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Tax office completing final steps to transform IT system

THE Revenue Service has confirmed it does have a working IT system, but changes are taking place.

News|Jan 26

News

Four people sentenced to death on blasphemy charges

Under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, anyone found guilty of insulting Islam or its religious figures can be sentenced to death.

Concerns over building safety after two die as apartment block collapses

Rescue teams retrieved the bodies from the building in Konya, 160 miles south of the capital Ankara.

Two people trapped after apartment building collapses in central Turkey

The collapse comes amid renewed focus on building safety following the deaths of 78 people in a fire that ripped through a 12-storey hotel.

Fighting in Sudan’s civil war sets ablaze the country’s largest oil refinery

International mediation attempts and pressure tactics have not halted the fighting.

DR of Congo governor ‘killed by rebels’ as fighting intensifies

M23 rebels made significant territorial gains in recent weeks, encircling Goma, which is home to around two million people.

World News|Jan 24

Indonesia agrees to repatriate French national after 18 years on death row

Serge Atlaoui, who was convicted of drug offences, is reportedly suffering from cancer.

World News|Jan 24

Rohan Dennis pleads guilty to charge over wife’s death

The former Olympian pleaded guilty to an aggravated act likely to cause harm following the death of fellow Australian Olympian Melissa Hopkins.

UK Sport|Jan 24

UK Sport

Italy’s top court upholds Amanda Knox’s slander conviction over Kercher murder

Ms Knox had appealed against the conviction based on a European Court of Human Rights ruling.

Israeli tank fire kills two brothers in Gaza, health ministry says

The Palestinian Civil Defence confirmed it had recovered the two bodies.

Chinese court sentences man to death over knife attack outside Japanese school

The case was one of two stabbing attacks on Japanese children in China last year.

Wedding ring of Robert Burns’s wife and his socks among most viewed items online

A National Trust for Scotland portal provides access to more than 2,500 items in its collection linked to the poet.

Viral News|Jan 23

Viral News

Thousands queue to see rare plant which emits stink of death when it blooms

For a week the plant has graced a gothic display in front of a purple curtain and wreathed in mist from a humidifier at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden.