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Japan scientists launch freeze-dry animal sperm bank
Japanese scientists have launched a sperm bank for endangered animals that uses freeze-drying technology they hope could one day help humans recreate animal populations on other planets.
29 August 2013
G20 talks between China and Japan unlikely: reports
Talks between China and Japan, embroiled in a bitter row over disputed islands, are unlikely on the sidelines of the upcoming G20 summit.
28 August 2013
At least five dead in India building collapse: official
At least five people died and several others were trapped when a four-storey apartment block collapsed Wednesday in the western Indian city of Vadodara.
28 August 2013
UN rights panel urges N. Korea to grant access
The head of a UN inquiry into human rights in North Korea appealed on Tuesday for access to the country, even as Pyongyang condemned his commission's work as slanderous and provocative.
28 August 2013
Australia opposition's asylum-seeker plan 'crazy': Indonesian MP
A senior Indonesian lawmaker on Tuesday described as "crazy" a plan by the front-runner for Australia's election to pay Indonesians for unseaworthy boats to stem the flow of asylum-seekers.
28 August 2013
Mumbai gang-rape suspects were feared in their slum home
As Mumbai reels over the gang-rape of a young photographer in the heart of the city last week, angry neighbours of the arrested suspects describe a gang of jobless youths known for petty theft and drinking.
27 August 2013
Australia's Billabong posts mammoth $771mn loss
Embattled Australian surfwear brand Billabong reported a huge Aus$859.5 million (US$771.7 million) net annual loss Tuesday -- triple the firm's market value and far worse than analyst forecasts.
27 August 2013
China details charges against foreign fraud investigators
Chinese state television put two foreign fraud investigators on display Tuesday as police announced they had been charged with illegally obtaining personal information.
27 August 2013
N. Korea tried to export gas masks to Syria: media
North Korea tried to export gas masks to Syria but they were seized in Turkey along with arms and ammunition, as the US threatened action over an alleged chemical weapons attack.
27 August 2013
Japan minister at Fukushima after radioactive leak
Japan's government was ramping up pressure on electric utility TEPCO after a huge leak of radioactive water at Fukushima.
27 August 2013
Bo claims to wear 50-year-old underwear at trial
Fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai attempted to counter accounts of his family's luxury lifestyle Monday by telling his corruption trial his underwear was five decades old.
27 August 2013
One million cockroaches flee China farm: report
At least one million cockroaches have escaped a farm in China where they were being bred for use in traditional medicine.
26 August 2013
Bo's crimes 'extremely serious': China prosecutors
The crimes of fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai were "extremely serious", prosecutors said Monday as his bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power trial began moving into its final stages.
26 August 2013
Japan wife kills cheating husband with coffee cup
A Japanese housewife battered her septuagenarian husband to death with a coffee cup after discovering he was cheating on her.
26 August 2013
Facebook rallies thousands to Philippines graft protest
Tens of thousands of people gathered in a central Manila park on Monday to protest against embedded corruption in the Philippine political system after a rallying call on Facebook and Twitter.
26 August 2013
UN rights panel challenges N. Korea over 'slander' claim
The head of a UN inquiry into human rights in North Korea challenged Pyongyang on Monday to back its allegation that testimony gathered by his commission in Seoul amounted to "slander"
26 August 2013
Clash of the mini-titans at China school of rock
With neat ponytails and immaculate grades, the four eight-year-olds who bounded on stage would make any Chinese parent proud.
25 August 2013
Hon Hai sells 'wearable computing' patent to Google
Taiwan's Hon Hai group has sold part of its patent portfolio involving wearable computing to US technology giant Google.
24 August 2013
Even stupid Chinese officials don't discuss graft by phone: Bo
Fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai Saturday launched a scathing attack on a key witness in his corruption trial, saying even the most stupid official knows not to discuss bribery where they can be overheard.
24 August 2013
US, Philippines vow freedom of navigation amid Asia sea rows
The United States and the Philippines have vowed to maintain freedom of navigation in a Southeast Asia increasingly beset by maritime territorial rows.
24 August 2013
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