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(Photo: © Stringer Shanghai/Reuters) BEIJING (Reuters) - China will ban from March 1 internet accounts that impersonate people or organizations, and enforce the requirement that people use real names when registering accounts online, its internet watchdog said on Wednesday. China has repeatedly made attempts to require internet... 

Stephen Vines disputes the welfare chief's characterisation of society As immigrant-based societies mature and become more settled, there is less of a focus on wealth alone. (Photo: Bloomberg) Sometimes, a single sentence in an otherwise unremarkable newspaper story really leaps out at you. This week, it happened with a reported... 

Mowaffak al-Rubaie had the rope on display in his living room The rope used to execute former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has attracted numerous bids from people who want to own it, it's been reported. Bidders from Iran, Israel and Kuwait are said to be vying to get their hands on the grisly memento, according to the London-based...