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Football star Romario looks to poor origins to give back
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 7 —Romario, who won the 1994 World Cup with Brazil and scored more than 1,000 goals playing for major clubs, is looking to put something back by entering ... Read More
Afghanistan’s blasted Buddhas beckon tourists
BAMIYAN (Afghanistan), Sept 6 — Two empty niches facing over a lush green valley towards the snow-capped Hindu Kush mountains stand in silent testimony to Bamiyan’s rich past — ... Read More
On sunny Crete, tourism season dented by Greek crisis
ELOUNDA (Greece), Sept 6 — It’s late afternoon but the relentless summer sun still beats down from a clear sky above picturesque Crete, Greece’s largest island.Just outside ... Read More
Taiwan eyes marine park despite fishermen objection
TAIPEI, Sept 4 – Taiwan plans to set up a marine national park in the middle of one of its largest fishing grounds despite opposition from fishermen who depend on the area for ... Read More
Japan resort a hot spot for men with virtual girlfriends
ATAMI, Sept 4 – Long a favourite of lovers and honeymooners, a Japanese beach town with fading sparkle has found a new tourism niche in the wired age by drawing young men and ... Read More
JAKARTA, Sept 7 — Jakarta’s traffic chaos this week will build to a crescendo as millions of Indonesians head home to their villages to celebrate the end of the fasting month, turning the capital into a ghost town by the weekend.
The mass exodus — 2.2 million out of a population of 9.6 million are expected to leave Jakarta this week — ... Read More
A visitor walks past the entrance of the Hong Kong Watch and Clock Fair 2010 in Hong Kong September 6, 2010. – Reuters pic
Contemporary sampin wins 2nd prize in Asean contest
By Melissa Zavier
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 — A contemporary sampin, the sarong worn with a Baju Melayu, woven by Sukma Kipli has made Malaysia proud by winning the Silver Prize Award at the Asean Silk ... Read More
Mexican women work, die for gangs in drug war city
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, Sept 4 — More women are working and dying for powerful drug cartels in Mexico’s most violent city as high unemployment along the US border sucks desperate ... Read More
War photographer Pellegrin takes a shot at fashion
PARIS, Sept 3 — Award winning photographer Paolo Pellegrin has documented many of the world’s danger zones from Lebanon to Kosovo and Rwanda to Haiti.In 1995, his stunning ... Read More
Japanese-Argentine tango champs speak universal language
BUENOS AIRES, Sept 3 — Chizuko Kuwamoto and Diego Ortega can barely understand each other, but no words can bring them closer than the sultry language of the tango, a shared ... Read More
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