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Malaysian education authorities have ruled that it was wrong for a school to order a Sikh studnet to shave off his facial hair, kept for religious reasons. MoreIndia has launched a program granting citizenship and land ownership rights for an estimated 25 million Indians living abroad. MoreA Canadian businessman has lodged police reports in India claiming the woman he married used him to get a visa to come to Canada and join her lover. MoreWhen state-run Indian Airlines ordered its overweight flight attendants to lose weight last month, it was a small sign that self-preservation still stirred in its withered breast MoreThe rape and murder of a call centre worker, Pratibha Srikant Murthy has raised major security concerns for women employed with Business Process Outsourcing companies in Bangalore. MoreIn a letter addressed to Sri Lankan President, the CFS expressed concern over the assaults by the SL army on Jaffna University students and personnel. MoreOne of Nepal's top models, Kohinoor Singh, recently decided to shave her head and adorn the drab garb of a Buddhist monk. MoreA former B.C. pastor is wanted expelled by the World Hindu Council in India which wants all foreign Christian missionaries to be driven away from the country.
Outrage across the world over comments attributed to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf. MoreIndia's huge illiterate population is in danger of being misused by unethical firms to test suspect drugs--this time helping in the search for a cure for asthma.
Gone are the days when sarees hid flabby tummies in Bollywood. The Gen X of Bolly-beauties is shedding the flab and flaunting the midriff. MoreNepal has honoured the first woman to conquer Mount Everest, Junko Tabei of Japan, with a procession through the capital Kathmandu.More
Abu Salem, the South Asian underworld kingpin and his failed Bollywood starlet wife Monica Bedi used fake identities to enter Canada to park his loot, Indian investigators believe. MoreHealth tourists are helping destabilize India's health system. They say too much is being spent on care for foreign patients and rich Indians. MoreAuthorities in Nepal have urged the public to help in the mystery of a meditating boy who is believed to be an incarnation of Buddha. MoreA Hindu hardliner has angered women and Muslims by pressing Hindus to have more than 3 kids to avoid being 'swamped by Muslims'. MoreOne of India's most dreaded and colourful bandits has been shot to death by police in the forests of Utar Pradesh in central India MoreBrylan is 14 and Milagros, 11. The girls quit school to work for their family.
Each earns about 260 pesos (C$5) a night, which they give to their mother, a street sweeper. They make another 200 pesos in tips.
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Top model Michelle Leslie, who made her name promoting undies and skimpy outfits down the catwalk, is now behind bars in Bali after a drug bust.More
Canadians are among those who are being tracked as Asia crackdowns on sex-tourism, a multi-million dollar sex-tourism industry.More
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