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Malaysia royals to pick new king Jan 24
Associated Press, Published on 07/01/2019
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's royal families will meet on Jan 24 to pick a new king after Sultan Muhammad V abdicated unexpectedly after just two years on the throne, an official said Monday.
Revellers around the world ring in 2018
Associated Press, Published on 31/12/2017
» A look at how people around the world are ringing in 2018:
Floating gardens, chefs team up to save tradition
Business, Associated Press, Published on 25/07/2017
» At dawn in Xochimilco, home to Mexico City's famed floating gardens, farmers in muddied rain boots squat among rows of beets as a group of chefs arrive to sample sweet fennel and the pungent herb known as epazote.
Trump praises CIA, bristles at media
Associated Press, Published on 23/01/2017
» LANGLEY, VIRGINIA - On his first full day in office, President Donald Trump on Saturday berated the media over its coverage of his inauguration, and turned a bridge-building first visit to CIA headquarters into an airing of grievances about "dishonest" journalists. But it was Trump who spread inaccuracies about the size of the crowds at his swearing in.
Ethnic traditions vanishing in Myanmar
Associated Press, Published on 26/12/2013
» KAMPALET - High in the hills of Myanmar's Chin state, Shwe Mana plays a gentle song on a bamboo flute using only her nostrils — one of the last of her tribe to preserve this ancient skill. A dark, intricate web of tattoos covers her face, harking back to a time, it is said, when women disfigured themselves to dampen the lust of lowland marauders.