A man who wore women's clothing to use his dead wife's gym membership has appeared in a Hong Kong court.

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KRAFT has again denied the iSnack 2.0 launch was a marketing stunt. And it has emerged that the food giant applied to trademark names for its new Vegemite-cream cheese blend more than two weeks before the closing date of a national competiton to name the spread.

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Journalists have led a protest march in Hong Kong after three reporters were allegedly beaten by police while covering recent unrest in western China.

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Two assailants hurled have acid at pedestrians in a crowded Hong Kong shopping district, injuring nine people in the neighbourhood's fourth acid attack in a year.

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Polish customs officers were surprised to find live scorpions in a parcel from Hong Kong supposed to contain toys.

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Thirty people were treated for injuries in Hong Kong after they were splashed by a corrosive liquid.

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A Hong Kong filmmaker aims to lure audiences back to the cinema with what what he says is the world's first 3D erotic movie, a newspaper reported.

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A British newspaper says one of its photographers has been assaulted by the wife of the Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, in Hong Kong.

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Cancer cells cheat death by reversing a process which causes normal cells to commit suicide at the end of their natural life, scientists have shown. They showed cancer cells were able to recover even after exposure to a chemical cocktail which triggers suicide in normal cells.

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A WOMAN accused of running a prostitution and immigration racket between Hong Kong and Melbourne has been allegedly caught boasting of her ability to bribe Australian consulate officials.

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Hong Kong police are investigating after dozens of Christmas shoppers were burned by bottles of acid hurled from a high-rise building on to one of the city's busiest streets.

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Hong Kong authorities have found the toxic chemical melamine in another Chinese brand of eggs, dampening hopes of any end to the tainting scandal.

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Defying the economic downturn, an Italian white truffle weighing just over one kilogram has sold at an international auction for $US200,000 ($305,000).

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Blood taken from a pregnant woman may reveal if her baby has a wide range of genetic diseases, researchers claim. A Chinese University of Hong Kong team said the technique could identify cystic fibrosis, beta-thalassemia and sickle cell disease.

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A 46-year-old hiker was recovering in hospital Saturday after falling 20 metres into a Hong Kong reservoir while running away from a monkey trying to steal her food.

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Asian markets have risen sharply, a day after China announced a huge investment plan to kick-start its slowing economy. Stocks leapt in Japan, China and Hong Kong, buoyed by China's efforts to sustain its growth rates, on which many Asian economies depend.

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One of the disadvantages of invisibility cloaks is that anything placed inside one is automatically blinded, since no light can get in.

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Indian investigative agencies have found the money trail in a multimillion-dollar kidney transplant racket leading to Hong Kong and Australia.

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Spam levels in Hong Kong experienced the largest increase by 13.2 percent, reaching 79.6 percent of all e-mails, according to a Web security research conducted in Q3 2008.

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British sweet maker Cadbury has recalled its China-made chocolates from shelves in Australia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, the company said - the latest fallout from the toxic milk scandal.

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Three teenagers aged 16 to 19 have been arrested in Hong Kong over a violent "rape video" that has been widely viewed on mobile phones and over the internet.

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Eco-textiles will continue to be the main focus at Interstoff Asia Essential fabric exhibition in October which will be held over 3 days at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre and includes a range of seminars on sustainability in the industry.

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Around 200 foreign maids working in Hong Kong have staged a protest to demand a bigger pay rise after the government increased their pay by $US12.80 ($A13.30) a month.

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Martial arts movie star Jackie Chan has spoken of his love for his father after attending his funeral in Canberra. Charlie Chan died in a Hong Kong hospital last week, aged 93. He was reportedly suffering from prostate cancer.

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Scientists in China have identified about 400 genes that appear to make some people more easily addicted to drugs, opening the way for more effective therapies and addiction control.

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