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Top 10 wacky-but-true Asian news stories

December 29, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Throughout the year, we encounter some news stories that make us go, HUH? <!–more–> These are stories that are strange, weird, unique — or just really funny. 10. Barbie too sexy for China? In March, the Barbie store in Shanghai shut down after only two years in business. Critics […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Asian Americans, BBC, China, Del Monte Pacific Ltd, Fauja Singh, HUH, Indonesia, Jollibee Foods Corp, Procter Gamble Co, SAT, Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Seattle-based Amazon, Thomas Espenshade, Vol 31 No 1 | December 31 - January 6, Willie Revillame, Willing Willie, japan

Guinness won’t ratify 100-year-old’s marathon

November 5, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TORONTO (AP) — Centenarian marathoner Fauja Singh won’t have a spot in the Guinness World Book of Records after all. The 100-year-old Singh attracted worldwide attention when he completed the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon in over eight hours on Oct. 16. But Guinness World Records told the BBC it won’t recognize Singh as the world’s […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, BBC, Fauja Singh, Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Vol 30 No 45 | November 5 - November 11, World Masters Athletics, attention

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