China has announced its first swine flu death, saying a patient in its southwestern region of Tibet had died from the disease, as concern rises about a winter outbreak. State-run Xinhua news agency said in a report from the Tibetan regional capital Lhasa that the victim was an 18-year-old woman. A brief notice on the [...]
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Rebekah Lawrence, 34, completed the four-day self styled course called “The Turning Point” in December 2005. Two days later, in a “psychotic state”, she climbed onto the window ledge of her second floor office in Macquarie St at about 7pm and jumped to the footpath below. An inquest is now examining whether the course, run [...]
A teenager was reportedly beaten to death by trainers at a rehabilitation camp in China where his parents had sent him to cure his internet addiction.The three supervisors who allegedly beat Deng Senshan, 16, were arrested after the boys death early on Sunday, his father Deng Fei told the Global Times. “We are investigating a [...]
Algeria-based group issues threat to Chinese workers and projects within north Africa in retaliation for Uighur deaths Al-Qaida’s north African wing has threatened to target Chinese workers and projects in the region in retaliation for Muslim deaths in Urumqi last week. It is the first time Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network has directly targeted Chinese [...]
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Five troops were killed in a single incident after they were caught in a bomb blast while on foot patrol. Officials confirmed that 15 troops have been killed in the last 10 days. With the government’s handling of the conflict under increasing scrutiny, Gordon Brown was forced to defend the Afghan mission as he left [...]
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