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Police plan to pursue charges against Tatsuya Ichihashi in the 2007 murder of Briton Lindsay Ann Hawker, investigative sources said Monday. Ichihashi, 30, was arrested Nov. 10 in Osaka following more than 2 1/2 years on the run. He faced...

A 48-year-old man arrested in a robbery case has indicated he may have been involved in the murder of a 21-year-old college student in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, in October, investigative sources said Monday. The man, arrested in mid-November in connection...

Three male teenagers from Myanmar received prison sentences for the bludgeoning death of a British yachtsman off the Thailand coast, officials say. The pirates pleaded guilty to boarding Malcolm Robertson's yacht, Mr Bean, in March.

Police said the 41-year-old encountered a problem with his parachute yesterday over Picton, south-west of Sydney. The man suffered severe head injuries and died at the scene, shortly after noon. ''The parachute may not have deployed properly, or may not...

The morning of November 3, 2009 spells one of the most tragic and bloody conflict in Maguindanao, Mindanao, Philippines. Basing on the reports, 13 women, 8 men and counting 34 journalists were ambushed and murdered while on their way to...

The chief eyewitness to the genocide says his orders came directly from the son of the Governor himself Maguindanao – Known only as “Boy,” the man who was part of the 100 armed death squad sent to liquidate the entire...

The heavy machinery equipment at the scene of the crime of last Monday’s gruesome Maguindanao Massacre came from the provincial government. Will it be used for evidence? Maguindanao -- The entire stretch of the Maguindanao highway leading to the three...

Australian marine scientists have called for immediate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions after the release of the first report card on the impact of climate change on the marine environment. Oceans around the continent have warmed and become more...

A Quezon City councilor is eyeing the allocation of P30 million for the study and planning of an alternative rainfall drainage to lessen the possibility of flooding during heavy rains. In a proposed ordinance, city councilor Bernadette Herrera-Dy is proposing...