Category: Society
Cannibal horror as 10,000 N Koreans starve
A Father in North Korea is reported to have been executed by firing squad after murdering his two children to eat them during a “hidden famine” that may have [...]
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China artists work up-close with old masters in Madrid
With brushes and paint-splotched palette, Chinese artist Yang Feiyun adds the finishing strokes to his latest work: a portrait of the moustached 17th century Spanish King [...]
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Gunmen kill police in Philippines ambush
Oilex Ltd has been advised by the Autoridade Nacional do Petroleo of Timor Leste (ANP) that the current contract period expiry date of 15 January 2013 for the Joint Petroleum [...]
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Burma nationals charged for trafficking people
Eight Myanmar nationals were charged at the Sessions Court today with trafficking in 474 people from their homeland into the country end of last year. Teh Oun, 52, Aung Win, [...]
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China tries two Tibetan self-immolation ‘inciters’: media
Two Tibetans in southwest China stood trial for murder on Saturday for allegedly inciting others to self-immolate, state media said, as authorities aim to crack down on this [...]
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China’s mass annual New Year migration begins
The world’s largest annual migration began Saturday in China with tens of thousands in the capital boarding trains to journey home for next month’s Lunar New Year [...]
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Hindu devotees fulfil vows in Thaipusam celebration
More than a million people, Hindus and tourists alike, thronged Lord Murugan temples in the country today in conjunction with the Thaipusam celebration. While Hindu devotees [...]
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Man jailed for cheating ex-sumo champ Asashoryu
A 78-year-old Japanese businessperson was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison Friday for swindling former Mongolian sumo grand champion Asashoryu out of 1.1 million [...]
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Man sails from Papua New Guinea to Australian island on twig raft
A Polish man was lucky to be alive on Friday after sailing from Papua New Guinea to a north Australian island on a raft made of twigs and sticks, through crocodile and [...]
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Indonesia bid to control rain to avert more floods
Indonesian authorities will use generators and cloud-seeding measures to defuse and push away rain-laden clouds to avoid more flooding that has paralysed Jakarta, an official [...]
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Vietnam marks 40 years since Paris Peace Accords
Communist party leaders gathered in Hanoi Friday to mark the 40th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords, the culmination of painstaking talks which ended America’s [...]
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Vietnamese noodles: a cultural pho-nomenon
In Hanoi, it is a truth universally acknowledged that the best pho noodle soup is found in the grimiest restaurants, where the staff are rude, the queues long, and the [...]
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‘Disrespectful’ IKEA ad touches nerve with Thai transsexuals
A Thai man and his girlfriend are shopping at a furniture store. She sees pillows on sale and gets excited, her feminine voice falls suddenly to a deep male-like tone. [...]
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Japan forces Taiwanese activists to retreat from islands
Japanese forces used water cannons to repel a ship carrying Taiwanese activists who were headed to a disputed island in the East China Sea on Thursday. The Japanese Coast [...]
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Syringes, surgery, slaps: Thais suffer for beauty
From breast-slapping and gold thread face-lifts, to vaginal whitening soaps and olive-oil penis enlargements, image-obsessed Thais are going to ever increasing extremes in [...]
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