Vietnam police bust sex ring, arrest beauty queen |
- Vietnam police bust sex ring, arrest beauty queen
- Wisconsin's Walker makes history surviving recall election
- Motorcycle bomb in Afghanistan's Kandahar kills 20
- ROP Corruption in Europe could slow recovery - study
- China's Hu sees role for regional bloc in Afghanistan
- VIDEO: Napster creators launch Airtime
- Republican Romney wins five more US state polls
- Police probe Singapore artist for alleged graffiti
- Malaysia aims to be among top ten in WB Doing Business Report
- S. Korea leader urges North to learn from Myanmar
- Malaysian prince's 'pill' targets dengue scourge
- Opulent facades mask repression in isolated Turkmenistan
- Theatre-train brings Shoah story to central Europe
- Lesotho dams bring investment, at a cost
- The unknown future
- Anwar given 2 weeks to respond to Nallakarupan's defence statement
- China's Hu sees role for regional bloc in Afghanistan
- North Korea political caste system behind abuses - study
- Thorny human rights reform put off at OAS meeting
- Marilyn Monroe's portrait -- in cupcakes
| Vietnam police bust sex ring, arrest beauty queen Posted: 06 Jun 2012 12:15 AM PDT Vietnamese police have busted a high-end sex ring and arrested four people, including a former beauty queen, for pimping models, singers and actresses to wealthy clients, state media said Wednesday.
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| Wisconsin's Walker makes history surviving recall election Posted: 06 Jun 2012 12:17 AM PDT MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Wisconsin's Scott Walker became the first governor in U.S. history to survive a recall election on Tuesday in a decisive victory that dealt a blow to the labour movement and raised Republican hopes of defeating President Barack Obama in the November election. 
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| Motorcycle bomb in Afghanistan's Kandahar kills 20 Posted: 06 Jun 2012 12:09 AM PDT KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - - At least 20 Afghan civilians were killed on Wednesday when a bomb planted on a motorbike exploded near the airport in the southern city of Kandahar, officials said. 
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| ROP Corruption in Europe could slow recovery - study Posted: 06 Jun 2012 12:04 AM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Political and business corruption in Europe, especially in the Mediterranean, could further weaken vulnerable economies struggling to overcome the euro crisis, an international watchdog said on Wednesday. 
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| China's Hu sees role for regional bloc in Afghanistan Posted: 05 Jun 2012 11:37 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - A bloc bringing together China, Russia and central Asian states wants to play a bigger role in troubled Afghanistan, Chinese President Hu Jintao said in an interview published on Wednesday, as regional leaders gathered for their annual summit. 
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| VIDEO: Napster creators launch Airtime Posted: 05 Jun 2012 11:48 PM PDT The creators of music downloading site Napster have launched a new video chat service called Airtime.
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| Republican Romney wins five more US state polls Posted: 05 Jun 2012 11:22 PM PDT Presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney was set to win the Republicans' California primary and four other state polls Tuesday, a week after passing the tally needed to take on Barack Obama.
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| Police probe Singapore artist for alleged graffiti Posted: 05 Jun 2012 11:21 PM PDT A Singaporean artist under investigation for allegedly vandalising public roads saw more than 11,000 Internet users Wednesday petitioning online for police leniency.
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| Malaysia aims to be among top ten in WB Doing Business Report Posted: 05 Jun 2012 11:08 PM PDT Malaysia aims to be ranked among the top 10 in the World Bank's "Doing Business Report" several years from now, said Tan Sri Yong Poh Kon, the Co-Chair of the Special Taskforce to Facilitate Business (PEMUDAH).
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| S. Korea leader urges North to learn from Myanmar Posted: 05 Jun 2012 10:45 PM PDT South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak Wednesday urged North Korea to learn from recent political reforms in Myanmar and end decades of isolation.
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| Malaysian prince's 'pill' targets dengue scourge Posted: 05 Jun 2012 10:43 PM PDT A Malaysian prince is promoting a novel weapon against the worsening scourge of dengue fever: a protein "pill" that starves mosquito larvae and could revolutionise the global dengue fight.
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| Opulent facades mask repression in isolated Turkmenistan Posted: 05 Jun 2012 10:32 PM PDT New shiny marble palaces are being built in Turkmenistan's capital Ashgabat and gilded statues glitter in the sunlight on its squeaky-clean thoroughfares.
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| Theatre-train brings Shoah story to central Europe Posted: 05 Jun 2012 10:31 PM PDT In a tribute to Holocaust victims, a Czech theatre troupe is roaming the rails of central Europe this summer aboard a train converted into a stage for a play about Jews sent to Nazi death camps.
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| Lesotho dams bring investment, at a cost Posted: 05 Jun 2012 10:30 PM PDT On a dusty mountaintop in Lesotho, Mamoliehi Tsapane beats sorghum with a wooden stick, the white grains popping from the husks over a bright green tarp.
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| Posted: 05 Jun 2012 10:24 PM PDT However, we have no idea how to strengthen the capacity of response as we are having limited resources.
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| Anwar given 2 weeks to respond to Nallakarupan's defence statement Posted: 05 Jun 2012 10:07 PM PDT The High Court here has given Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim until June 20 to respond to Malaysian Indian Congress party president Senator Datuk S. Nallakarupan's defence statement regarding the RM100 million defamation suit filed by him (Anwar) in March.
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| China's Hu sees role for regional bloc in Afghanistan Posted: 05 Jun 2012 10:20 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - A bloc bringing together China, Russia and central Asian states wants to play a bigger role in troubled Afghanistan, Chinese President Hu Jintao said in an interview published on Wednesday, as regional leaders gathered for their annual summit. 
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| North Korea political caste system behind abuses - study Posted: 05 Jun 2012 09:31 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A caste system under which North Korea ranks its citizens based on their family's political background and punishes those deemed disloyal to the leadership underpins the country's human rights abuses, according to a study published on Wednesday. 
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| Thorny human rights reform put off at OAS meeting Posted: 05 Jun 2012 09:15 PM PDT COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (Reuters) - The Organization of American States (OAS) delayed on Tuesday the controversial reform of its human rights panel, which a growing number of Latin American nations have criticized. 
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| Marilyn Monroe's portrait -- in cupcakes Posted: 05 Jun 2012 09:44 PM PDT (America-AFP) - A portrait of late US actress Marilyn Monroe made from 2,100 bite sized stuffed cupcakes is unveiled at Madame Tussauds wax museum in New York in celebration of what would have been Monroe's 86th birthday. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.
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