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Sands casino in Singapore stops selling shark fin
juni 12, 2014by latadmin
The US-owned Marina Bay Sands casino in Singapore has announced it will stop serving shark fin at its restaurants, the latest boycott of the contentious delicacy...
Why are women being hanged in India?
juni 12, 2014by latadmin
Four women have been found hanging from trees in remote villages in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in the last fortnight. The families of at least three of the dead,...
Southeast Asia hub of global pirate attacks
juni 12, 2014by latadmin
Southeast Asia has become the world's hotspot for pirate attacks after an international clampdown slashed the number of hijackings off the coast of war-torn...
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef’s health ‘improving’
juni 12, 2014by latadmin
Pollution at the Great Barrier Reef has fallen significantly, Australia says, as it seeks to convince the UN cultural agency not to downgrade the site. Unesco has...
Ex-spy Hamid Gul says Abdullah is the key to peace in Afghanistan
juni 11, 2014by latadmin
He trained Afghan resistance fighters against the Soviets and helped create the Taliban, but today Pakistan’s former spymaster Hamid Gul says the Islamist...
Typhoon Haiyan drives more children in Philippines into dangerous work
juni 11, 2014by latadmin
More children are doing harsh and dangerous work in Philippine villages hit by Typhoon Haiyan last November than before the storm, the United Nation’s labor agency...
World stocks slip on growth forecast downgrade
juni 11, 2014by latadmin
LONDON (AP) — Stock markets turned skittish on Wednesday after the World Bank lowered its global growth forecast.
5 things to know ahead of England vs. Sri Lanka
juni 11, 2014by latadmin
LONDON (AP) — After England’s humiliating whitewash against Australia in the Ashes, heads have rolled. Peter Moores has replaced Andy Flower for his second stint...
Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri dies
juni 11, 2014by latadmin
A veteran politician and tribal chief who led a separatist insurgency in Pakistan's Balochistan province 40 years ago has died at the age of 86. Nawab Khair Bakhsh...
Uzbek militant group claims Pakistan attack
juni 11, 2014by latadmin
ISLAMABAD (AP) — An Uzbek militant group operating in Pakistan’s northwest tribal areas says it played a role in the attack on the Karachi airport earlier this...
