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Lemons, Smirnoff Vodka And Gordon's Gin Are Displayed At A Tesco Extra Supermarket.

Kiwis To Deter Overcharging Brands Web Site Ready to Haul Up Offenders

The old chestnut of average Kiwi forced to pay more gets a new paradigm and a consumer-rights edge

BREAKING: US Journalist Peter Theo Curtis Freed After Held Captive 2 Years in Syria

Still image from undated video of a masked Islamic State militant holding a knife speaking next to man purported to be James Foley at an unknown location

Peter Theo Curtis, an American journalist held captive in Syria for the past two years, has been freed on Sunday.

Serbia Wants EU Membership and Russia’s Friendship: Rebuffs EU Demand For Sanctions on Russia

Russian President Putin At a Meeting in Moscow's Kremlin

Economic gains stemming from foreign trade cannot be sacrificed for political gains.

Ferguson Effect: Obama Orders Review of Police Weapons And Wonders Why They Need Military Hardware

Police need to exercise more vigil and less ferocity while tackling local tensions

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Kim Dotcom speaks during an interview with Reuters in Auckland

New Zealand Court Extends Restraining Order on Kim Dotcom's Assets Worth Millions

The New Zealand Court of Appeals has decided to extend the restraining order for Kim Dotcom's assets. He will not be able to access some of his property like luxury cars and artwork worth millions of dollars until 2015.

Reissa Su Aug 23, 2014

Fighters of the Islamic State stand guard at a checkpoint in the Northern Iraq City of Mosul

Interpol Recommends Multinational Probe to Trace Foley Executioner: UK Muslims Assure Full Support

The British dilemma can end only when it tracks down the domestic militant and curbs the appeal of terror outfits on other citizens

Kalyan Kumar Aug 22, 2014

Women protest demanding the release of abducted secondary school girls from the remote village of Chibok, in Lagos

Awareness Building Project to Check Sexual Violence Evokes Good Response in New Zealand Schools

It is a laudable project in lending emotional support and wisdom to handle relationships and violence from certain relationships

Kalyan Kumar Aug 22, 2014

Israeli soldiers patrol outside the northern Gaza Strip

Israeli Air Raids Kill Three Hamas Commanders: US Urges More Dialogue

The cease fire in Gaza is getting broken with renewed violence.

Kalyan Kumar Aug 22, 2014

Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond greets Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott outside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in central London

Tony Abbott Declares ISIS as World's 'Most Effective Terrorist Movement' Amid Terrorism Fears

Prime Minister Tony Abbott and ASIO head David Irvine have assured the Muslim community that Australia is fighting terrorism and not Islam. Mr Abbott warned Australians of the possibility of terror acts happening in the country and other Western nations.

Reissa Su Aug 22, 2014

Sign Outside A Shop Remembers James Foley In His Hometown Of Rochester

James Foley: ISIS Demanded Multimillion Ransom, US Refused To Pay---Reports

The journalist would have been freed and alive if only the U.S. government had paid the money demanded by ISIS.

Tanya Diente Aug 22, 2014

Ukraine To Dissolve Parliament Soon: Hopes Polls in October Will Usher in Peace

Credibility of the ruling front is important in giving a direction to the country at atime domestic strife is overwhelming

Kalyan Kumar Aug 22, 2014

Protestors At Tthe St. Louis County Justice Center Call For The Arrest Of Police Officer Darren Wilson In Clayton

Ferguson Protest: Darren Wilson 'Terrified,' Battered By Mike Brown, Source Says

A source revealed Darren Wilson was severely beaten by Michael Brown and a fight occurred prior to the victim's death.

Tanya Diente Aug 22, 2014

Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, who fled the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, march in a demonstration at the Iraqi-Turkish border crossing in Zakho district

Iran To Help US Eliminate ISIS If Nuclear Sanctions Are Lifted

For the first time in a long while, Iran has expressed its readiness to join the fight against ISIS if the U.S. will lift sanctions against its nuclear program.

Reissa Su Aug 22, 2014

Handout shows U.S. journalist James Foley speaking at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications in Evanston, Illinois

James Foley: Release of Beheading Video by ISIS Meant to Attract More Recruits to Join the Cause – Intelligence

More than retaliation for the recent US airstrikes, ISIS released for all the world to see the beheading video of American journalist James Foley to attract more recruits into the cause.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Aug 22, 2014

Australian Prime Minister Abbott delivers remarks at a national memorial service in Melbourne

Terrorist Beheading like James Foley Possible in Australia, Tony Abbott Warns

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott cautioned that extremist activities like beheading could take place Down Under as well.

