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James Legge

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James Legge is an online writer for The Independent

Noma has taken the award as the world's best restaurant for five out of the past six years
World

Postcard from... Hong Kong

Pro-democracy politicians leave to boycott the Legislative Council meeting in Hong Kong on Wednesday
Asia

Hong Kong election: Plans to appoint chief executive are in 'strict

World

Postcard from... Hong Kong

The new rail route would boost trade and tourism between China and Nepal
Asia

Beijing-Nepal rail link: China considers drilling tunnel under Mount

Pro-democracy lawmakers brandish yellow umbrellas, the symbol of the Occupy Central movement, as Chun-ying (blue tie) delivers his address
Asia

Hong Kong protests: Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying warns island could

A pro-democracy protester in Macau calls for free leadership elections
Asia

Macau still part of 'one China', says President Xi Jinping

In this photo taken through a tinted glass, Thomas Kwok, left, co-chairman of Hong Kong developer Sun Hung Kai Properties, is escorted by staff members from Hong Kong Correctional Services inside a van outside the High Court in Hong Kong
Asia

The Hong Kong bung scandal: tycoon guilty of bribing lawman

Eni Lestari said that she'd been underpaid because of agency “fees” (AFP/Getty)
Asia

Landmark court case puts plight of Hong Kong's immigrant workers in

Roads are re-opened after the main ‘Occupy’ protest site at Admiralty in Hong Kong was cleared by police officers
Asia

Hong Kong's protest movement opens a door that won't be closed

World

Postcard from... Macau

Asia

Hong Kong protests: Occupy Central leaders surrender to police to

Asia

Hong Kong protests: Violence worsens as authorities seek to end

Pro-democracy student protesters in Hong Kong listen to speeches in the Occupy Central zone before clashing with police
Asia

Clash as China bans senior British MPs from Hong Kong

Asia

Clash as China bans senior British MPs from Hong Kong

Pro-democracy student protesters in Hong Kong listen to speeches in the Occupy Central zone before clashing with police
Alex Chow, Nathan Law and Eason Chung, excluded from China
Asia

Hong Kong protests: Fifty days on, demonstrators' 'new style of

World

Postcard from... Koh Chang

Passengers hail a taxi in Hong Kong’s Wan Chai district as a British banker appears in court charged with murdering two women
Asia

Hong Kong murders: Welcome to Wan Chai, the city's dark heart where

The British expatriate Rurik Jutting being taken to court in Hong Kong, where his lawyer suggested he may co-operate with police over the two murder charges he is facing
Asia

Hong Kong murders: The gruesome double murder case involving British

The British expatriate Rurik Jutting being taken to court in Hong Kong, where his lawyer suggested he may co-operate with police over the two murder charges he is facing
Asia

Hong Kong murders: The gruesome double murder case involving British

Forensic police working in the Hong Kong flat where the bodies of two women were found
Asia

Hong Kong murders: Rurik Jutting charged after police find two bodies

A policeman confronts protesters in the Mong Kok shopping district of Hong Kong
Asia

Hong Kong protest talks to go ahead despite police attack on student

A pro-democracy protester shouts towards police after efforts to clear them from an area they were occupying in the Mong Kok shopping district of Hong Kong failed
Asia

Hong Kong protests: Calm before the new storm on the barricades with

Police force their way through a crowd of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong yesterday
Asia

Hong Kong protests: Beijing-backed leader Leung Chun-ying offers a

Police force their way through a crowd of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong yesterday
Asia

Hong Kong protests: Beijing-backed leader Leung Chun-ying offers a

Pro-democracy protesters bracing themselves on a road outside the central government offices in the Admiralty district as police march towards them
Asia

Hong Kong protests: Crowds lay siege to police HQ and demand justice

A bank worker reinforces a barricade with a large piece of plastic piping. The Hong Kong police have vowed to remove any further barricades that are set up
Asia

Hong Kong protests: Demonstrators rebuild barricades after police and

Leung Chun-ying says he did not disclose the UGL deal because it related to past services
Asia

Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying could face impeachment over ‘secret

Pro-democracy protesters bracing themselves on a road outside the central government offices in the Admiralty district as police march towards them
Asia

Hong Kong protests: Crowds lay siege to police HQ and demand justice

A bank worker reinforces a barricade with a large piece of plastic piping. The Hong Kong police have vowed to remove any further barricades that are set up
Asia

Hong Kong protests: Demonstrators rebuild barricades after police and

Leung Chun-ying says he did not disclose the UGL deal because it related to past services
Asia

Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying could face impeachment over ‘secret

