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The process of crowning the new British monarch
AFP, Published on 09/09/2022
» LONDON: While Charles automatically became king the moment his mother Queen Elizabeth II died, the coronation will not come until later as this deeply symbolic ceremony takes time to organise.
Singapore Hindu priest charged in B45m gold pawn scam
AFP, Published on 17/02/2021
» The former chief priest of Singapore's oldest Hindu temple has been charged with repeatedly pawning gold religious ornaments for a total of $1.5 million, court officials said Wednesday.
'Heaven-guided' underground maze proves Armenian tourist draw
AFP, Published on 29/07/2018
» ARINJ (ARMENIA) - When Tosya Gharibyan asked her husband to dig a basement under their house to store potatoes, she had little idea the underground labyrinth he would eventually produce would prove to be one of Armenia's major tourist draws.
Myanmar's elite dig 'stone of heaven' from mines of hell
AFP, Published on 23/10/2015
» HPAKANT (MYANMAR) - Everyday rickety homes in a remote Myanmar village inch closer to a cliff edge as bulldozers owned by the nation's elite claw the earth beneath them, ravenously hunting jade to feed China’s multi-billion dollar demand.
Collector's fury as Chinese antiques returned from Paris
AFP, Published on 23/07/2015
» BEIJING - More than 30 ancient gold ornaments went on show in a Chinese museum this week after Paris quietly insisted a billionaire collector and France's top antique dealer return them on the grounds they were stolen.
Bangladesh seizes 27kg of gold from North Korean diplomat
AFP, Published on 06/03/2015
» DHAKA - Bangladeshi customs authorities seized nearly 27 kilograms of gold, worth about $1.7 million, from a North Korean diplomat on Friday after he tried to smuggle in the bullion using diplomatic immunity.
India upset archery kings South Korea in Asian Games
AFP, Published on 27/09/2014
» INCHEON (SOUTH KOREA) - An Indian archer whose mother sold her gold ornaments to buy him an imported bow helped win his country's first ever Asian Games gold medal in the sport on Saturday.
Kashmir's famed carpets ruined in $5 bn flood losses
AFP, Published on 22/09/2014
» Caked with mud and soaked in putrid water, Qazi Mohammad Yahya's ruined handmade carpets and Pashmina shawls reflect Indian Kashmir's economic devastation from the region's worst floods in a century.
US bans commercial ivory trade
AFP, Published on 12/02/2014
» The United States has banned the domestic trade of elephant ivory as part of a new drive to help African countries stem the rising threat to wildlife from poachers.
Ben Ali's ill-gotten gains draw crowds of Tunisians
AFP, Published on 24/12/2012
» Agents of rich Gulf collectors, lovers of luxury and those simply curious to see the ill-gotten gains of the Ben Ali clan were among those drawn to a sale of the deposed Tunisian despot's assets that began on Sunday.