18 May 2013

Maybe you've heard this story before. Or dreamt it. Man cleans out old lottery tickets from cookie jar and, instead of throwing them away, takes them to the 7-Eleven to check them out. And finds...

2:48AM
27 Mar 2013

Eviction procedures in Spanish courts for unpaid mortgages and rent hit a fresh high last year, an oversight body said, as a sharp economic downturn and record unemployment continued to take a...

6:06AM
17 Jan 2013

A sanctuary for bears rescued from the Asian bile trade, which has been at the centre of a high-profile land dispute, has been spared eviction by Vietnam's government.

5:20AM
3 Nov 2012

Public housing estate tenants who place phone orders for contraband cigarettes to be delivered to their homes may face eviction if arrested and convicted, a senior customs officer said.

3:18AM
12 Sep 2012

Finally, the authorities have taken action to evict members of Occupy Central, who have been camping on the ground floor of HSBC headquarters for almost a year. Bailiffs were sent to the scene...

1:41AM
16 Jul 2012

Hongkongers were relieved when the government cracked down on old buildings jammed with illegally partitioned flats early this year.

9:26PM

Dominique Strauss-Kahn

8:27AM

Beijing has stepped up its crackdown on brazen land grabs and forced demolitions after a nine-month-old regulation intended to curb unlawful evictions has proved to be largely toothless.

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8:28PM

Two government-licensed Mong Kok hawkers applied for legal aid yesterday to challenge eviction notices filed by Law Kar-po, son of late Bossini chain founder Law Ting-pong.

9:14AM

After a six-month battle, a Tuen Mun village has finally been vacated by residents to make way for a public housing estate.

About 80 villagers had vowed to 'defend our homes to the...

8:03PM

A long-running eviction dispute at one of the biggest dam projects in Sichuan province has taken another turn, with six villagers detained because of their persistent protest against what locals...

6:51AM

The Consumer Council has received more than 60 complaints from couples who had planned their wedding banquets at Club Regency, a Kowloon Bay banquet hall.

3:46AM

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