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Prized mushroom collection returns to China

AP - Sunday, November 8

BEIJING - A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later. More »

  • ASEAN urges Thailand, Cambodia to resolve feud

    AP - Sunday, November 8

    BANGKOK - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations expressed concern Saturday over a worsening diplomatic feud between Cambodia and Thailand and urged the neighboring countries to exercise restraint.

  • Disaster declared in flood-hit Australia

    Disaster declared in flood-hit Australia

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australian authorities declared a natural disaster along parts of the country's east coast as heavy floods cut the main road linking major cities, stranding thousands of people.

  • Alleged murderer says he didn’t intend to kill girlfriend

    Alleged murderer says he didn’t intend to kill girlfriend

    Channel NewsAsia - Saturday, November 7

    SINGAPORE — He had bought a knife to force a confession out of his teenage girlfriend about her infidelity, but alleged murderer Pathip Selvan Sugumaran argued on the stand on Friday that he never had the intention to stab or kill her.

  • 'Yakuza' gunman in Japan wounds three, kills himself

    'Yakuza' gunman in Japan wounds three, kills himself

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    TOKYO (AFP) - - A gunman in Japan who said he was a gangster shot and wounded three people Friday and, after being trapped by police, killed himself with a bullet to the head, police and reports said.

  • Mafia twins jailed for 17 years in China

    Mafia twins jailed for 17 years in China

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    BEIJING (AFP) - - A court in southwest China on Friday sentenced a pair of 23-year-old twins to 17 years in prison in the latest rulings in a series of sensational organised crime trials that have gripped the nation.

  • Miracle Aussie baby beats rare condition in world first

    Miracle Aussie baby beats rare condition in world first

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    MELBOURNE (AFP) - - A "miracle" Australian baby has become the first person cured of a rare and deadly brain-melting condition after doctors gambled on an experimental drug tested only on mice, they said on Thursday.

  • Malaysia prince wins defamation suit against wife

    AP - Thursday, November 5

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Malaysian prince won a defamation suit Thursday against his teenage wife who accused him of sexual and physical abuse after she fled back home to Indonesia.

  • Two dead in Australia psychiatric unit stabbing: police

    Two dead in Australia psychiatric unit stabbing: police

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    MELBOURNE (AFP) - - Australian police laid murder charges against a 49-year-old male patient on Thursday over a stabbing rampage at a secure psychiatric hospital that left two people dead.

  • Malaysia rescues 59 pythons from dinner table: official

    Malaysia rescues 59 pythons from dinner table: official

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - - Malaysian wildlife authorities rescued 59 pythons from being skinned and sold to restaurants and leather dealers, an official said Thursday.

  • Newlywed groom found dead at hotel driveway

    Newlywed groom found dead at hotel driveway

    Channel NewsAsia - Thursday, November 5

    SINGAPORE: A newlywed groom was believed to have fallen to his death just hours after his wedding reception at Hilton Hotel.

  • Malaysian charged with killing wife in acid attack

    AP - Thursday, November 5

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Prosecutors charged a Malaysian with killing his wife and blinding his teenage daughter by splashing acid on them while they were sleeping, a lawyer said Thursday.

  • Pre-paid mobile ban hits Kashmiri lovers

    Pre-paid mobile ban hits Kashmiri lovers

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - - Secret lovers in Indian-controlled Kashmir, used to arranging trysts on their mobile phones, are up in arms over a ban on pre-paid connections announced last week by the government.

  • Japan suspect in Briton's murder had plastic surgery

    Japan suspect in Briton's murder had plastic surgery

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    TOKYO (AFP) - - The only suspect in the murder of a 22-year-old British woman in Japan more than two years ago is reported to have undergone plastic surgery last month, news reports said on Wednesday.

  • Australia, New Zealand in tit-for-tat Fiji expulsions

    Australia, New Zealand in tit-for-tat Fiji expulsions

    AFP - Wednesday, November 4

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australia and New Zealand announced tit-for-tat expulsions of Fiji's top envoys on Wednesday, exacerbating tensions with the military regime and deepening its isolation.

  • Ex-minister mired in Malaysian financial scandal

    AP - Wednesday, November 4

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - One of Malaysia's former transport ministers and a top port executive may have both committed fraud, contributing to a series of missteps that plunged a government-backed industrial project into a billion-dollar debt, a parliamentary watchdog said Wednesday.

  • Australian pilots suspended over landing gear miss

    Australian pilots suspended over landing gear miss

    AFP - Wednesday, November 4

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Two Australian pilots have been suspended for preparing to land a passenger plane without the correct landing gear, in what air safety investigators Wednesday labelled a "serious incident".

  • Beijing's first snow of season 'artificially induced'

    Beijing's first snow of season 'artificially induced'

    AFP - Monday, November 2

    BEIJING (AFP) - - Chinese meteorologists covered Beijing in snow Sunday after seeding clouds to bring winter weather to the capital in an effort to combat a lingering drought, state media reported.