News Headlines - 29 September 2015

▽Watch out for these Facebook privacy hoaxes - CBS News

If your Facebook News Feed is full of paragraph-long statuses about privacy, you're not alone.
Two privacy hoaxes that have been circulating on Facebook for years resurfaced this week.

▽Sharp to sell head office building to Nitori as part of turnaround effort | The Japan Times

Struggling electronics maker Sharp Corp. said Monday it will sell its head office building in Osaka and a nearby building, as well as the land they stand on, for \18.8 billion.

▽Japan court acquits one, sentences three for fatal elevator mishap

A Japanese court on Tuesday found a Schindler Elevator official not guilty for a fatal accident that took place in 2006 which resulted in the death of a 16-year-old boy.

▽India launches its first astronomy satellite : Nature

An Indian-built Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) carrying the 1.5-tonne probe lifted off at 10.00 a.m. local time and 22 minutes later successfully placed ASTROSAT in a 650-kilometre orbit above Earth, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) confirmed.

▽Sarah Sands jailed for three and a half years for killing paedophile - BBC News

Judge Nicholas Cooke QC said it was a "truly exceptional case" as he reduced her sentenced from seven years to three-and-a-half, taking into consideration her position as a single mother.