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On bended knees, they rummage through the steamy, stinking rubbish, digging for anything they can sell. They are the trash hunters -- the poorest of the poor in Indonesia.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (UPI) --
The gender imbalance in China is threatening social stability and raising new concerns about human rights.
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JAKARTA, July 5 (UPI) --
Indonesian artist Faisal Rusdi's work is popular a half a world away. What he does overshadows what he can't do -- move his arms and legs.
By Kamini Mirchandani, Written for UPI |
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Mental illness is taking a prominent place on the already long list of problems facing the nation's correctional facilities.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (UPI) --
The gender imbalance in China is threatening social stability and raising new concerns about human rights.
By SarahMarie Harman, Written for UPI |
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Although the Chinese government has said that their regulation of the Tibetan Buddhist reincarnation has been an effort to protect the purity of Tibetan religion, experts believe China is, in fact, trying to destroy the Tibetan people.
By Shanley Knox, Written for UPI |
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Guilt over pre-marital sex combined with an acute focus on marriage and the pressure to find an approvable mate causes many South Asian women to struggle intensely in the American dating culture.
By Shanley Knox, Written for UPI |
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OAK BROOK, Ill., June 13 (UPI) --
Young adults work to make themselves "recession proof" in an unforgiving economy.
By Khadija Ghani |
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A significant percentage of Muslims responded favorably to Obama’s speech in Cairo, but are cautious about whether he’ll be able to deliver on his promises.
By Greg Perreault |
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WASHINGTON, June 5 (UPI) --
The recent foiled terrorist attack in New York raises questions about radicalization in American prisons.
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Separated by just 8 miles, a few shades of blue and a world of contempt, the University of North Carolina and Duke University basketball programs are...
By MICHAEL NORTH / UPI / University of Miami |
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Just days before her first match at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, defending champion Serena Williams dealt with more fashion-related...
By MICHAEL NORTH / UPI / University of Miami |
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The mere mention of a champion's life will conjure up an image filled with flowers, cheering crowds, honors and a substantial income; anything but giving...
By Xiaoming Shi |
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KOTTAYAM, India -- In the wake of the worldwide recession migrant laborers in India are finding Kerala, with its vibrant construction industry, a favored...
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Expecting a daily newspaper to deliver your news? How about those smiling talents on the morning news shows; waiting for them to give you world news and local reports? According to Jim Iovino, the online editor for News4 Washington, it’s not up to them anymore.
By Lauren Jost |
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Kashmiri, Indian and Pakisitani youth in Northern Virginia are taking a stand for the Kashmir conflict. They want to raise awareness and educate people.
By MAIRA IQBAL / UPI / George Mason University |
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Coca-Cola in China announced Thursday that it will cease bidding on Huiyuan Juice business. On the same day, China's Ministry of Commerce said that the bid...
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Last year the Sanlu poisonous milk powder scandal in China deeply affected the Chinese populace. When it was discovered that Sanlu was contaminating their...
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Promptly at 7 p.m. on March 16, Beijing's National Centre for the Performing Arts celebrated its one year anniversary by hosting a screening of the Beijing opera Red Cliff in the middle of New York's Times Square.
By Harumi Gondo |
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U.S. President Barack Obama announced his nomination for secretary of commerce on Wednesday. If confirmed, former Washington Gov. Gary Locke will be the third Asian-American in Obama’s Cabinet.
By Harumi Gondo |
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In the next five years the newspaper industry will be dead. Don’t believe that? Just ask Mark Potts of RecoveringJournalist.com.
By Emily Morrell / George Mason University |
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Junior Dave Korn first heard about Semester at Sea last spring through a student in his anthropology class. He had been interested in study abroad but was still uncertain about where he wanted to study. This changed when he visited the program’s website a
By MICHAEL SPEARS / UPI / University of Miami |
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STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK (originally produced June 28, 2008) - Last month, two carloads of Tibetan Buddhists, many recent immigrants to New York, ventured to Staten Island's South Shore with boxes of live marine creatures. Fish, crabs, snails and
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ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia (originally published July 26, 2008) -- In a case that tests the tradition of sanctuary, a paralyzed man faced with a deportation order has taken refuge in a Sikh temple in this western Canadian city. In early July, just two d
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NEW YORK -- The hypnotizing rhythm of the drums leaked from the lobby to the East Village sidewalk. A number of passersby were drawn to the doorway of the small meeting room on the ground floor of the building. The group inside, seated in a circle three r
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