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China seizes Uighurs, abducts children as 'orphans'
Associated Press, Published on 24/09/2018
» ISTANBUL: Every morning, Meripet wakes up to her nightmare: The Chinese government has turned four of her children into orphans, even though she and their father are alive.
Rohingya say Myanmar targeted the educated in genocide
Associated Press, Published on 05/06/2018
» BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh: The last time Mohammed Hashim saw his brother alive, he begged for his life, his arms bound behind his back as soldiers marched the 35-year-old teacher away.
Charles Manson, whose cult slayings horrified world, dies
Associated Press, Published on 20/11/2017
» LOS ANGELES: Charles Manson, the hippie cult leader who became the hypnotic-eyed face of evil across America after orchestrating the gruesome murders of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six others in Los Angeles during the summer of 1969, died Sunday after nearly a half-century in prison. He was 83.
Transgender day camp among first to include 4-year-olds
Associated Press, Published on 07/08/2017
» EL CERRITO, California -- In some ways, Rainbow Day Camp is very ordinary. Kids arrive with a packed lunch, make friendship bracelets, play basketball, sing songs and get silly.
Duterte says only empty tribal schools would be bombed
Associated Press, Published on 28/07/2017
» MANILA -- The Philippine president said his threat to launch airstrikes against tribal schools because they allegedly teach subversion would apply only when the buildings are empty, a clarification that still raised concern he was advocating a war crime.
Rights groups ask Duterte to retract threat to bomb schools
Associated Press, Published on 26/07/2017
» MANILA -- Human rights groups asked the Philippine president on Wednesday to retract a threat to order airstrikes against tribal schools he accused of teaching students to become communist rebels, warning such an attack would constitute a war crime.
Fun and functional
Business, Associated Press, Published on 26/12/2016
» Toy stores, with bright lights, loud sounds and crowded aisles, can be hard to manage for children with autism or other sensory issues. For parents, finding toys that match their children's skill sets and will hold their attention can be a process of trial and error. Big toy sellers and specialists are both trying to provide some better options.
Teething troubles for Chinese tourists
Associated Press, Published on 15/04/2014
» CHIANG MAI — The bucolic, once laid-back campus of one of Thailand's top universities is under a security clampdown. Not against a terrorist threat, but against Chinese tourists.
Myanmar citizens increase security
Associated Press, Published on 02/05/2013
» YANGON - They have seen how the troubles start from the smallest things. They have seen the police powerless before mobs fired with religious zeal and armed with bricks and swords. They have seen on TV and in newspapers the burning homes of people just like them light up the night.