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'Nairobbery' grapples with pre-Christmas crime wave
Sydney advertising executive Patrick Richer led the typical Nairobi expatriate lifestyle, living in a home in a leafy part of the city, protected by high walls and round-the-clock security.
29 November 2013
Japanese switched at birth would like to 'roll back clock'
A 60-year-old Japanese man switched at birth says he would like to "roll back the clock", days after winning a lawsuit against the hospital that mistakenly cast him into a life of poverty.
29 November 2013
Free food and fiery resentment at Thai protests
Underwear swings from washing lines near clusters of tents in the finance ministry grounds in Bangkok as food aromas and the cheerful screech of whistles fill the air. Welcome to street politics -- Thai style.
28 November 2013
US Holocaust survivor meets Polish savior 70 years on
A Jewish boy who hid from the Nazis in a hayloft reunited after 70 years in New York on Wednesday with the Polish son whose parents risked everything to save him.
28 November 2013
Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher finalize divorce
Former Hollywood power couple Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher are officially divorced, two years after she announced their split, according to legal documents released Wednesday.
28 November 2013
More lesbian sex please, we're British
The number of British women having lesbian encounters has quadrupled in the last 20 years, according to the largest-ever survey of Britain's sexual habits which was published on Tuesday.
26 November 2013
Almaty city to become more people-friendly
Almaty city will become a more people-friendly place: conditions for pedestrians and bicycle traffic will be improved.
25 November 2013
Chef Alex Atala: Brazil's taste ambassador
Brazilian chef Alex Atala, widely seen as one of South America's culinary wizards, is making his name by highlighting the little-known cuisine of the Amazon region.
22 November 2013
New weight loss surgery made in Almaty
A professor from Lithuania has made an advanced weight loss surgery in Almaty.
22 November 2013
Three women rescued in London 'after 30 years in slavery'
Three traumatised women have been rescued from a house in London after being held as slaves for at least 30 years with one of them having spent her entire life in servitude, police said Thursday.
22 November 2013
Syria refugees in Lebanon drowning in poverty, says Oxfam
Desperate Syrian refugee families in Lebanon are slipping further into debt and poverty, affecting their children's education and their dignity, an international aid agency said Thursday.
21 November 2013
Toxic mafia dumps sow panic in Italy 'Triangle of Death'
Anger is boiling over near Naples after revelations about toxic mafia dumps blamed for rising cancer rates that have prompted accusations the state is ignoring a vast public health crisis.
21 November 2013
Hong Kong domestic workers treated as 'slaves': Amnesty
Amnesty International on Thursday condemned the "slavery-like" conditions faced by thousands of Indonesian women who work in Hong Kong as domestic staff, accusing authorities of "inexcusable" inaction.
21 November 2013
US marks 150th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln's undying call for a "new birth of freedom" at the bloody turning point of the US Civil War, turned 150 years old Tuesday, even as the union he fought to preserve quarrels bitterly over the role of government.
20 November 2013
Kazakhstan to get three additional days off in December
Kazakhstan will enjoy additional three days off for December holidays.
20 November 2013
'Fifty Shades' rape case dismissed in New Zealand
A New Zealand man has been cleared of raping his estranged wife while pretending to be her young lover in a case partially inspired by the novel "Fifty Shades of Grey".
19 November 2013
Almaty flea market was torched with Molotoff cocktails: traders
The sellers are sure that the flea market has been set on fire with incendiary compound.
19 November 2013
Amsterdam pays alcoholics in beer to clean streets
At nine o'clock in the morning in a garden shed behind a house in Amsterdam, a handful of alcoholics are getting ready to clean the surrounding streets, beer and cigarette in hand.
19 November 2013
Colombian men and women in miniskirts protest sexual violence
Dozens of men and women protested in miniskirts Sunday against sexual violence in Colombia.
19 November 2013
Russia seeks answers over deadly crash of ageing plane
Russia on Monday sought answers for the latest deadly plane crash to raise alarm about the safety of its civil aviation.
18 November 2013
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