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Why are some people mosquito magnets? By Lisa Collier Cool Jul 15, 2013 If you feel as if every mosquito in a 50-mile radius has you locked in its sights, while your friends are rarely bitten, you could be right. Up to 20 percent of us are highly alluring to mosquitoes—and scientists have...

First McDonald's to open in Vietnam AFP Updated July 16, 2013, 8:22 pm HANOI (AFP) - McDonald's said Tuesday it would launch its first restaurant in communist Vietnam next year after granting a franchise to the son-in-law of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. The American fast food giant said...

Goldman Sachs profit doubles on investment gains Reuters July 16, 2013, 9:43 pm (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc's quarterly profit doubled, beating Wall Street estimates by a wide margin, as the bank made more from investing its own money and from underwriting. Goldman's net income rose...

Transgender couple in Taiwan protest annulment of their marriage Hsu Tzu-ching, Chen Wen-hsin and Staff Reporter 2013-07-14 08:55 Yi Ting, left, and Chih Yi, right. (Photo/Wang Yuan-mao) A marriage between two transgender people in Taiwan may be annulled as the government refuses to...

Transparency International stands by Taiwan corruption data CNA 2013-07-14 08:55 The Cass Research Center operates under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. (Photo/CNA) Transparency International is standing by its findings on Taiwan reported in its latest report on corruption but...

Local government's muscular GDP data is water weight, says Beijing Staff Reporter 2013-07-14 08:58 (GMT+8) Renminbi coinage. (Photo/CFP) China's GDP will no longer be the only measure of the country's economic success, Chinese president Xi Jinping announced on June 28. The comparison of...

China's Type 99 tank made to compete with German Leopard 2 Staff Reporter 2013-07-14 15:13 China's Type 99 main battle tank (Internet Photo) Type 99, the main battle tank of the People's Liberation Army, is believed to be in the same league as Germany's Leopard 2, which is considered the...

Asiana Plane Crash: Child Is The Third Victim The Chinese national had been in a critical condition after the Asiana Airlines flight crashed at San Francisco airport. 5:04am, Saturday 13 July 2013 The charred remains of the Asiana Airlines flight 214 sits on the runway at San Francisco...

China's failing footballers forced to attend 'patriotism education' classes One of China's top football clubs has vowed to "crackdown on sloth" among its players with a slew of new measures including forcing underperforming stars to attend "patriotism education" classes. Zhao Xuri of...

Chinese Communist party officials quit cigarettes 'to help pollution' Chain-smoking Communists in northern China have sworn to stub out their cigarettes in a bid to bring the country's appalling air pollution crisis under control. While coal is the main culprit for China's notoriously...

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High/Low An emotional search for belief and identity in modern China as gamblers deal with debt and addiction. Witness Last Modified: 09 Jul 2013 08:20<object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D <embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"...

<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Vs_RweE_RN0?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> EXCLUSIVE: The raid that killed Bin Laden Published on Jul 8, 2013 The Abbottabad Commission was charged with ascertaining the facts of what happened on the night of...

Three US kidnap victims break silence AFP Updated July 10, 2013, 2:08 am WASHINGTON (AFP) - Three US women who spent a decade of captivity in a Cleveland home have spoken publicly for the first time since their escape, thanking supporters and asking for continued privacy to rebuild their...

Really? Then why i am still posting a heap daily? Just by posting alone pisses PAP IB off and u can't stop me from doing that as long clone accounts are permitted. You will be disappointed to know that i am not like other forummers where u have harassed them off from this forum and can do that...

I've been up and down I've been all around I was mystified almost terrified But late at night I still hear kopiuncle call my name

PRs can't win Miss World Singapore By Charlene Chua The New Paper Monday, Jul 08, 2013 Miss Krizzia Sayson was devastated when she was told at her audition in February that she couldn't win Miss World Singapore 2013. As a Permanent Resident (PR), the Filipino actress can only be placed as...

Quake hits Indonesia's Sumatra days after deadly tremor AFP Updated July 6, 2013, 5:25 pm JAKARTA (AFP) - A strong 6.0-magnitude quake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra on Saturday, US seismologists said, just days after a tremor on the vast island killed dozens and left thousands homeless. No...

Pussy Riot members plan appeal AAP July 6, 2013, 3:27 pm Lawyers representing the two jailed Pussy Riot bandmates have confirmed reports they will be appealing the women's hooliganism convictions. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina have served close to half of a two-year sentence...

Tanzania says arrests Briton wanted by UK on terror charges Reuters July 6, 2013, 7:21 pm DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania has arrested a British man suspected of involvement in unspecified "terrorism activities" in Britain, police in the east African country said. Iqbal Ahsan Ali was...