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Australia poised to seize assets of corrupt Chinese: report
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» SYDNEY - Australia is poised to help China seize assets from corrupt officials and assist Beijing in extraditing economic fugitives, a report said Tuesday.
Australia's Shane Watson fit ahead of long summer
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» SYDNEY - Australian allrounder Shane Watson said Tuesday he was over the injury which has sidelined him for months and ready for a long summer schedule, beginning with a Twenty20 series against South Africa.
Ronchi excels as New Zealand all out for 230
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» WELLINGTON - Wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi's battling 99 spared New Zealand's blushes as the Black Caps scrambled to 230 all out in the first one-day international against South Africa on Tuesday.
US cautiously optimistic after no new Ebola in 5 days
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» WASHINGTON - With no new Ebola cases in five days, US authorities were cautious but hopeful that the virus has been contained in the United States after a flawed response revealed shortcomings in the system.
Pistorius to learn sentence for killing girlfriend
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» PRETORIA - South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius on Tuesday learns his sentence for shooting dead his girlfriend on Valentine's Day last year, bringing an end to a seven-month trial that gripped the nation.
Taliban blast in Kabul kills four Afghan soldiers
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» At least four Afghan soldiers were killed and around a dozen people including six civilians wounded when a roadside bomb planted by the Taliban exploded in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, officials said.
Islamic authorities probe 'dog patting'
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - Islamic authorities in Malaysia are conducting a probe into a controversial "dog patting" event aimed at removing the stigma regarding men's best friend in the multi-ethnic Muslim-majority country.
China 'executed 2,400' last year
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» BEIJING - The world's top executioner China put 2,400 people to death last year, a US-based rights group said Tuesday, shedding rare light on a statistic Beijing considers a state secret.
HK's umbrella protesters add helmets
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» HONG KONG - When Anson Lau first joined Hong Kong's pro-democracy rallies he carried little more than a raincoat and a bottle of water. But as police began wielding pepper spray and batons, the 20-year-old insurance agent has donned a hard hat and home-made body armour -- symbols of a new and dangerous phase.
Stark media divergence for US conservatives, liberals
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» WASHINGTON - American conservatives are far less trusting of media and more reliant on a single news source than their liberal counterparts, according to a study released Tuesday highlighting increased US political polarization.