VIDEO: Bus recovered from Lake Geneva

VIDEO: Bus recovered from Lake Geneva

VIDEO: Bus recovered from Lake Geneva

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 11:36 AM PDT

A coach is recovered after it rolled into Lake Geneva in Switzerland.

VIDEO: Fourth night of protests in Turkey

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 10:48 PM PDT

Turkish protesters have clashed with police for a fourth night, while public sector workers are starting a two-day strike in support of the anti-government demonstrations.

VIDEO: Wildfires force thousands from homes

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 07:23 PM PDT

Three thousand people have been forced to flee their homes as a huge wildfire sweeps across part of southern California.

Red Cross to withdraw foreign staff from Afghanistan following attack

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:48 AM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is removing some international staff and curtailing operations in Afghanistan following last week's fatal attack on their Jalalabad compound, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

'Blade Runner' Pistorius murder trial postponed until August

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:41 AM PDT

PRETORIA (Reuters) - A South African judge on Tuesday postponed until August 19 the murder trial of global athletics star Oscar Pistorius, who has been charged with shooting dead his girlfriend on Valentine's Day.

Spotlight on wearable tech at Asia's biggest IT fair

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:57 AM PDT

Wearable computing, the next great frontier in consumer electronics, is expected to draw crowds to Taipei's Computex trade fair this week as interest in the nascent technology surges.

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Yahoo! Mail to analyze users emails

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:56 AM PDT

On Monday, June 3, the previous "classic" version of Yahoo! Mail will be superseded once and for all by a new interface, which has been available since December 2012 and through which Yahoo! takes the liberty of scanning and analyzing the content of all email correspondence.

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Watch: first marriage proposal through Google Glass

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:54 AM PDT

Tech-forward couples have been incorporating internet and video technology into their marriage proposals for a while now, but now one woman has the honor of being the first person to be proposed to through Google Glass.

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Acer launches world's first 8-inch Windows tablet

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:51 AM PDT

Acer's Iconia W3 squeezes notebook performance into a device no bigger than an iPad Mini.

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Dad dresses as Nazi for court hearing over infant son

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:43 AM PDT

A man who gave his children Nazi-inspired names dressed up in full fascist regalia on Monday as he appeared in a US court seeking to secure visitation rights to his youngest son.

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New York police called in line: women can go topless

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:39 AM PDT

As the summer sun shines in New York, many city dwellers will head to Central Park to soak up some vitamin D. And if police see topless female sunbathers, they have been reminded to let them be.

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Cat caught smuggling cell phones into Russian jail

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:38 AM PDT

The Russian prison service said Monday it had caught a cat being used as a courier to smuggle banned cell phones and chargers into a prison camp in the country's remote far north.

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Saudi prince forks out 15 mn euros at Paris Disneyland

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:38 AM PDT

A Saudi prince spent 15 million euros ($19.5 million) for three days of fun at Disneyland near Paris to celebrate his degree, the group that runs the theme park said Monday.

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Hong Kong man finds he is a woman after doctor visit

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:37 AM PDT

A 66-year-old who lived his whole life as a man was given a surprising diagnosis after visiting the doctor in Hong Kong with a swollen abdomen -- he was a woman.

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Questionable plan to increase property tax for foreigners

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:36 AM PDT

They think that in addition to increasing the property tax for foreigners, the government should actually review some outdated protection policies

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Fresh call in Taiwan for ex-leader's parole

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:07 AM PDT

Supporters of Taiwan's ex-president Chen Shui-bian renewed calls Tuesday for the government immediately to parole him for medical treatment after Chen attempted suicide in prison.

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Turkish unions join fierce protests in which two have died

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 12:00 AM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Pockets of protesters clashed with Turkish riot police overnight and a union federation began a two-day strike on Tuesday as anti-government demonstrations in which two people have died stretched into a fifth day.

"Blade Runner" Pistorius back in court in murder case

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 11:56 PM PDT

PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African athletics star Oscar Pistorius arrived at a Pretoria court on Tuesday in his first formal appearance since his release on bail in February for the Valentine's Day killing of his girlfriend.

VIDEO: Japanese singer on instant stardom

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 10:37 PM PDT

The pop star emblem of Japan's kawaii- or cute - culture Kyary Pamyu Pamyu talks to the BBC.

Learn from others

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 10:52 PM PDT

In the Internet age, everything, including the government and leaders, will be supervised and criticised. As for what direction should the BN take, it can actually get inspiration from the US and Singapore.

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