Troops seize 15 MILF camps

"MANILA -- Thousands of troops backed by air and artillery fire have captured 15 strongholds of the Moro rebels in the southern Philippines after five days of intense fighting, officials said Monday. More than 272,000 villagers have also fled their homes due to the ongoing...

Blog shows insight into Akihabara murder suspect's mind

" A mature couple who live separately went back to their “home” by taxi to tell the media about their 25-year-old son, Tomohiro Kato, who killed seven people and injured 10 others in a rampage at Akihabara on June 8. “They didn’t talk at all in the taxi. They...

Japan: Killer of seven gave online warning of Tokyo rampage

" The 25-year-old man arrested for stabbing seven people to death on a Tokyo street had warned that he was about to kill in a series of messages he sent to an online noticeboard, some posted minutes before he went on the rampage.In the first post at 5.21am on Sunday, on a...

Japan police probe stab 'warning'

Japanese Police have started investigating Tomohiro Kato, a factory employee from Shizuoka prefecture, stabbing spree. Sleuths are also looking into the allegation that several messages sent by mobile phone to a website that appeared to foretell the...

PlayStation 3 Beaten By Wii In Home Market

PlayStation 3 likely missed global shipping target, beat by Nintendo surprise hit Wii "Sony's long-awaited PlayStation 3 may have missed its global shipment target and been beaten in its home market by rival Nintendo's surprise hit Wii video game system, new figures...