A local policeman scuffles with residents and pro-Beijing supporters as they try to attack a student pro-democracy activist in Kowloon's crowded Mong Kok district
Asia

Hong Kong protesters vow not to be intimidated by 'hired guns'

Asia

Hong Kong protesters vow not to be intimidated by 'hired guns'

A local policeman scuffles with residents and pro-Beijing supporters as they try to attack a student pro-democracy activist in Kowloon's crowded Mong Kok district
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, has told protesters he has no intention of stepping down
Asia

HK leader agrees to meet protesters to discuss reforms

Thousands of pro-democracy supporters in Hong Kong have set Wednesday as the deadline for their demand for open elections to be met
Asia

Hong Kong protests: Thunderstorms can’t drown out campaigners’

Up to ten thousand protesters donned yellow ribbons whilst blocking up roads in the shopping district of Mong Kok
Asia

Hong Kong: protest spreads among abandoned police vans

A mugshot of Ian Watkins released by South Wales Police following his guilty pleas
People

Lostprophets members 'would have killed Ian Watkins on the spot' if

A mugshot of Ian Watkins released by South Wales Police following his guilty pleas
People

Lostprophets members 'would have killed Ian Watkins on the spot' if

A member of Maccabi Haifa's staff speaks to the referee as the match is abandoned
Europe

Israel-Gaza conflict: Maccabi Haifa football match against Lille

Popes current and former won't be watching the football together
International

World Cup 2014: Pope Francis and predecessor Benedict won't be

13 aircraft went missing from controllers' screens
Europe

Thirteen aircraft disappeared from radar screens

Scotland Yard detectives dig at an area of scrubland in Praia da Luz
Crime

Madeleine McCann: Digging starts as search deadline looms

York’s Shambles, where independent shops thrive
Business News

Breaking the chains on high streets: A movement for independent local

UK Politics

Maria Miller resigns: Cabinet replacements Sajid Javid and Nicky

Prime Minister David Cameron has hailed "real progress" in the international response to Russia's annexation of Crimea
Home News

Ukraine crisis: Cameron hails 'real progress' on Crimea

World

Postcard from... Nowa Huta

Oscar Pistorius appears in the Pretoria Magistrates court in Pretoria, South Africa
Profiles

Oscar Pistorius trial: Where is he now? One year on from Valentine's

Samuel L. Jackson: He's not Laurence Fishburne
News

'I'm not Laurence Fishburne!' Samuel L. Jackson vents at TV presenter

The Vince Lombardi Trophy and helmets for the Denver Broncos(R) and the Seattle Seahawks
Others

Super Bowl 2014: A beginner's guide

Others

Super Bowl 2014: A beginner's guide

The Vince Lombardi Trophy and helmets for the Denver Broncos(R) and the Seattle Seahawks
South African Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius is facing extra charges believed to relate to shootings from open-top car and at restaurant before Reeva Steenkamp death
Africa

Oscar Pistorius murder trial: South African broadcaster launches

Edward Snowden speaking during his dinner with a group of four retired US ex-intelligence workers and activists at a luxurious room in an unidentified location.
Americas

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

A man was found dead and hanging from the "New Year tree" in Kiev's Independence Square
Europe

Ukraine protests: Man found dead hanging in Kiev's Independence Square

Naomi Oni is comforted by Philip Schofield on This Morning
Crime

London acid attack: Mary Konye guilty of attack on Naomi Oni

Naomi Oni is comforted by Philip Schofield on This Morning
Crime

London acid attack: Mary Konye guilty of attack on Naomi Oni

Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock
Crime

Lib Dem crisis: Mike Hancock's son arrested after allegedly punching

'Not on': Nick Clegg was angered that his wife Miriam was pulled into the Rennard story
UK Politics

Lib Dem sexual harassment row: Nick Clegg rejects claims his wife

A crime scene vehicle outside the house
Americas

Four-year-old boy dies in Detroit after being shot by cousin who found

Actor Roger Lloyd-Pack has died
News

Roger Lloyd-Pack dead: Only Fools and Horses actor who played Trigger

Vasile Belea went missing at Stockwell station
Home News

Vasile Belea: Romanian man missing in London after Tube doors

Vali Draghici, (centre, red t-shirt) 40, from Buzău, who was getting off at Frankfurt to work in steel welding and construction. He was one of many builders who befriended Alexandra 'Pamela' Benitez-Pozo, 32, who was going to Cologne where she works as a
Home News

UK immigration: Fewer than 30 Romanian arrivals since border

Africa

Nigeria's anti-gay laws: Homosexuals rounded up and beaten, rights

Big claims: The card lists Chen as "Most Charismatic Philanthropist of China"
Asia

