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Chinese man jailed for 13 years for eati...

Chinese man jailed for 13 years for eating tigers

BEIJING – A Chinese man has been jailed for 13 years for buying and eating endangered tigers and making wine made out of their blood, state media reported. The man, identified as a rich businessmen surnamed Xu, organised three trips to the southern province of Guangdong last year to buy the... read more »

Man kills 8 people in Canada before taki...

Man kills 8 people in Canada before taking own life

A man with a lengthy criminal record killed six adults and two young children before taking his own life in Edmonton, Alberta, in what the police chief on Tuesday called the city’s worst mass murder. Edmonton Police Chief Rod Knecht told a news conference late on Tuesday night that there was no... read more »

2-year-old shoots, kills mom in US store

2-year-old shoots, kills mom in US store

A two-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his mother Tuesday at a Walmart store in Idaho after taking a gun from her purse. Police identified the victim as Veronica Rutledge of Blackfoot, Idaho. The shooting took place in the store in Hayden, Idaho, where she was shopping with her children... read more »

Boy, 2, accidentally shoots and kills mo...

Boy, 2, accidentally shoots and kills mother in US Walmart

Washington: A woman was accidentally shot dead by a two-year-old boy who reached into her handbag and found a handgun while shopping at a Walmart store in Idaho. Police said the 29-year-old woman was the mother of the two-year-old boy, who had been sitting in the woman’s shopping trolley when... read more »

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China announces setting up of National Security Council under Pre...

Washington – China has announced that it is setting up a National Security Council under President Xi Jinping with a wider focus, including domestic affairs. Ministry of Foreign Affairs... read more »

Manmohan Singh’s letter to me does not address Tamil issue: President Rajapaksa

Manmohan Singh’s letter to me does not address Tam...

Colombo – President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka on Thursday said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s letter to him  has not addressed... read more »

Rare `Asian unicorn` spotted after 15yrs in Vietnam

Rare `Asian unicorn` spotted after 15yrs in Vietnam

Wellington – One of the earth’s rarest and most threatened mammals, Saola, a long-horned ox, dubbed Asian unicorn, was caught on camera in central... read more »

Ttyphoon “Haiyan” in Philippines: Death tol...

UN urges aid for typhoon-hit farmers in Philippines

MANILA –  The death toll from the ravage of typhoon “Haiyan” (local name Yolanda) rose to 2,357, government agency announced Thursday... read more »

Myanmar to re-issue bank notes with national hero’...

Myanmar to re-issue bank notes with national hero's image

Yangon – The Central Bank of Myanmar will re-issue bank notes bearing the image of the country’s late national hero — General Aung San, who... read more »

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Confessions by three suspected gang members indicate 43 missing college students were murdered at a landfill site before being burned beyond recognition and dumped in a river, authorities... read more »

Obama to send 1,500 more troops to Iraq as campaign expands

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the number of U.S. forces on the ground helping Iraqi and Kurdish forces... read more »

US-led air strikes hit Qaida branch in Syria: Monitor

BEIRUT: US-led coalition air strikes hit al-Qaida’s Syrian branch overnight, expanding the raids to jihadists outside the Islamic State group for only the second time, a monitoring group said... read more »