Britain’s scandal-hit News of the World to shut

UK: Britain’s News of the World tabloid will print the last edition in its 168-year history on Sunday following a devastating scandal over phone hacking, owner Rupert Murdoch’s son James said Thursday.

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Malaysian children safe after hostage-taker shot

MALAYSIA: Malaysian police on Thursday said the man who took 30 pre-school children and four teachers hostage at a kindergarten in a dramatic seven-hour standoff had died after being shot in the head.

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Chinese workers poisoned by lead

CHINA: More than 200 workers in a Chinese battery producing factory in Changzhou, Jiangsu province have been sent to a local health department, diagnosed with blood poisoning by lead.

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