By ESTHER HTUSAN Associated Press JE YANG, Myanmar (AP) — Every afternoon, dozens of teenage girls at the school for displaced children line up on the grounds, dressed in […]
Surgeons remove 915 coins swallowed by Thai sea turtle
By JERRY HARMER Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Tossing coins in a fountain for luck is a popular superstition, but a similar belief brought misery to a sea turtle […]
Sushi in Pyongyang: Japanese chef opens rare restaurant
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Sushi in Pyongyang? At a restaurant run by a Japanese sushi chef famous for working for North Korea’s late leader Kim Jong Il? Kenji Fujimoto […]
Lawyers sue Chinese authorities for not getting rid of smog
By LOUISE WATT Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Lawyer Cheng Hai has an itemized list of compensation demands from Beijing authorities over the city’s smog: $9 for having to buy […]
Chinese Basketball Association elects Yao Ming as president
BEIJING (AP) — Yao Ming has moved into management in a bid to hasten China’s basketball development. The Chinese Basketball Association voted unanimously to appoint former Houston Rockets star as […]
Malaysia: Poisoning of Kim caused paralysis, quick death
By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s health minister said that the dose of nerve agent given to North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un’s exiled half […]
Fans in Japan rush to get Murakami book with esoteric title
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Fans of Haruki Murakami rushed to Japanese bookstores on Feb. 24 to get his latest work with an esoteric title. “Kishidancho Goroshi,’’ […]
TV footage appears to show deliberate attack on North Korean
By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Security camera footage obtained by Japanese television appears to show a careful and deliberate attack last week on the exiled […]
China closes live poultry markets amid deadly H7N9 flu outbreak
BEIJING (AP) — China is ordering the closure of live poultry markets in its south-central regions as it grapples with the worst outbreak of bird flu in years that has […]
Buddhist monk arrested in Myanmar with 4 million meth pills
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A Buddhist monk has been arrested in Myanmar after authorities found more than 4 million methamphetamine pills in his car and in his monastery, police said. […]
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