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Wanted Russian mafia boss arrested
Associated Press, Published on 25/06/2014
» A Russian mafia gang leader wanted back home for his alleged involvement in scores of killings and other criminal activities since 1995 was arrested in Thailand while living on a retirement visa, police said on Wednesday.
Auto-mad Germans look to car sharing
Associated Press, Published on 19/02/2014
» BERLIN — Germans, once a nation of ardent automobile enthusiasts, are not buying cars as much as they used to. Instead, they're sharing them.
$29m from Marcos accounts recovered
Associated Press, Published on 12/02/2014
» MANILA - The Philippine government has recovered more than US$29 million from the Swiss accounts of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and the search for more of his hidden wealth continues 28 years after he was toppled, an official said Friday.
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.
Nay Pyi Taw now less of a ghost town
Associated Press, Published on 11/12/2013
» NAY PYI TAW — Watched around the clock, bathed twice a day and otherwise pampered, five white elephants are munching on choice greenery in Myanmar's vast, remote and surreal capital. Above them soars a shimmering, gold-plated pagoda.
Myanmar still enlists boy soldiers
Associated Press, Published on 02/12/2013
» CHAUNG THA — He disappeared when he was 12 years old, a skinny boy named Min Thu from the wrong side of town who thought he'd stumbled onto the golden ticket.
Cambodia arrests Russia fraud fugitive
Associated Press, Published on 11/11/2013
» PHNOM PENH — A Russian property developer wanted in his homeland for allegedly embezzling millions of dollars was arrested Monday in Cambodia, where he had been living.
Typhoon death toll in city could reach 10,000
Associated Press, Published on 10/11/2013
» TACLOBAN, Philippines — As many as 10,000 people are believed dead in one Philippine city alone after one of the worst storms on record sent giant waves roaring inland to wash away homes, schools and airport buildings, officials said Sunday. Ferocious winds ravaged several central islands, burying people under tonnes of debris and leaving corpses hanging from trees.
Myanmar journalist Sein Win dies
Associated Press, Published on 17/10/2013
» Sein Win, a renowned journalist in Myanmar who championed press freedom and endured three stints in prison as he chronicled several decades of his country's turbulent history, died Thursday at age 91.
Death toll in Philippines quake jumps to 85
Associated Press, Published on 15/10/2013
» The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the central Philippines rose to 85, police said Tuesday, as more reports trickled in about toppled buildings and historic churches near the epicentre.