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Chinese Road Show Involves Dislocating Child’s Arms, Reactions by Peter Barefoot on Monday, February 18, 2013 From QQ: Road Show Group Cruelly Demonstrates Dislocating Boy’s Arm 2013 February 14, the fifth day on the first month of the lunar new year, on a square in Fangchenggang City in...

Chinese Man Rents Girlfriend for Holiday, Gets Her Pregnant by Peter Barefoot on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 From NetEase: 38-Year-Old Man Rents “Post-90s Girlfriend” Home for Spring Festival Holiday, Gets Her Pregnant 38-year-old Gao X from Xuzhou can be considered a “leftover man” [a...

Elisa Lam’s Body Found in Water Tank, Netizen Reactions by Cecilia Miao on Saturday, February 23, 2013 On Sina Weibo: #Elisa Lam# United States local time February 19, the body of the 21-year-old ethnic Chinese girl Elisa Lam, who has been missing for three weeks, was found in a water tank...

45 arrested in Madrid after mass demonstration MADRID | Sun Feb 24, 2013 11:31am EST (Reuters) - Forty-five people have been arrested in Spain during disturbances following a demonstration on Saturday by tens of thousands of people against spending cuts and allegations of government...

Blast in Vietnam film effects warehouse kills 10 HANOI | Sun Feb 24, 2013 7:15am EST (Reuters) - Twin blasts at a warehouse owned by a cinema special effects expert killed 10 people and reduced three homes to burning rubble in Vietnam's biggest city, state media reported on Sunday. Teams of...

Topless women protest against Berlusconi as he votes in election MILAN | Sun Feb 24, 2013 8:24am EST (Reuters) - A group of topless women were dragged away by police on Sunday when they protested against former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as he voted in Italy's election. The...

Merkel's conservatives mull U-turn on gay couples' rights BERLIN | Sun Feb 24, 2013 8:43am EST (Reuters) - Leading members of Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) are considering a U-turn in policy on same sex couples after a court ordered the government to grant them greater adoption...

British cardinal rejects "inappropriate behavior" allegations British cardinal says consider pope from "developing world" Sat, Feb 23 2013 LONDON | Sun Feb 24, 2013 8:52am EST (Reuters) - Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric, a cardinal expected to take part in the conclave to choose...

Gloomy Italians vote in election crucial for euro zone By Catherine Hornby ROME | Sun Feb 24, 2013 11:29am EST (Reuters) - Italy voted on Sunday in one of the most unpredictable elections in years, with many voters expressing rage against a discredited elite and doubt that a government will...

Insight: Spiral of Karachi killings widens Pakistan's sectarian divide By Matthew Green KARACHI | Sat Feb 23, 2013 8:01pm EST (Reuters) - When Aurangzeb Farooqi survived an attempt on his life that left six of his bodyguards dead and a six-inch bullet wound in his thigh, the Pakistani cleric...

Tens of thousands in Spain protest economic policy, corruption By Paul Day MADRID | Sat Feb 23, 2013 4:57pm EST (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched through cities across the country on Saturday to protest deep austerity, the privatization of public services and political...

Italian marines held in India return home to vote ROME | Sat Feb 23, 2013 2:17pm EST (Reuters) - Two Italian marines charged in India with killing two fishermen while on anti-pirate duty a year ago arrived home on Saturday to vote in parliamentary elections this weekend. "We are happy to be...

Malian, French troops kill 15 Islamists in Gao: France PARIS | Fri Feb 22, 2013 8:19am EST (Reuters) - Malian troops backed by French soldiers and attack helicopters killed 15 Islamists in Gao on Thursday in fighting to retake a mayor's office occupied by the militants, France's Defense...