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Apparent Hollywood hack attack nabs stars' nude pix Nude photos purportedly showing many top stars, bounced around social media Sunday, in an apparent massive hacking leak, US media reported.

01 September 2014 14:26

Kenyan commandos on frontline of poaching war With camouflage uniforms, assault rifles, wildlife rangers in Kenya's Ol Jogi rhino sanctuary prepare for night patrol in the "war" against poaching.

01 September 2014 13:15

Brain tumour boy in 'stable condition' as parents face court A five-year-old British boy with a brain tumour who was taken from hospital without medical consent is in a "stable condition" in Spain.

01 September 2014 11:59

Kazakh tour companies losing market to Russian firms Kazakhstani tour operators may eventually be forced out of business by Russian companies through 'dumping'.

30 August 2014 20:17

Time running out for 'kidnapped' brain tumour boy taken to France A frantic police hunt was underway Saturday for a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour taken from a British hospital by his family.

30 August 2014 14:56

US singer Green pleads no contest to ecstasy charge Grammy-winning US singer Cee Lo Green pleaded no contest to a charge of giving a woman ecstasy before going back to her hotel.

30 August 2014 11:36

Kazakhstan toughens punishment for corruption The new Kazakhstan Criminal Code that will enter into force next year introduces a tougher punishment for bribes.

29 August 2014 18:32

Thai court drops murder charge against ex-PM Abhisit A Thai court dismissed murder charges against former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva and his ex-deputy over a bloody 2010 protest crackdown.

28 August 2014 14:25

Top Colombian drug hitman 'Popeye' set for release The head of Colombian drug kingpin P. Escobar's hitmen is set to be released from prison after helping prosecutors convict a former justice minister.

27 August 2014 14:20

New York risks 'return to bad old days' New York is hurtling back to "the bad old days of high crime" under current Mayor Bill de Blasio warned, drawing a sharp rebuke from the Democrat.

27 August 2014 12:16

Former cyber-security director guilty of US child porn A federal jury in the United States convicted a former cyber security chief at the US health department on multiple child pornography charges.

27 August 2014 11:44

Alexander Vinokourov charged with corruption Belgian prosecutors have charged Kazakhstani Olympic Champion in Cycling Alexander Vinokourov with private corruption.

26 August 2014 19:40

Singapore boosts cyber security after hacking incidents Singapore announced new measures to strengthen cyber security to prevent a recurrence of attacks on government websites.

26 August 2014 15:02

Dias Kadyrbayev to get no more than 7 year sentence after pleading guilty Kazakh student Dias Kadyrbayev has formally pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice in Boston bombings case two weeks before the trial.

25 August 2014 15:19

Mexico launches new police force to fight drug gangs Mexico launched a new 5,000-member national police force tasked with protecting key sectors of the economy from drug gangs.

23 August 2014 14:03

Dias Kadyrbayev to plead guilty Kazakhstani student Dias Kadyrbayev accused of obstructing justice in the Boston bombings investigation has agreed to plead guilty on August 21.

21 August 2014 17:16

US hospital firm: Chinese hackers stole patient data Community Health Systems said that hackers likely from China broke into its systems and stole identification data for 4.5 million patients.

19 August 2014 10:17

Somali journalists urge fair trial for colleagues Somalia's journalist union urged the government to ensure a fair trial of three colleagues arrested last week.

18 August 2014 14:39

Japanese man feared kidnapped by Syrian militants Japan's government said it was investigating a video that appears to show a kidnapped Japanese man being interrogated by Syrian militants.

18 August 2014 14:22

Police shot Ferguson race victim six times: report Michael Brown, the unarmed black 18-year-old gunned down by a white officer in a suburb of St Louis was shot at least six times.

18 August 2014 12:01

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