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Former Chongqing police chief avoids death sentence because he shared vital clues about murder of British businessman Neil Heywood in November 2011.

Monetary policy uncertainty and lack of cues from central banks impact markets.

Manchester City host Arsenal as both teams look to get their league seasons up and running. The English champions come off the back of a disappointing defeat, while Arsenal enjoyed a morale-boosting 2-1 away win in France.

The Apple Maps app in iOS 6 reportedly shows two chains of disputed islands, one each for Japan and China.

Suheir Atassi and ex-SNC chairman Burhan Ghalioun admit internal divisions in the Syrian opposition to President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

North Korea suspected of shipping weapons to support the Assad regime.

Row over East China Sea islands hits airlines resulting in major carriers in both countries reducing their flights.

Weak eurozone and slowdown in China's economy prompt IMF to cut South Korea's growth forecast to to 3 percent from 3.25 percent in June.

Disgraced Chongqing political heavyweight linked to Heywood murder by Xinhua as party congress looms.

Bank of Japan governor says turnaround will take longer than anticipated but decision on monetary easing 'not related to China protests'.

Wang Lijun also convicted of bribery and defection - even though his revelations led authorities to murderer Gu Kailai.

Microsoft is investigating a vulnerability which gives cybercriminals access to your computer, which affects one third of internet users.

Honda, Nissan, Panasonic, Sony, Canon, Toyota and Mazda among affected by anti-Japan protests in China.

Protesters wave Chairman Mao placards and dance in dragon outfits in rage.

Britain's iconic toy store Hamleys bought by Groupe Ludendo which could set the stage for further international expansion.

Violent protests over anti-Islam video are not the expression of the majority of Muslims, despite a good-bad narrative used by US media

Apple today announced pre-orders of its iPhone 5 topped two million in just 24 hours, more than double the previous record of one million held by iPhone 4S.

Tensions in Asia, Europe and Middle East fail to halt global rally built on Fed, ECB promises.

Asus users can now get the Flipboard app on their Pad Infinity TF700.

Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung targets three political blogs in further crackdown.

Chinese subsidies, heavy duties on auto imports from America and artificially low Yuan rankle US.

Japanese ambassador to China dies in Tokyo

Boots, which already has a foothold in China, expects the deal to strengthen its Asian presence.

Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 P3110 (Wi-Fi only) model is the latest to get Jelly Bean, thanks to release of Over-The-Air firmware OXACLI.

Chinese company Alibaba says Google put pressure on Acer to stop launch of phone running its operating system.

Commodities have been doing rising 161% compared to 35% for equities in the UK.

Jinping's absence sparked speculation of a power struggle and the leader's health.

China's leader-in-waiting ready to return to public eye and date set for police chief trial.

Sleeping Dogs is a loud, silly, violent caper, courtesy of Square Enix

The Fed has followed the ECB with a "no limits" pledge on market intervention but evidence suggests their efforts haven't hit their most important target.