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Japan singer Aska guilty of drug use Japanese pop star Aska was convicted on Friday of using illegal drugs in his apartment in Tokyo, and was handed a suspended jail sentence.

12 September 2014 15:10

West Australia scraps shark cull policy The Western Australia government said it would abandon its controversial catch-and-kill shark policy.

12 September 2014 15:02

Foley's mother felt like 'annoyance' to US government The mother of executed US reporter James Foley said she felt her son's case was an "annoyance" to the US government.

12 September 2014 14:56

New EU sanctions against Russia take effect New European Union sanctions targeting Russia came into force.

12 September 2014 14:13

White House insists Obama authorized to strike IS The White House insisted that President Barack Obama was authorized to strike the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria under a law passed by Congress.

12 September 2014 13:59

US threatened Yahoo with huge fine over surveillance US authorities threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day if it failed to comply with a secret surveillance program.

12 September 2014 13:16

Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein crown NY Fashion Week Design royalty Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein sent their spring/summer 2015 collections down the catwalks ahead of Marc Jacobs.

12 September 2014 13:02

Hewlett-Packard buys cloud-computing firm Eucalyptus Hewlett-Packard on Thursday announced a deal to buy business cloud-computing specialty firm Eucalyptus.

12 September 2014 12:48

Chile president urges justice on coup anniversary Chile's president marked the 41st anniversary of the coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power .

12 September 2014 12:25

Cyprus fears next tranche of bailout funds at risk Cyprus is unlikely to receive the next tranche of rescue funds from international lenders after apparently falling foul of them over new legislation.

12 September 2014 12:12

Scotland ready to make history: independence leader Scotland's pro-independence leade said the "eyes of the world" were on a referendum next week as officials reported record numbers registering to vote.

12 September 2014 12:00

Young woman dies in car crash in Aktobe river A young woman died in the car that fell into the river in city center of Aktobe.

12 September 2014 11:38

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover reaches 'far frontier' NASA's $2.5 billion Curiosity rover has reached the base of the Martian mountain it aims to explore and should start drilling rocks there soon.

12 September 2014 11:19

Zambian president makes first public appearance in 3 months Zambian President has appeared in public, his first appearances since speculation about his poor health started three months ago.

12 September 2014 10:49

Obama unveils new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine President Barack Obama said that the United States would intensify sanctions in the defense, finance and energy sectors to punish Russia.

12 September 2014 10:35

Tensions spiral over Russian gas amid Ukraine crisis Poland accused Russia's Gazprom of slashing gas deliveries by half, which analysts said was likely aimed at sending a message to the EU.

12 September 2014 10:11

Kazakh kawai Sabina Altynbekova wants to organize beauty contest in run-up to EXPO-2017 Young Kazakh volleyball player Sabina Altynbekova has suggested to organise a beauty pageant in a run-up to EXPO-2017 to be held in Astana.

11 September 2014 19:40

No need for urgent OPEC meet on lower oil price: Kuwait OPEC member Kuwait said there was no need to call an emergency meeting for the producers' cartel to discuss sliding oil prices after crude hit a 17-month low.

11 September 2014 17:13

Fashion Week wows at World Trade Center for 9/11 anniversary Thirteen years after the 9/11 attacks, New York Fashion Week made history by presenting a stunning collection for Jason Wu at Hugo Boss.

11 September 2014 16:56

Outgoing Afghan president downsizes retirement home Afghan President has decided a lavish residence specially built for his imminent retirement is too big and he will move into a more modest home instead.

11 September 2014 16:42

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