"The matriarch of one of Hong Kong's richest corporate dynasties sat down with the city's most notorious crime bosses and negotiated the payment of a HK$600 million ransom for the release of her eldest son, The...
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"Behind the battle for Beijing berths at the US Olympic swimming trials another conflict was simmering: The swimsuit wars. Speedo's sensational new LZR Racer has taken swimming by storm, playing a role in 19 of 20 long course records set this year. "For me, wearing the...
At least nine people are dead after heavy weekend rainfall caused flooding in Indiana, Wisonsin and Iowa. Streams and rivers were overrun with torrential waters and President Bush declared 29 Indiana counties...
"One of Turkey's top prosecutors has raised stiff objections to lifting a ban on the Islamic headscarf in universities.
This slam to the plan is the latest statement in a simmering debate on a government plan to abolish the restriction.
'To place the use of an article of...
"Scientists in Indonesia closely monitored three simmering volcanoes across the disaster-prone nation Friday, including the offspring of infamous Krakatau off Sumatra island.
Ash has been spewing some 200 metres...
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Plan to end headscarf ban in Turkey slammed
