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Strike a pose for International Yoga Day
AFP, Published on 21/06/2018
» NEW DELHI: Downward-facing dogs, cobras and warriors were set to sprout all over the world Thursday, as the fourth annual International Yoga Day got under way.
Kachin civilians flee Myanmar's 'forgotten war'
AFP, Published on 18/05/2018
» DANAI, Myanmar: Seng Moon grabbed her day-old baby and fled into the thick jungle, joining thousands of villagers escaping fighting between ethnic Kachin rebels and Myanmar's army, now reinforced by a unit notorious for its brutal "clearance" operations.
Grain drain, Laos' sand mining damaging the Mekong
AFP, Published on 27/07/2016
» VIENTIANE - Grain by grain, truckload by truckload, Laos' section of the Mekong river is being dredged of sand to make cement -- a commodity being devoured by a Chinese-led building boom in the capital.