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Fans line up as new iPhone hits stores .

[2015-09-26 08:32]

The new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus hit stores on Friday, with dozens of people - and a robot - lining up in Sydney to kick off a global sales cycle that will be scrutinized for signs of how much juice Apple Inc's marquee product has left.

IN BRIEF (Page 11)

[2015-09-26 08:32]

Volkswagen's supervisory board met on Friday to discuss who to name as CEO after Martin Winterkorn quit the job this week over an emissions-rigging scandal that's rocking the world's top-selling automaker.

Ethnic equality, unity and development in Xinjiang

[2015-09-25 08:03]

The Information Office of the State Council, or China's Cabinet, on Thursday issued a white paper titled "Historical Witness to Ethnic Equality, Unity and Development in Xinjiang". Following is the full text:

Exiled president returns to Aden

[2015-09-24 08:01]

Yemen's President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi arrived in the southern port city of Aden on Tuesday following nearly six months of exile in Saudi Arabia, airport officials and a statement from his office said.

Leader says back in charge one week after coup

[2015-09-24 08:01]

Burkina Faso's interim president declared on Wednesday he is once again in charge of the country a week after a military general and his supporters overthrew him and his transitional government.

Gunmen slip past naval cordon with four hostages into remote mountains

[2015-09-24 08:01]

Gunmen holding three foreigners and one Filipina hostage have slipped past a naval cordon and escaped to remote mountains in the southern Philippines without making ransom demands, police said on Wednesday.

Abused typist says he is annoyed by public attention

[2015-09-24 08:01]

An Indian who became an overnight star when an image of a policeman kicking his typewriter went viral has said he is fed up with all the attention - and just wants to go back to typing letters.

Governor of Okinawa lobbies UN body over planned US base move

[2015-09-24 08:01]

The governor of Okinawa has taken his effort to prevent the construction of a new US military site in Japan to a key United Nations human rights body, arguing that democracy and self-determination are threatened because his constituents oppose it.

Besieged Volkswagen CEO quits over emission scandal

[2015-09-24 08:01]

Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned on Wednesday, taking responsibility for the German carmaker's rigging of US emissions tests in the biggest scandal in its 78-year history.

EU emergency summit proceeds

[2015-09-24 08:01]

European Union leaders held an emergency migration summit on Wednesday amid a growing East-West split after ministers forced through a controversial deal to relocate 120,000 refugees.

'Happy Birthday' ruled to be in public domain

[2015-09-24 08:01]

The music publishing company that has been collecting royalties on the song Happy Birthday To You for years does not hold a valid copyright on the lyrics to the tune that is one of the mostly widely sung in the world, a US federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

IN BRIEF (Page 12)

[2015-09-24 08:01]

Greece's new leftist-led coalition government has formally assumed its duties, pledging to enforce creditor-demanded spending cuts and reforms while softening the pain on an austerity-weary population.

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