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Lawyers for Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart, launched on Friday a potential bid to block a TV biopic on the mining magnate from airing this weekend, demanding the right to vet the show for possible defamatory content.

Jaycee Chan, the son of kung fu movie star Jackie Chan, was released from jail in China on Friday after serving a six-month sentence on drugs charges, state media said, having been caught up in the government's aggressive anti-narcotics campaign.

North Korea has sent a note to foreign diplomats and organizations in Pyongyang warning them not to hold parties or meetings in violation of its strict quarantine against the deadly Ebola virus.