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Investigators probe 'Russian Facebook' founder
AFP, Published on 17/04/2013
» Russian investigators said Wednesday they had searched the home of the young founder of the country's most popular social networking site in a probe into a drive-by attack on a policeman.
Boston Marathon bombs: Live Report
AFP, Published on 16/04/2013
» 0109 GMT: Authorities announce that there will be no further updates until tomorrow morning so we are closing the Live Report on the bombings at the iconic Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured more than 100. Authorities have said they do not know who is behind the attacks or why, specifically declining to suggest whether the perpetrators might be foreign or American. The investigation will continue in the coming days and weeks.
US lawmakers offer cybersecurity olive branch
AFP, Published on 09/04/2013
» Backers of a cybersecurity bill which stalled in Congress last year offered changes in an effort to ease concerns of privacy and civil liberties activists.
WWF says Chinese 'river pig' close to extinction
AFP, Published on 28/03/2013
» China's wild finless porpoises are heading toward extinction, a conservation group said Thursday, with the dolphin-like animals now rarer than the giant panda.
Russian dashcams digital guardian angels for drivers
AFP, Published on 17/03/2013
» When a bright meteor streaked across the sky over the Russian Urals last month, it was the film footage captured by hundreds of in-car cameras and hastily uploaded to YouTube by dumbfounded drivers that allowed the world to share the event.
China suspends officials after 11 kids die in road wreck
AFP, Published on 26/12/2012
» A city in east China suspended 12 officials on Wednesday, including a vice mayor, policemen and education administrators, after 11 children were killed in a road wreck involving an overloaded vehicle.
US gun sales soar as owners fear new regulations
AFP, Published on 25/12/2012
» US firearm sales have sky-rocketed since the Newtown school massacre, as debate over gun control rages and enthusiasts fear certain assault weapons and high-capacity magazines could be banned.
11 school children dead in China road accident
AFP, Published on 24/12/2012
» Eleven young children died on Monday when the overloaded van they were travelling in plunged into a pond in east China's Jiangxi province, state press and a rights group said.
China survey reports fewer sightings of porpoise
AFP, Published on 24/12/2012
» A survey of endangered porpoises in China's longest river has yielded fewer sightings as intense ship traffic threatens their existence, scientists said Monday.
Report details extensive Walmart bribery in Mexico
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Retail giant Walmart aggressively bribed Mexican officials to get the necessary permits to open more than a dozen supermarkets across the country, the New York Times reported Tuesday.