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Cosby won't be charged over decades-old sex claim US prosecutors declined Tuesday to charge Bill Cosby over allegations he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl in the Playboy Mansion in 1974.

17 December 2014

Study says countries lost $1 trillion to corruption in 2012 A global anti-corruption group said that nearly $1 trillion was illicitly drained from developing countries in 2012, representing a record level of corruption.

16 December 2014

Threats, ethics fail to deter US media on Sony emails Ethical arguments and legal threats looked unlikely to deter US media from delving ever deeper into the hacked emails of Hollywood powerhouse Sony Pictures Entertainment.

16 December 2014

Bill Cosby's wife defends 'wonderful husband' Bill Cosby's wife lashed out at media reporting on sex abuse claims against the veteran comic, saying he was the victim of unfounded accusations and was "a wonderful husband."

16 December 2014

Australia mourns after tragic end to cafe siege Grieving Australians eulogised the victims of the Sydney cafe siege as authorities investigated why its Iranian-born perpetrator had remained at large despite a history of violence.

16 December 2014

Nightmare before Christmas in Sydney ends in bangs, bloodshed It ended with gunfire and bloodshed.

16 December 2014

#illridewithyou supports Muslims amid Sydney siege Australians came out in solidarity with the Muslim community following a siege at a Sydney cafe, as tens of thousands tweeted the hashtag #illridewithyou.

15 December 2014

X Pin to desktop X Teen killed by shark in Australia A teenager was killed in a shark attack at a reef off Australia's northeast coast, with ambulance officials saying he was dead by the time he reached shore.

15 December 2014

Newtown marks massacre anniversary with reflection A deeply scarred US town lowered flags to half mast and urged quiet reflection on the two-year anniversary of a school massacre.

15 December 2014

Sony asks media groups to delete 'stolen' data Sony Pictures Entertainment pressed media outlets Sunday against using data hackers may have leaked about the studio.

15 December 2014

Turkey arrests 27 in swoop on anti-Erdogan media Turkish police arrested the editor of Turkey's biggest-selling newspaper and 26 others in lightning raids on supporters of a US-based cleric.

15 December 2014

Austrian prosecutors may present charges against Aliyev this December Charges against the fugitive Kazakh tycoon Rakhat Aliyev may be brought in Austria as early as this month.

12 December 2014

Nobel protester sought to draw attention to 'murdered Mexican students' A young man who disrupted the Nobel prize ceremony in Oslo by waving a Mexican flag streaked with red said he did it to denounce the alleged killing of students by Mexican authorities.

12 December 2014

Hacking threatens airline safety: aviation chiefs Cyber crime is a serious threat to safety in the skies, aviation industry heavyweights said, vowing to fight the growing scourge before it causes a catastrophic incident.

11 December 2014

Hackers urge Sony to pull N. Korea comedy film: reports A group which claims to have hacked Sony's servers demanded that its movie studio pull a soon-to-be-released comedy depicting a fictional CIA plot to kill North Korea's leader.

09 December 2014

Third night of US protests against police killings Thousands of demonstrators marched in major cities across the United States in a fresh wave of protests against a spate of killings of unarmed black men by white police officers.

06 December 2014

Hackers threaten Sony staff in new email Sony Pictures staff received a threatening email Friday claiming to be from the hackers who breached the entertainment giant's computer network.

06 December 2014

White policeman kills unarmed black man in Arizona A white police officer shot dead a black man in Arizona when he mistook some pills for a gun amid protests in New York triggered by a string of similar incidents.

05 December 2014

Details emerge of allegations against AC/DC drummer New Zealand prosecutors revealed that AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd's legal woes stem from a telephone call in which he allegedly threatened to kill a contractor and his daughter

05 December 2014

Protest over 43 missing Mexicans ends in violence A peaceful rally over the presumed massacre of 43 Mexican students ended with violence in the capital.

02 December 2014

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