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Following reports that Chinese hackers penetrated the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's security scrutiny has once again fallen on the Chinese government.

Visitors to Britain could fall by up to 4 percent in 2012 as tourists try to avoid games hype.

Ground-to-air missiles for London Olympics to beat terrorist attack.

The death of North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-il has triggered a military alert in bordering South Korea, which has a long history of conflict with its secretive neighbour.

The debris would hit the Earth's surface sometime between January 6 and 19

Ji Siguang a Chinese fugitive avoided the police for 13 years by hiding as a spy in one of the country's most famous soap operas.

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas is reportedly looking at Napoli star Edinson Cavani following Nicholas Anelka's departure and Didier Drogba's international commitments.

The British-born Hollywood actor was paying a visit to a blind legal activist who was under house arrest, the CNN has reported.

China's internet censors have blocked searches linked to an ongoing protest in the village of Wukan in Guandong province, the BBC reports.

DigitalGlobe, the US commercial satellite operator, claimed that its polar orbiting QuickBird satellite has taken the pictures of China’s first aircraft carrier sailing through the Yellow Sea on December 8.

A South African woman was arrested at Bangkok's international airport after police found 1.5 kg of cocaine hidden in her dreadlocks.

Jamie Redknapp believes the "exciting [and] dynamic" Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge is the natural candidate to partner Wayne Rooney in the England first XI.

The UK Border Agency counterfeit team at Heathrow is making huge seizures of fake products everyday at the airport

Following marathon talks, the UN climate change conference agreed on a deal to legally bind the world's largest carbon emitters.

Chelsea have confirmed that striker Nicolas Anelka will leave the club for Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua in the January transfer window, with the France international set for a mammoth pay check of £6 million per year, according to reports.

As the UN climate change conference in Durban draws to a close, few positive results have been announced, as many environmentalists predicted. Is it too late?

Benjamin Corgnet has claimed that he is yet to enter into talks with Chelsea, as the Dijon midfielder considers his future.

A new report from research firm Visiongain has prophesied that by the end of 2012 the "cyber warfare market" will be worth $15.9 billion (£10.2 billion).

Iran jails the most journalists across the world with 42 currently behind bars, according to a special report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

The head of a gangland prostitution ring, which forced women into selling their bodies, has been executed in China.

As the climate change conference in Durban nears the end, UK environment experts asses what has been achieved at the current round of talks.

A range of quirky, heartfelt and funny animal videos emerged in 2011. Here’s a list of the best.

China backs the EU's plans to continue the Kyoto Protocol in the fight against global warming, but not without conditions.

As we reach the end of the second decade of the 21st century, it seems that there are a growing number of species that will struggle to make it to the third.

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion announced on Monday that it has fired two executives after their behaviour - allegedly fuelled by alcohol - forced a flight to divert.

Russian websites monitoring reports of election violation have allegedly been hacked by pro-Putin cyber criminals. It is believed that the majority of the world's most sophisticated and effective cyber attacks originate in Russia.

Haunting images of four women's final moments on death row have appeared on the internet eight years after their excecution in China for drug smuggling.

It is impossible for film buffs not to love and adore "Po" the Panda, the modern-day Kung Fu master from China in "Kung Fu Panda" film franchise.

The mission is expected to operate for at least 1 Martian year (668 Martian sols/686 Earth days) as it explores with greater range than any previous Mars rover.

The twelfth Tibetan monk this year has set himself on fire - this time in the Tibet Autonomous Region.