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Are South Korea’s lavish weddings forever?
september 17, 2013by latadmin
17 September 2013 Last updated at 16:15 BST The average South Korean couple will stump up thousands of won for lavish weddings, on top of contributions from parents....
Philippine Fighters Surrender After Capturing Police Chief
september 17, 2013by latadmin
MANILA — Rebels fighting government forces in Zamboanga City, in the southern Philippines, briefly held its police chief on Tuesday, officials said. Related Rebel...
Security forces braced for unrest as Bangladeshi Islamist leader Abdul Kader Mullah sentenced to death
september 17, 2013by latadmin
Bangladesh’s security forces are braced for unrest after the country’s highest court issued a death sentence for an Islamist leader convicted of war crimes – a...
Markets calm as Fed decision looms
september 17, 2013by latadmin
LONDON (AP) — Markets were trading in fairly narrow ranges Tuesday as investors positioned themselves for possibly the biggest economic event of the year — the...
China opens world’s highest civilian airport
september 17, 2013by latadmin
BEIJING — China has begun flight operations at the world's highest civilian airport in a bid to boost tourism and tighten political control over the...
Bangladesh politician sentenced to death for war crimes
september 17, 2013by latadmin
17 September 2013 Last updated at 16:49 BST A senior opposition politician in Bangladesh has been sentenced to death after he appealed against his life sentence for war...
Bangladesh braced for clashes as Muslim leader Abdul Kader Mullah is sentenced to death
september 17, 2013by latadmin
Bangladesh’s security forces are braced for unrest after the country’s highest court issued a death sentence for an Islamist leader convicted of war crimes – a...
For China, a New Kind of Feminism
september 17, 2013by latadmin
BEIJING — If you want to Lean In in Chinese, you “Take One Step Forward.” That’s how the title of Sheryl Sandberg’s contemporary feminist manifesto, “Lean...
Chinese woman found down well
september 17, 2013by latadmin
A Chinese woman has been found alive after becoming trapped at the bottom of an abandoned well for 15…
Indonesian volcano erupts again
september 17, 2013by latadmin
A volcano in western Indonesia erupted for the second time this week on Tuesday, forcing some villagers who were just returning home to flee the mountain again, an...
