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Philippine elite fight ageing with stem cell therapy Cynthia Carrion-Norton flits high-heeled around the Philippine capital with energy levels belying her years, thankful for a controversial treatment she highly recommends to fellow sixty-somethings.

10 November 2013 10:17

200 million people at risk from toxic pollution: environmentalists Hundreds of millions of people worldwide risk exposure to toxic pollution, environmental groups warned Monday, publishing a list of the world's worst areas, including an African processing site for European electronics.

05 November 2013 16:18

McDonald's Japan 'sorry' over homeless ban McDonald's Japan issued an apology Friday after it was revealed one of its outlets had posted a notice banning homeless people for more than a year.

02 November 2013 10:05

Almaty Mayor admits gays exist in his city Akim (Mayor) of Almaty city Akhmetzhan Yessimov has admitted the existence of gays in the city.

01 November 2013 17:55

500 civilians evacuated from besieged Syrian town Some 500 women, children and elderly civilians trapped in the besieged town of Moadamiyet al-Sham, southwest of Damascus, have been evacuated.

30 October 2013 17:27

UN inquiry chief left in tears by N. Korea brutality The head of a UN inquiry into North Korea rights abuses told Tuesday how he had been reduced to tears by witness accounts of people who fled the hardline state.

30 October 2013 12:24

Churchill's London bunker welcomes wannabe WWII spies Deep in the bowels of London's Churchill War Rooms, shadowy figures are learning how to defuse bombs, crack codes and rooting out hidden microphones.

28 October 2013 15:00

Britain braces for worst storm in a decade Britain faced travel chaos on Monday and more than 10,000 homes were without electricity in northwestern France as a massive storm swept in from the Atlantic Ocean.

28 October 2013 14:30

'Dark is Beautiful' movement takes on unfair India Looking to find a husband, make friends, and get ahead at work? Then you need to have lighter skin. That's the all-pervasive message in India.

27 October 2013 11:47

Car bomb kills 40 as fears mount for trapped Syrians A car bomb outside a mosque near Damascus killed at least 40 people on Friday, an NGO said, as a top UN official expressed mounting concern over hundreds of thousands of trapped civilians.

26 October 2013 22:31

'Apocalyptic' smog eases in Chinese city A bout of choking smog that brought life to a standstill in a far northeast Chinese city for three days has dissipated, with flights resuming and students returning to school.

24 October 2013 11:07

Libya finds little to celebrate two years after 'liberation' Libya marked the second anniversary Wednesday of its "liberation" from loyalists of veteran dictator Moamer Kadhafi with no official celebrations as it struggles to heal the wounds of the conflict.

23 October 2013 13:39

Americans warm to online dating, survey shows Americans are growing more comfortable with online dating, and many are finding a spouse or partner in cyberspace.

21 October 2013 10:43

Japan typhoon search resumes as another storm looms The search resumed Monday for 19 people still missing after last week's typhoon-sparked landslides on a Japanese island, as meteorologists warned of another "very strong" storm.

21 October 2013 10:11

Indonesian miners risk lives in modern-day gold rush In a desolate area of central Indonesia where lush rainforest once stood, illegal miners on the frontline of a modern-day gold rush tear up the earth in the hunt for the precious metal.

20 October 2013 19:29

Frogmen join body hunt as Japan typhoon tolls hit 24 Frogmen were Friday scouring waters off the coast of a Japanese island where landslides buried houses when a huge typhoon rolled through, as the death toll reached 24.

19 October 2013 12:48

New Global Slavery Index estimates 30 million affected An estimated 30 million people worldwide are living in modern-day slavery.

18 October 2013 10:00

Respite for families in Spain mass eviction protest Doris Perez broke into tears when she heard she could stay two weeks more in the Spanish apartment she has occupied, amid a mass protest to save her and scores of others from eviction.

17 October 2013 16:16

Search for bodies after deadly Laos plane crash Rescuers searched for bodies Thursday after a Lao Airlines plane carrying dozens of people, about half of them foreigners, crashed in the Mekong River with everybody on board believed dead.

17 October 2013 14:56

Japanese doctor with TB saw over 600 patients: official A Japanese doctor infected with tuberculosis examined more than 600 patients without wearing a mask.

16 October 2013 18:28

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