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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.
In Iran, people buy kidneys
News, Associated Press, Published on 26/08/2016
» The whirling hum of a dialysis machine could have been the soundtrack to the rest of Zahra Hajikarimi's life but for an unusual programme in Iran that allows people to buy a kidney from a living donor.
Maoist crimes go unpunished
News, Associated Press, Published on 30/08/2016
» The image of the teacher's body tied to a tree and riddled with bullets still haunts his son 14 years later. Communist militants allegedly dragged the Nepalese man from the class he was teaching and then killed him for refusing to give part of his salary to fund their bloody rebellion.
Pride in Obama remains
News, Associated Press, Published on 01/09/2016
» As US President Barack Obama's second term nears its end, Indonesians still speak with pride of the childhood years he spent in their country, though much of the enthusiasm has faded along with the impossibly high expectations of what the first African-American president would achieve.
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.
Slain Baton Rouge officers all hailed from same community
News, Associated Press, Published on 20/07/2016
» Fresh out of the police academy, Matthew Gerald was so proud to bring his cruiser home that he stood in the driveway, wiping it down under the hot Louisiana sun. His neighbour, Ashley Poe, watched as he flicked the blue lights on and off, on and off.
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.
Republican leaders could be nearing Trump breaking point
News, Associated Press, Published on 15/08/2016
» The Republican Party could be nearing a breaking point with Donald Trump.
Show of frustration at Egypt's courts
News, Associated Press, Published on 02/06/2016
» Egyptian activist Sanaa Seif decided she had had enough of Egypt's justice system.
Sri Lanka on cautious path to peace
News, Associated Press, Published on 06/06/2016
» For seven years, the ethnic Tamil housewife has waited for news of a son who vanished near the frenzied end of Sri Lanka's quarter-century-long civil war. After so much time, she has little faith that the Sinhalese-majority government will help solve such mysteries and heal old wounds.