Indonesian district offers cash for vasectomies

Indonesian district offers cash for vasectomies


Indonesian district offers cash for vasectomies

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 12:31 AM PDT

A district in Indonesia is handing out cash to civil servants who volunteer for vasectomies -- but the initiative has upset women who fear their sterilised husbands will be more likely to have affairs.

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West to target Iran’s nuclear fuel work

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 12:25 AM PDT

JERUSALEM, April 9 — The United States and its allies are pressing for an end to Iran's high-level uranium enrichment and the closure of a facility built deep under a mountain as talks on Tehran's nuclear standoff with the West resume this week. Iranian media and Western officials said the talks, which collapsed more than a year ago, would begin ...



N. Korea readies longer-range rocket; Japan, S. Korea wary

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 10:36 PM PDT

CHOLSAN, North Korea, April 9 — North Korea has readied a rocket for a launch from a forested valley in its remote northwest this week that will showcase the reclusive state's ability to fire a missile with the capacity to hit the continental United States. Pyongyang says the rocket, to be launched this week, will only carry a weather satellite, ...



VIDEO: Holland's flower power on show

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 12:07 AM PDT

The Dutch Floriade, one of the biggest gardening events in the world, has opened in the Netherlands.


VIDEO: Portugal's graduates flee jobs crisis

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 11:55 PM PDT

The latest rise in youth unemployment in Southern Europe is prompting a flood of emigration to countries as far away as Brazil or Angola.


Overcrowded

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 11:33 PM PDT

It shows that international criminal groups have set up bases here and apparently, there must be reasons behind it.

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VIDEO: Guersey police investigate explosion

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 11:24 PM PDT

A post mortem examination is to take place after a man's body was found in a property in Guersey after an explosion.


Analysis - S.Korea's Twitter generation may give liberals upset win

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 10:46 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's liberal opposition, bolstered by the under-40s and power of social media, could spring a surprise win in this week's parliamentary elections despite opinion polls that show it tied with the ruling conservatives.



N.Korea readies longer range rocket; Japan, S.Korea wary

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 09:00 PM PDT

CHOLSAN, North Korea/SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has readied a rocket for a launch from a forested valley in its remote northwest this week that will showcase the reclusive state's ability to fire a missile with the capacity to hit the continental United States.



VIDEO: Threat to otter fishing in Bangladesh

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 10:18 PM PDT

The Bangladeshi tradition of using otters to fish is in danger as rivers are drying up and the fish population is reducing.


Suu Kyi to take seat in Myanmar parliament on April 23

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 10:23 PM PDT

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will take her seat in parliament for the first time on April 23, her party said on Monday, following her milestone election to political office.

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Austerity hits Italy's crumbling cultural heritage

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 10:22 PM PDT

After slashing arts budgets and with its most famous monuments badly in need of repair, Italy's government is increasingly looking to private investors to help it preserve a priceless cultural heritage.

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KR1M IS not competing against normal retail shops

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 10:16 PM PDT

The existence of the 1Malaysia People's Shop (KR1M) does not give any negative impact to operators of the traditional retail shops, said Deputy Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim.

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Total of 32,789 companies fail to submit 2011 annual returns and audited financial statement

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 10:15 PM PDT

A total of 32,789 companies were deemed to have failed to date to submit their 2011 annual returns and audited financial statements within the stipulated period.

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S. Korea police chief quits over bungled murder case

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 10:11 PM PDT

South Korea's police chief resigned Monday following public fury at a bungled case in which a woman was raped and murdered after frantically calling police for help.

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China 'worried' about N. Korea rocket launch

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 10:11 PM PDT

China's foreign minister said his country was "worried" by North Korea's impending rocket launch, as the regime in Pyongyang again insisted it was to send a peaceful satellite and not a missile.

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Dangdut music to be promoted to UNESCO heritage list

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 09:48 PM PDT

JAKARTA, Apr 9: An Indonesian official confirmed on Saturday that dangdut music is one step closer to being promoted to the heritage list of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).


Bald eagle in crosshairs of US fight over lead bullets

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 08:52 PM PDT

The bald eagle that came into wildlife rehabilitator Belinda Burwell's care last month, just as the hunting season was coming to a close in North America, was a shadow of its former self.

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North Korea readies longer range rocket, risks remain

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 07:43 PM PDT

CHOLSAN, North Korea/SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has readied a rocket for a launch from a forested valley in its remote northwest this week that will showcase the reclusive state's ability to fire a missile with the capacity to hit the continental United States.



Exclusive - Mubarak aide presidency bid an "insult" - Islamist rival

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 07:18 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - A bid for power by Hosni Mubarak's former intelligence chief is an insult to Egypt's revolution that, if successful, would trigger a second nationwide revolt, the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for Egypt's presidency said.



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