Sounak Mukhopadhyay Aug 22, 2014

PM Tony Abbott Doesn’t Want to Have Icy Water Dumped on Him, But Would Support ALC

The conservative outlook in life of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott once more got the better over the Liberal leader as he indicated unwillingness to join the YouTube trend of being doused with a bucket of ice-cold water.

Vittorio Hernandez Aug 22, 2014

Former ISIS Hostage Identifies British Militant Who Beheaded James Foley

Former ISIS hostage Didier François claimed to have identified the Islamic State militant who had beheaded U.S. journalist James Foley. The militant is British and is called as "John," according to the claims of the French journalist.

Sounak Mukhopadhyay Aug 22, 2014

Passengers and airline staff stand near a check-in desk of an airline that cancelled its flight out of Tel Aviv at Ben Gurion International airport July 22, 2014. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) banned U.S. carriers from flying to or from Ben Gu

New Zealand Opens New Drug Testing Lab With Funds from Drug Trade Money

The mode of funding looks really unique

Kalyan Kumar Aug 21, 2014

New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key Smiles After the General Election in Auckland.

New Zealand’s Labour Party Mulls Package for Aged Population

It is a good gesture to address the constituency of elders who need a helping hand in the last phase of their lives

Kalyan Kumar Aug 21, 2014

A doctor checks a miner, rescued from a gold mine affected by a landslide

Canada Mulls New Labelling Rules to Check Misuse of Painkillers

Far sighted steps on citizen welfare may need breaking the resistance of drug lobbies

Kalyan Kumar Aug 21, 2014

A man takes pictures of a soldier sitting in a military vehicle, with a machine gun mounted on it, after the Thai army took their positions in central Bangkok May 20, 2014.

Canadian Veteran’s Watchdog Say Half of Badly Wounded Soldiers Fail to Receive Disability Cheque

Canada's veterans watchdog has just released a new report that stated 50 per cent of the country's most seriously injured former soldiers fail to receive their disability cheque. Moreover, those who do receive only get the lowest grade of the benefit.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Aug 21, 2014

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

Ferguson Ethnic Riots In USA Give Rivals the Opportunity to Thrash US Human Rights Record

Racial divide in the U.S is antithetical to the ethos of the American dream.

Kalyan Kumar Aug 21, 2014

Beheading of US Journalist Triggers Outrage: France Moots Joint Assault on Islamic State

Brutal killing of the U.S. journalist is becoming a wakeup call for drastic action against the Islamic ultras.

Kalyan Kumar Aug 21, 2014

Highly contaminated water leaked from a large storage tank is seen at the H6 area of the contaminated water storage tanks, at Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture in this Februar

Tsunami Warning Issued Against Japan Island That was Created by a Volcano (VIDEO)

Japan's earthquake experts give forewarnings for a possible tsunami occurrence.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Aug 21, 2014

Still image taken from video of a man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi making what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in Mosul

Malaysia Police Busts Group, Thwarts Plans to Create Islamic State Across SE Asia

A group of 19 suspected militants have been arrested by Malaysian police, who allegedly have plans to stage a wave of bombings across Southeast Asia, inspired by the extremist group ISIL.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Aug 21, 2014

Former U.S. President George W. Bush takes the "Ice Bucket Challenge" which aims to raise money and awareness for ALS

Tony Abbott & Vladimir Putin Nominated for ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Russian President Vladimir Putin are the latest to get nominated for the challenge.

Sounak Mukhopadhyay Aug 21, 2014

A Member Loyal To The Islamic State In Iraq And The Levant (ISIL) Waves An ISIL Flag In Raqqa.

James Foley: Sharing Beheading Video is a Crime, Police Says; #ISISmediaBlackout Erupts

The world has gone up against the terror group Islamic State in Iraq. Sans military artillery of mass destruction, the global populace put up a united front against the militant group right on social media where ISIS put for all to see the video beheading of US photojournalist James Foley. The hashtag #ISISmediaBlackout erupted immediately after the video went up on YouTube.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Aug 21, 2014

Asylum Seekers from Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran Cry as Indonesian Officers Force Them to Leave the Australian Vessel Hermia

Australia Denies 'Coercing' Mentally-Ill Syrian Refugees to Return to Homeland

Australia has been found to be doing all it can to return Syrian refugees from Manus Island to Syria in a series of emails obtained by the Guardian. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said asylum seekers were not forced to return and has in fact partnered with the International Organisation for Migration. The agency denied Morrison's claims.

Reissa Su Aug 21, 2014

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