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Afghans hail action over US Marines abuse
AFP, Published on 25/09/2012
» Afghanistan on Tuesday welcomed a Pentagon decision to put two US Marines on trial for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters and posing for photographs with them.
Japan Airlines shares plunge 8.73% on China worries
AFP, Published on 25/09/2012
» Shares in Japan Airlines (JAL) plunged on Tuesday to close down nearly nine percent, less than a week after relisting, amid concern over a festering territorial spat between Tokyo and Beijing.
Off-song Kvitova humbled in Tokyo
AFP, Published on 25/09/2012
» The fourth seed Petra Kvitova became the biggest casualty of the second round at the Pan Pacific Open on Tuesday as she fell victim to the unheralded Petra Martic.
Seahawks edge Packers on controversial touchdown
AFP, Published on 25/09/2012
» A controversial touchdown ruling by National Football League replacement officials on the game's final play gave the Seattle Seahawks a 14-12 victory over the Green Bay Packers.
Yi back in China after NBA journey
AFP, Published on 25/09/2012
» Yi Jianlian has secured a one-year deal to return to his old club back home after the Chinese international failed to re-sign with the Dallas Mavericks in the US.
China's first aircraft carrier enters service
AFP, Published on 25/09/2012
» China put its first aircraft carrier into service on Tuesday, in a show of strength that came as territorial disputes over strategic islands in the region escalated.
Search resumes for missing in Nepal avalanche
AFP, Published on 25/09/2012
» A team of high-altitude sherpas resumed a search Tuesday for three climbers missing in an avalanche on one of the world's tallest mountains, police said, with almost no hope that they would be rescued.
Taiwanese war criminal sees himself as victim
AFP, Published on 25/09/2012
» "War criminal" is not the first expression that comes to mind when seeing white-haired Chou Ching-feng in his living room in central Taiwan, sipping tea with his daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren.
No tax, no sacraments, decrees German Catholic Church
AFP, Published on 25/09/2012
» Germany's Roman Catholics who refuse to pay a church tax will be barred from receiving the sacraments or becoming a godparent, under controversial new restrictions entering into force on Monday.
S.Korea refuses Japan port call in drill: reports
AFP, Published on 25/09/2012
» South Korea is refusing to allow a Japanese warship to dock at its port during a joint naval exercise, media said on Tuesday, as ties between the pair remain strained over disputed islands.