Saturday, 18 May 2013 09:50
Heavy rainstorms blamed for this week's landslides in southern China have killed 55 people and left 14 others missing, Chinese authorities say.
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Heavy rainstorms blamed for this week's landslides in southern China have killed 55 people and left 14 others missing, Chinese authorities say.

An Australian man who raped and strangled his Indian student neighbour and threw her body into a canal in a suitcase has been jailed for 45 years for the murder.

Four more people have died from a new strain of bird flu in China, bringing the death toll from the H7N9 virus to 36 from 131 confirmed cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

North Korea has fired three short-range missiles from its east coast, South Korea's defence ministry says, but the purpose of the launches was unknown.

Sixty-two people have been injured after multiple cars derailed on Hong Kong's light railway in the north of the city, throwing passengers onto the floor, police say.

China has threatened to retaliate if the European Union formally opens an investigation into alleged anti-competitive behaviour by Chinese mobile telecom equipment companies.

The United States condemned as "outrageous and offensive" comments by the mayor of the Japanese city of Osaka who said this week that Japan's military brothels during World War Two were "necessary" to provide respite for soldiers.

About 2,500 people have taken to the streets to protest against plans for a new oil refinery on the outskirts of the southern Chinese city of Kunming.

Taiwan's military has conducted a naval drill in waters between Taiwan and the Philippines, close to the spot where Filipino coast guard personnel opened fire on a Taiwanese fishing vessel last week, killing a 65-year-old-crew member.

Taiwan has recalled its ambassador to the Philippines and announced it has frozen the hiring of Philippine workers to protest against the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman, rejecting an apology over the incident as inadequate.
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