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US threatens Syria over 'obscene' chemical strike 27 Aug 2013 | 08:35 am
Washington warned Syria on Monday it would face action over the "moral obscenity" of a chemical weapons attack, as UN inspectors braved sniper fire to gather evidence about the incident. Speaking ami...
Users 'likes' costs Facebook a cool $20m 27 Aug 2013 | 08:23 am
A US judge on Monday approved a deal in which Facebook will pay $20 million for using members "likes" as endorsements for ads. The pot of money is to be divided up among attorneys, Internet privacy r...
Thirteen dead in Mexico mudslides: authorities 27 Aug 2013 | 08:15 am
Mudslides crashed through several homes in eastern Mexico on Monday, killing at least 13 people after a tropical storm pelted the state of Veracruz with heavy rains, officials said. The storm named F...
Radar malfunction forces Dreamliner U-turn 26 Aug 2013 | 11:22 am
A Dreamliner flight from Tokyo made a U-turn after its weather radar malfunctioned on Monday, its Japanese operator said. While the error is not uncommon among other plane models it is the latest gli...
Public stabbing spree: 4 dead 26 Aug 2013 | 11:21 am
Chinese police say a man has gone on public stabbing spree in a southwestern city, killing four people and wounding 11. It is the latest in a string of apparently random stabbings in China. The publi...
Unified GCC tourist visa could be reality soon 26 Aug 2013 | 11:16 am
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is headed towards a unified tourist visa as early as 2014, according to a senior official with the committee. “The GCC is currently striving to set up a computer sy...
26-year-old eaten alive by large crocodile; Rangers claim kill 26 Aug 2013 | 08:49 am
Police on Monday recovered the body of a man taken by a large crocodile in northern Australia with rangers confident they have killed the animal responsible. Sean Cole, 26, was snatched on Saturday i...
'Very little doubt' Syrian forces used chemical weapons on civilians: US 26 Aug 2013 | 08:41 am
The United States said Sunday there was "very little doubt" Syrian forces had used chemical weapons on civilians and dismissed an offer by Damascus for a UN team to view the attack site. The comments...
Amazon web servers hit: Instagram, Twitter's Vine affected 26 Aug 2013 | 08:30 am
Amazon's unit that runs Web servers for other companies had problems on Sunday that coincided with outages or slowdowns on several popular websites. AirBnB says its site was one of those affected. Ot...
Timberlake, 'N Sync eclipse Gaga, Cyrus at MTV Video Music Awards 26 Aug 2013 | 07:14 am
Suddenly, the MTV Video Music Awards are all about Justin Timberlake. Timberlake took over the awards Sunday night, wrestling the spotlight away from a rehabilitated Lady Gaga, an X-rated Miley Cyrus...
