Myanmar reforms reveal 'strong golf culture'
After decades in the shadows, Myanmar's sudden opening-up to the outside is shining a new light on the country - and revealing, amongst other things, one of Asia's most vibrant golf communities.
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Infant stabbed in Baltimore; mother in custody
Baltimore police say a mother has stabbed her infant daughter in the chest and neck at a social services building.
The 8-month-old baby is listed in stable condition and the mother is in custody.
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North Korea military warns of 'special actions' soon
North Korea's military vowed on Monday to launch unspecified ‘special actions’ soon meant to reduce South Korea's conservative government and media companies ‘to ashes’ in less that four minutes, in a
Doctor rolls out 'Hangover Heaven' on Vegas Strip
He had a Las Vegas wedding to attend, but Bryan Dalia was hung over from some marathon partying the night before.
"I did two bachelor parties, back-to-back," Dalia said, putting his hand to his foreh
Dutch prime minister, Cabinet resign
The Dutch government information service says that Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his Cabinet have resigned after failing to reach agreement on reducing the country's budget to meet European guidelines
Explosion, fireball reported in Nevada, California
A loud explosion heard across much of Nevada and California rattled homes and prompted a flood of calls to law enforcement agencies on both sides of the Sierra Nevada mountains, some reporting firebal
Cabbie unlikely celebrity in Colombia sex scandal
The Secret Service sex scandal has spawned X-rated jokes, inspired a spicy song set to a local Caribbean beat, and made an unlikely celebrity of a 42-year-old taxi driver who lives with his mother and
Costa Concordia to be salvaged in 1 piece
Salvage work to remove the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship from its rocky perch off Tuscany, where 32 people died, will begin early next month and is expected to take a year, the Italian owner an
New Mexico fat cat weighs in at nearly 40 pounds
Meow can't help but waddle. He's one super-sized cat.
The 2-year-old orange and white tabby tips the scale at nearly 40 pounds, and the Santa Fe Animal Shelter is on a mission to get the feline back
Japan to forgive $3.7 billion of Myanmar's debt
Japan said on Saturday it will forgive about 300 billion yen ($3.7 billion) of Myanmar's debt and resume development aid as a way to support the country's democratic and economic reforms.
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