans united in their tributes to the victims of this week's bloodshed in the French capital.
Ukraine, Russia raise stakes ahead of peace talks
AFP, Published on 10/01/2015
» Ukraine fended off renewed financial pressure from Russia on Saturday by accusing Moscow of orchestrating rebel attacks that killed two soldiers and heightened tensions ahead of mooted international peace talks.
Robber takes two hostage at jewellery store in south French city
AFP, Published on 10/01/2015
» MONTPELLIER (FRANCE) - A gunman robbed a jewellery store in the southern French city of Montpellier on Friday, taking two hostages, a judicial source said, adding the incident "had no link" to the twin hostage dramas around Paris.
Pakistani father sacrifices five children 'to gain magic powers'
AFP, Published on 09/01/2015
» KARACHI - A Pakistani father-of-six is on the run after strangling five of his children to death, apparently believing the sacrifice would endow him with magical powers including alchemy, police said Friday.
At least two killed in hostage drama east of Paris
AFP, Published on 09/01/2015
» PARIS - At least two people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a kosher grocery store in eastern Paris on Friday and took at least five people hostage, sources told AFP.
Charlie Hebdo manhunt: LIVE REPORT
AFP, Published on 09/01/2015
» 22:08 GMT - With the end of the hostage stand-off, AFP is closing its Live Report. Three assailants are dead and the whereabouts of a fourth are unclear, as France begins to reflect on three days of terror. What started with a massacre at a satirical magazine seems to have ended in a hail of bullets and flash grenades as special police put a stop to two simulantaneous hostage situations by force.
China app lets gays banish blues, AIDS
Reuters, Published on 09/01/2015
» BEIJING — Hua Ruobin started using Blued two years ago to meet other gay men in China, setting up weekend dinners or dates in karaoke bars.
Sea Shepherd in epic Antarctic chase
AFP, Published on 09/01/2015
» SYDNEY - Environmental activist group Sea Shepherd said Friday it has been chasing a "poaching" ship for three weeks amid heavy ice flows in an attempt to stop the crew from illegal fishing in the Southern Ocean.
What's new in business news: January 9, 2014
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/01/2015
» Travel to Japan still hot with Thais, Public-private partnership upgrade to speed up infrastructure projects & UK wants to invest in deep sea port & airport projects.