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Fire kills 5, injures 4 in east China

FivepeoplewerekilledandfourothersinjuredinanapartmentbuildingfireineastChina'sJiangsuProvinceearlySunday,localauthoritiessaid.Thefirebrokeoutat0:19a.m.inanapart

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Bollywood star evicted from Paris flat over unpaid rent

AFrenchcourthasorderedthatBollywoodactressMallikaSherawatbeevictedfromanapartmentinaposhpartofParisforfailingtokeepupwiththerent.InaDecember14rulingseenbyAFPonT

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14 injured in Manhattan apartment fire: NYFD

FourteenpeoplewereinjuredinafireatanapartmentbuildinginManhattaninNewYorkCityonMondayafternoon,accordingtotheNewYorkFireDepartment.Firefightersgatheratthesitewh

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Japanese man killing, dismembering nine people charged with 2nd murder

JapanesemanTakahiroShiraishiwasonMondaychargedbythepolicewiththemurderinOctoberofa25-year-oldwoman.ItisthesecondsuchwarrantservedonShiraishiwhohasadmittedtokill

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Nine killed in apartment blaze in north Taiwan

NinepeoplewerekilledandtwoothersslightlyinjuredinablazeWednesdaynightinarentalapartmentinnorthTaiwan'sNewTaipeiCity,localpolicesaid.Thefirewassaidtostartonthefo

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Beijing detains 18 after suburban apartment fire

Beijingpolicehavedetained18peopleinrelationtothefireinanapartmentthatkilled19peopleonSaturday.AfirebrokeoutSaturdaynightatathree-storyapartmentatXinjianVillageo

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Suspected murderer of Chinese sisters arrested in Japan

TheChineseembassyinJapanhasconfirmedthatJapanesepolicehavearrestedamanonsuspicionofkillingtwoChinesesisters.ThenakedbodiesofthetwofemaleChinesewerefoundinsuitca

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Egyptian terrorist leader killed in raid

EgyptiansecurityforcesshotdeadakeymemberoftheHasmmilitantgroupduringaraidonWednesday,localmediareportedcitinganInteriorMinistrystatement.Thesecurityapparatusrec

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China: Police file arrest request for woman accused of arson, larceny

PoliceintheeasternChinesecityofHangzhou,capitalofZhejiangProvince,haveconfirmedthattheyhavefiledarequestwiththePeople'sProcuratoratetoofficiallyrequesta34-year-

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China: Police arrests housekeeping woman accused of arson, larceny

PoliceintheeasternChinesecityofHangzhou,capitalofZhejiangProvince,haveconfirmedthattheyhavefiledarequestwiththePeople'sProcuratoratetoofficiallyrequesta34-year-

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Brazil's Lula denies wrongdoings

FormerBrazilianPresidentLuizInacioLuladaSilvaonWednesdaydeniedaccusationsthathetookbribesfromconstructioncompanyOAS.Lulaisaccusedofreceivingasbribesafancyapartm

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Castles in the air: Innovative designs for communal living

As cities around the world try to cope with housing and land shortages, the need for apartment buildings has never been greater.

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Suspect held over Istanbul nightclub attack has confessed: governor

The man believed to have killed 39 people on New Year’s night at an Istanbul nightclub has confessed after Turkish police captured him in a massive operation, a local official said on Tuesday (Jan 17).

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Gaokao top scorer rewarded 133-square-meter apartment in south China city

Gaokao results were announced on June 25 in Guandong and Wu Zhengtao from Enping Huanggang Experimental Middle School became zhuangyuan, or top scorer, in Enping city of Guangdong province and was granted a 133-square-meter apartment by a local property developer.

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Rio residents out to make a killing letting homes to visitors for Olympic Games

With hotels 97pc full despite near doubling of rooms since 2009 and Airbnb taking 30,000 bookings, enterprising locals are asking as much as HK$18,000 a night for use of their homes

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Despite sanctions and isolation, Pyongyang skyline grows

The Pyongyang skyline is rising - and not just with the trophy structures that represent the North Korean state. Despite its political and economic isolation, the capital is in the midst of a building boom.

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Trauma prevents Kyushu quake evacuees from returning home

Although power and water supply services are gradually recovering, many evacuees from the Kumamoto earthquake disaster are too traumatized to return to their homes.