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Romance novellas by women challenge tradition
News, Associated Press, Published on 19/08/2016
» Nestled among vegetables, plastic kettles and hand-dyed fabric in market stalls are the signs of a feminist revolution: Piles of poorly printed books by women that advocate forcefully against conservative Muslim traditions such as child marriage and quick divorce.
Strife-torn territory nears seventh decade of internal struggle
News, Associated Press, Published on 25/07/2016
» When news spread that Indian troops had killed 22-year-old Burhan Wani, a charismatic commander of Indian-controlled Kashmir's biggest rebel group on July 8, the public response was spontaneous and massive. Tens of thousands of angry youths poured out of their homes in towns and villages across the Himalayan region, hurling rocks and bricks and clashing with Indian troops.
Donald Trump's ultimate ego trip
News, Associated Press, Published on 15/07/2016
» Donald Trump was angry: A reporter had the gall to suggest that ego was behind his purchase of New York's famed Plaza Hotel.
4 arrested for savage Hua Hin attack on elderly Brits
Associated Press, Published on 28/04/2016
» <p><span style="font-size: 16px;">PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN - Four men have been arrested for a savage attack on an elderly British family holidaying in Hua Hin over the Songkran holiday after a video of the incident went viral on the internet.</span></p>
Dissent erupts in Communist Party after Obama visit
News, Associated Press, Published on 31/03/2016
» Days after US President Barack Obama's historic visit, the leaders of Cuba's Communist Party are under highly unusual criticism from their own ranks for imposing new levels of secrecy on the future of social and economic reforms.
Frank Sinatra Jr. dies of cardiac arrest while on tour
Associated Press, Published on 17/03/2016
» LOS ANGELES — Frank Sinatra Jr, who carried on his famous father's legacy with his own music career and whose kidnapping as a young man added a bizarre chapter to his father's legendary life, died Wednesday. He was 72.
Trump takes 3, Sanders wins Michigan in US primaries
Associated Press, Published on 09/03/2016
» LANSING, MICHIGAN -- Bernie Sanders breathed new life into his longshot White House bid with a crucial win in Michigan's primary, chipping away at Hillary Clinton's dominance in the Democratic presidential race. Republican Donald Trump swept to victory in Michigan, Mississippi and Hawaii, overcoming fierce efforts to blunt his momentum.
US demands answers over missing Lao activist Sombath
Associated Press, Published on 17/12/2015
» WASHINGTON -- The United States called for Laos to immediately resolve the case of prominent activist whose abduction three years ago sent a “chilling message” to civil society.
British firms to use 'blind recruitment' to end bias
Business, Associated Press, Published on 28/10/2015
» LONDON — Britain's civil service and several major companies have agreed to recruit university graduates and apprentices without knowing the applicants' names in an effort to eliminate bias against ethnic minorities.
Koh Tao murder defendants' lawyer details police 'torture'
Associated Press, Published on 12/10/2015
» The lawyer defending two Myanmar migrants in the murders of two British tourists on Koh Tao accused police Monday of torturing his clients, beating them and threatening to “make them disappear” in order to extract confessions.