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Ng Ser Miang (right) (10 Sep) - Thomas Bach, a German lawyer, won election Tuesday to become the ninth president of the International Olympic Committee. Bach, 59, an IOC vice president who was long the favorite to succeed Jacques Rogge, won a hard-fought race over five other candidates on the second ballot. Bach's election means... 

Emergency workers in protective suits at the scene of an ammonia leak in Shanghai. Photograph: AFP/Getty (5 Sep) - Chinese officials say 15 people died and 26 others were left ill, some critically, in accident at cold storage facility. A liquid ammonia leak from a refrigeration unit at a cold storage facility in Shanghai on... 

(8 Sep) - Singapore is booming and well placed to weather any Asian storms, but success has brought its own problems. Looking out towards the sea from Singapore's Marina Bay Sands infinity swimming pool, perched precariously 57 storeys above the ground – these are tough assignments, I know, but someone has to do them – is...