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Hong Kong students take democracy protest to leader's home
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» HONG KONG - More than 2,000 people marched on the residence of Hong Kong's leader Thursday night as students escalated their protest action against China's refusal to grant the city full democracy.
Indonesia scraps local elections
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» JAKARTA - Indonesia's parliament voted Friday to scrap direct elections for local leaders, despite angry protests against the move and criticism that it will roll back a key democratic reform of the post-Suharto era.
British MPs vote on joining Iraq airstrikes
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» LONDON - British lawmakers vote Friday on whether to bomb Islamic State militants in Iraq, joining United States-led air strikes against a group that has seized control of swathes of the war-torn country.
Apple sorry for software glitch, defends new iPhones
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» WASHINGTON - Apple made a rare apology for a software bug that has seen iPhone users lose service, while seeking to quell a storm over reports that its new handsets are susceptible to bending.
Chinese star Ye on course for Asian Games swim double
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» China's Olympic star Ye Shiwen swept effortlessly to the quickest heat time in the women's 200 metres medley on the final morning of the Asian Games swimming competition Friday.
P.Penh being paid to accept refugees
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» SYDNEY - Australia plans to start sending asylum-seekers to Cambodia by the end of the year and will pay the Southeast Asian nation Aus$40 million (US$35 million) to accept them, the government said Friday.
Japan consumer inflation rises slower than expected in August
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» Japanese consumer inflation slowed further in August, official data showed Friday, stoking concerns about Tokyo's war on deflation.
Ukraine leader sees end to war, eyes EU membership by 2020
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» KIEV - President Petro Poroshenko has proclaimed an end to the "most dangerous" part of Ukraine's pro-Russian uprising and the start of a post-war recovery that would lead to an EU membership bid in 2020.
Australians praise inspirational cycling great Evans
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» SYDNEY - Political and sporting figures Friday praised Cadel Evans as a giant of Australian sport after the cycling great announced he was into the final months of his trailblazing racing career.
4 children stabbed, killed in China
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» BEIJING - A knife-wielding man stabbed to death four primary school children in southern China on Friday, state media reported, the latest in a series of such attacks in recent years.