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Reunited Korean families hold tearful final farewell The joy of being reunited for the first time in decades turned to grief for North and South Korean families Saturday as a rare cross-border visit ended, with participants unlikely to ever see their relatives again.

23 February 2014

International adoption: sick children are healthy? Kazakhstani orphans are falsely diagnosed with heavy illnesses to be later adopted by foreigners while childless Kazakhstanis continue to wait for their chance of adoption.

22 February 2014

Bhutan celebrates birthday of 'Dragon King' The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan on Friday celebrated the birthday of its revered "Dragon King" in a swirl of colourful dances and traditional music.

21 February 2014

Florida man, 101, runs for Congress A Florida great-great grandfather has launched a campaign to run for the US Congress in November, running on a record of 101 years of life experience.

21 February 2014

Average age of Astana resident is 30 In essence a young city is a living space created from connections among its residents: Astana Mayor.

20 February 2014

S. Koreans head for bittersweet family reunion in North A group of 82 elderly, frail South Koreans, two of them in ambulances, left for the North Korean border Thursday to attend the first reunion in more than three years for families divided by the Korean War.

20 February 2014

Hungary backpedals on disputed Holocaust monument The Hungarian government said Wednesday it had postponed the inauguration of a controversial monument which Jewish critics say glosses over Budapest's active role in the Holocaust.

20 February 2014

Sliced with a razor, sewn up with thorns: Somali woman recalls FGM Malko Jama, a recently widowed Somali mother of eight, still remembers undergoing genital mutilation three decades ago as vividly as if it were yesterday.

20 February 2014

Woman in Saudi media first wants others to follow Soumayya Jabarti, the first female editor of a Saudi national daily, hopes to see more women take up top media posts in the ultra-conservative Muslim state.

18 February 2014

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China gay activists' message for Putin on Valentine's Day A group of gay and lesbian activists staged a Valentine's Day kissing protest in Beijing Friday aimed at highlighting Russia's controversial anti-homosexuality laws.

14 February 2014

Humour trumps good looks in Philippines Ugly people with a sense of humour appear to trump their good-looking but dull peers in the Philippines' dating game.

13 February 2014

Married for 50 years? Poland says you deserve a medal Grey-haired and grinning, two dozen couples hold champagne flutes at a Warsaw ceremony in their honour. They survived 50 years of marriage and in Poland, that is reason enough for a presidential medal.

13 February 2014

Online adultery booming as cheating sites surge One 29-year-old woman says it helped her take revenge on her unfaithful husband.

12 February 2014

Study merges worldwide data on sex assaults on women Worldwide, one woman in 14 has been sexually assaulted by someone other than a partner, according to the first global estimate of the problem.

12 February 2014

Zuckerberg tops US donations with $1 bn: report Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was America's most generous donor in 2013, giving nearly $1 billion of his fortune to charity.

11 February 2014

Will you marry me? Original proposal in Kostanay Maksim Yastrebov, 25 had his own idea of an original proposal.

10 February 2014

Google Doodle flies gay flag for Sochi Olympics Google marked the Winter Games in Sochi by flying the gay flag in a search page Doodle that linked to a call for equality in the Olympic Charter.

07 February 2014

North, South Korea meet for talks on family reunions North and South Korea were set to hold talks Wednesday on resuming reunions for families separated by the Korean War -- an emotive issue that Pyongyang has been accused of exploiting as a bargaining chip.

05 February 2014

Pacific castaway's story a 'miracle' for his parents For Salvadoran couple Ricardo and Maria Julia Alvarenga, the reappearance of their son after his incredible story of survival adrift in the Pacific for 13 months is nothing short of a miracle.

05 February 2014