Friends of an Italian tourist killed in a car accident in Western Australia have appealed to the generosity of strangers to help cover the costs of bringing her body home.
State workers could face the sack if they have two or more children.
China's first bill against domestic violence is likely to be put for the first reading in August, said a spokesperson with the national legislature here Wednesday.
Israel's top court rejected Thursday an appeal by the family of U.S. peace activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed in Gaza by a military bulldozer in 2003, shattering any hope by her family to hold Israel accountable for the death.
Vietnam, like other East Asian countries,holds a ceremony on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month to bid farewell to the Kitchen Gods.
China kicked off its annual travel rush with hundreds of millions heading home to celebrate the new year, but an increasingly large number of Chinese are pondering whether or not to make the homecoming.
A Chinese newspaper issued an apology early Sunday for taking photos of a popular singer after she died on Friday from breast cancer at a hospital in Beijing.
The bodies of eight Australian children aged from two and 14 years will be laid to rest at a joint funeral next month, it was reported on Tuesday.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday for two hostages died in a cafe siege in downtown Sydney last week.
A memorial for the victims of Nanjing Massacre was held in the city on Monday, as a prelude for the upcoming first national memorial day.
Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region announced Thursday it has relaxed its family planning policy to allow couples to have a second child if either parent is an only child.
Although Pingyao, a city dating back some 2,700 years in northern China's Shanxi Province, has become increasingly modernized, residents stick to their Moon Festival traditions.
Sri Lanka's police have launched a special investigation into over 360 complaints alleging frauds by individuals posing as close relatives of President Mahinda Rajapaksa or his family, local media said here on Monday.
Archaeologists digging an ancient Hellenistic city in Cyprus have come upon a family tragedy 24 centuries ago, the Cypriot Department of Antiquities announced on Thursday.
Australia's major opposition Labor Party on Tuesday voiced grave concern about the government's move to abolish some family visa categories.
Asia's first genetic test for identifying patients with a type of eye disease that leads to loss of vision has been developed by doctors and experts in Singapore, Channel NewsAsia reported on Thursday.
China's most populous province of Henan on Thursday relaxed its family planning policy to allow couples to have a second baby if either parent is an only child.
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