Chinese tycoon Chen Guangbiao has the world's best business card

Crackdown: Chinese police inspect illegal cooking oil in 2010
Asia

Man in China sentenced to death for selling illegal cooking oil

Half of convicted sex attackers are avoiding prison sentences
Crime

'Insult' to victims: Half of sex offenders are avoiding jail terms

Xu Shuaijun's hot air balloon near the disputed islands
Asia

China-Japan tensions: Chef crashes balloon near disputed islands

Asia

China-Japan tensions: Chef crashes balloon near disputed islands

Xu Shuaijun's hot air balloon near the disputed islands
The Liaoning docked at Dalian Port in December 2013
Asia

China's Liaoning aircraft carrier completes sea trials

Bill de Blasio and his family at his inauguration as mayor
Americas

Bill de Blasio inaugurated at New York City mayor

James Avery in 2004
News

James Avery dead: Actor most famous as 'Uncle Phil' in The Fresh

Pope Francis addresses crowds on New Year's day in St Peter's Square
People

'Stop ourselves in this path of violence': Pope Francis calls for

Pope Francis addresses crowds on New Year's day in St Peter's Square
People

'Stop ourselves in this path of violence': Pope Francis calls for

The Prague apartment where the explosion occurred
Europe

Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic Jamel al-Jamal killed in

Home News

Cambridge academic attacked by stag in Scottish Highlands remains in

Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf denounced treason charges against him as a 'vendetta'
Asia

Pervez Musharraf: Bomb found on route to former Pakistan president's

Khan: he was arrested last year less than 48 hours after arriving in Syria
Home News

Inquest into death of Dr Abbas Khan - British prisoner killed in Syria

Ryanair already has a patchy reputation for customer service
Home News

Ryanair steward in four-letter rant at passenger

Google is marking Christmas on its page
Home News

Christmas 2013: Google brings festive cheers to its page

Rob Ford was stripped of most of his remaining powers
Americas

'Women love money': Rob Ford's wife is in for a thoughtful gift

Rare 1696 Stradivarius violin worth £1.2m has finally been found by police
Crime

Violin which thief tried to sell for £100 sold for £1.4m

In happier times: Barack Obama and Angela Merkel before the US was revealed to have been tapping Merkel's phone
Europe

US snooping revelations: Merkel 'told Obama NSA was like the Stasi'

Theresa May ordered that the UK Border Force be separated from the UK Border Agency
Home News

French border chief says UK 'a magnet for illegal immigrants'

Michael Adebolajo in court
Crime

Lee Rigby murder trial: Defendants will not face charge of conspiracy

Paul Lamb and Jane Nicklinson arrive at the Supreme Court
Home News

Right-to-die case: Supreme Court hears case of Tony Nicklinson's widow

Prosecutors say Andrea Waldeck was arrested after detectives found large quantities of the drug taped to her stomach while conducting a search of her hotel room following a tipoff.
Asia

British woman faces prison in Indonesia for smuggling crystal meth

John Key, or - as he is also known - "unidentified guest"
Australasia

Nelson Mandela memorial: New Zealand PM John Key is the 'unidentified

Pope Francis has been named Time magazine's Person of the Year
News

Pope Francis named Time's Person of the Year

David Cameron's Christmas card
UK Politics

Party leaders show off their Christmas cards

John Key, or - as he is also known - "unidentified guest"
Australasia

Nelson Mandela memorial: New Zealand PM John Key is the 'unidentified

Pope Francis has been named Time magazine's Person of the Year
News

Pope Francis named Time's Person of the Year

David Cameron's Christmas card
UK Politics

Party leaders show off their Christmas cards

The Scales of Justice
Crime

'Prosecute jurors for internet research on their cases'

Europe

David Duke: Former Ku Klux Klan leader expelled from Italy

Crime

Policewoman jailed after falsely claiming prosecutors had dropped rape

80m xboxes have been sold worldwide and 38m Xbox Ones will be sold by the end of 2017, according to analysts IHS
Tech

eBay XBox One scam: Dad pays £450 for a picture of the console

Police are searching for James Leslie, 37, who is wanted in connection with the shooting of a police officer in Leeds
Crime

James Leslie faces court over 'attempted murder' of police officers

Home News

Christian woman Celestina Mba loses legal challenge over right not to

Crown Princess Elisabeth (second from the left) with (left to right) Prince Gabriel, Princess Eleonore and Prince Emmanuel
Europe

Armed protection for Belgium's Crown Princess Elisabeth after neo-Nazi

Onyango Obama, at the time of his arrest in 2011
Americas

President Barack Obama's uncle allowed to stay in the US

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