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In Iran, love is rarely a many-splendoured thing Mahnaz divorced after marrying young because of the pressures of a society that she feels often ignores a relationship's most important ingredient: love.
26 August 2014
Mobile use bad for school test scores: Japan study Children who spend more than four hours a day on their mobile phone perform worse on school tests than those who are limited to just 30 minutes.
26 August 2014
Turkey's moderate president bows out - for now Turkey's President Abdullah Gul moves out of the presidential palace in Ankara on Thursday.
26 August 2014
Photo ©astanaopera.kz/Karla Nur Tosca opera to open Silk Road Festival in Astana Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca with Anna Pirozzi, Massimo Giordano and Alberto Gazale will open the Silk Road festival at the Astana Opera theater.
25 August 2014
Japanese PM visits Hiroshima after killer landslides Prime Minister pledged full support for victims of last week's massive landslides in Hiroshima, as he made his first visit to the Japanese city.
25 August 2014
©Reuters Japan's Sony hit by cyber attack, bomb threat Japanese entertainment giant Sony said its online music and gaming sites came under a cyber attack by a hacker group.
25 August 2014
Photo courtesy of army-news.ru Chinese media warn US over warplane interception China's state-run media warned Washington that Beijing could treat its surveillance flights as an "act of hostility"
25 August 2014
Speaking in tongues: China divided over the common language Throughout China, Mandarin -- known as Putonghua, the "common language", with its roots in Beijing's northern dialect -- is the medium of government.
25 August 2014
©REUTERS Australian spider grows bigger in city: study Australian spiders may live happily in the bush, but a new study has found that at least one species also thrives on city life.
23 August 2014
© izhlife.ru China independent film festival shut by authorities. A Chinese independent film festival was closed by authorities on its opening day.
23 August 2014
Facing new flight, Turkish Kurds in Iraq long for home Families who once fled a Turkish crackdown on Kurdish rebels in the 1990s after escaping from brutal jihadists, longing to return home.
23 August 2014
Philippines to repatriate UN troops in Golan, Liberia The Philippines said it will repatriate over 400 of its troops serving as UN peacekeepers amid security threats and concerns over the Ebola virus.
23 August 2014
Hamas executes 'collaborators', Israeli boy killed Hamas executed 18 alleged collaborators in Gaza City as Israeli Prime Minister vowed harsh retribution for the killing of a four-year-old boy.
23 August 2014
Thailand vows 'leniency' in surrogacy cases Thailand's junta has pledged leniency in the cases of babies born to surrogate mothers.
23 August 2014
China's Xi reassures Mongolia over "independence, integrity" Chinese President told Mongolia that Beijing respected its independence and integrity as he concluded a visit looking to forge closer ties.
22 August 2014
Indian state of Kerala announces alcohol ban Authorities in Kerala have announced a ban on alcohol to tackle a growing abuse problem in the southern Indian state.
22 August 2014
Japan death toll feared to double as landslide fears halt rescue The death toll from landslides in western Japan could more than double, as fears of a fresh collapse halted the search for 51 people still missing.
22 August 2014
Photo courtesy of nnm.me Marathon bombing suspect's friend pleads guilty A college friend of alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded guilty Thursday to removing evidence of the deadly 2013 attack.
22 August 2014
Malaysia falls silent in honour of returning MH17 dead Malaysians paused for a minute of silence on a nationwide day of mourning held to sombrely welcome home the first remains of its 43 citizens.
22 August 2014
Calls to ban new Indira Gandhi assassination film A controversial film on the assassination of Indira Gandhi was scheduled for release on Friday amid calls for it to be banned.
21 August 2014

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