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The youngest victim was 12 years old; the oldest was 37. Most of them were female.

A senior Chinese diplomat has been sacked and is under investigation for suspected corruption, the foreign ministry said.

Chinese police say fake money thrown from a building didn't cause a stampede in which 36 people were killed at a New Year's celebration.

The euro started the new year at 29-month lows in Asia after the head of the head of the European Central Bank fanned expectations it would take bolder steps on stimulus this month.

Three people were shot to death at two separate New Year's Eve parties in Washington state early Thursday morning.

The stampede may have been caused by fake money thrown from a building at a New Year crowd.

A property slump is expected to last well into 2015, companies will continue to struggle to pay off debt and export demand may remain erratic.

Chinese people around the world celebrate the new year on Jan. 1 but they'll save the real revelry for Lunar New Year, which arrives in February.

A stampede at a Shanghai nightclub led to about 35 deaths and many injuries. The cause of the incident is still under investigation.

A new study has determined that four-fifths of the traffic on Tor hidden services goes toward pedophilia-related websites.

A JPMorgan executive suggested hacking Iran from an offshore location, Bloomberg News reported.

India plans to make health care a fundamental right. But, funding the effort will be a challenge for the revenue-strapped government.

The satellite will collect and transmit meteorological data to improve the quality of weather forecasts.

Six people in the Chinese mainland tested positive for bird flu and one of them had reportedly died.

Global benchmark Brent crude has fallen 49 percent in 2014.

The data put a final sluggish stamp on what has been a surprisingly grim fourth quarter for the world's second-largest economy.

Markets were set for a cautious close to 2014 as worries about Greece's future in the euro zone served as an excuse to take profits on popular trades.

Chinese users frustrated by an inability to access Gmail might be stuck in the lurch for the foreseeable future.

Tigers were electrocuted and butchered on the spot for the man, who paid over $70,000 for their meat to serve up to friends and colleagues.

AirAsia confirmed debris found in the Karimata Strait was from missing Flight 8501.

Asian shares got off to a lacklustre start on Tuesday, as a sharp selloff in commodities and political uncertainty inGreece made investors less willing to take risks in the final trading days of 2014.