Issue: February 08, 2012 (Archive)

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Leader quits after mutiny
The Maldives' first democratically elected president resigned yesterday after a police mutiny described by his office as an attempted coup, capping three weeks of political upheaval in the Indian Ocean holiday islands.

Notorious teenage swindler caged
A Taiwanese teenager who gained notoriety when he tried to con ex-president Chen Shui-bian was sentenced yesterday to six years in prison for swindling US$200,000 (HK$1.56 million) from American Express, a court said.

Freed China workers in safety flight
Chinese workers "kidnapped" by rebels in southern Sudan 11 days ago have been freed and flown to Kenya.

5 missing in sea tunnel collapse
Divers were searching for five workers after an undersea tunnel collapsed at one of Japan's biggest oil refineries.

High-tech exam cheats charged
A top cram school in education- obsessed South Korea used tiny audio recorders and cameras hidden in pens to record exam questions and then passed them on to students, prosecutors said.

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