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Babies and boldness for Myanmar's new wave of female MPs
AFP, Published on 09/03/2016
» NAY PYI TAW - Myanmar MP Wint Wah Tun cradles the baby she named "Parliament" and explains why she shrugged off conservative attitudes to enter parliament as part of a flood of new women lawmakers for Aung San Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy party.
Email inventor Ray Tomlinson dies at 74
AFP, Published on 08/03/2016
» WASHINGTON - Ray Tomlinson, the US programmer credited with inventing email in the 1970s and choosing the "@" symbol for the messaging system, died at the age of 74, his employer said Monday.
Kenya counts on team of canine agents to sniff out illegal ivory
News, AFP, Published on 04/03/2016
» Burrowing deep into a huge pile of jumbled luggage, Dick the dog wags his tail, pawing at a small green rucksack: inside is the hand-sized tip of an elephant's tusk.
Terror attacks loom as Indonesian trio vie for IS glory
AFP, Published on 05/02/2016
» A power struggle among three Indonesian-born Islamic State group militants in Syria could have a violent ripple effect in Southeast Asia, senior police warn, as a deadly game of one-upmanship threatens to cause more Jakarta-style attacks.
35 minutes at a Trump campaign stop in Dubuque, Iowa
News, AFP, Published on 02/02/2016
» "Turn to your neighbour and tell them why you're going to caucus for Donald Trump," one of the candidate's men instructs the hundreds of people gathered in an airport hangar in the Iowa city of Dubuque.
Vietnam on the boil ahead of communist leadership change
AFP, Published on 19/01/2016
» HANOI - From Soviet-style letters of denunciation to outlandish rumours of a coup, Hanoi is abuzz with political gossip ahead of a key leadership change this week that has plunged the ruling communist elite into turmoil.
'Like' me, 'like' me: Cambodian PM woos youth vote online
AFP, Published on 18/01/2016
» PHNOM PENH - Looking more avuncular than authoritarian, Cambodian premier Hun Sen crouches for a selfie for his Facebook page with young scouts -- part of a social media blitz selling the strongman's cuddlier side as he seeks to extend a 30-year grip on power.
Hopes for peace as Myanmar ethnic Karen celebrate
AFP, Published on 12/01/2016
» Myanmar's ethnic minority Karen rung in their New Year with song, dance and traditional kickboxing, in celebrations a day before fresh efforts to reach a ceasefire to end the country's myriad rebel conflicts.
Drone enthusiasts' aspirations soar in Myanmar
AFP, Published on 18/12/2015
» YANGON - In a ramshackle workshop behind a bustling Yangon market, Kyi Tha fixes the plastic propeller of a home-made drone, one of a growing number of enthusiasts refusing to let poverty clip the wings of their hi-tech dreams.
China internet czar defends web policies
AFP, Published on 14/12/2015
» BEIJING - China's internet chief fiercely defended his country's strict management of the web last week, saying that censorship of content Beijing deems illegal is necessary to protect online freedoms.