REPORT: ‘LUST, CAUTION’ ACTRESS IS VICTIM OF FRAUD
FILE – In this Oct. 4, 2012 file photo, Chinese actress Tang Wei adjusts her hair to pose for photographers during the opening ceremony of the Busan International Film Festival…
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HASINA SWORN IN FOR 3RD TIME AS BANGLADESH PM
Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid, left, administers the oath to Bangladesh’i Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, right, during her swearing in ceremony in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2013. Hasina was sworn…
BANGKOK BRACES AS THAI PROTESTERS SET FOR SHUTDOWN
By GRANT PECK and JINDA WEDEL Anti-government protesters wave clapping tools and blow whistles during a rally at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. Thailand’s capital…
NIGHT FIRE DESTROYS ANCIENT TIBETAN TOWN IN CHINA
By DIDI TANG A firefighter works on a roof of a wooden building while a fire ravages ancient Dukezong town in Shangri-la county, in southwestern China’s Yunnan province, Saturday Jan.…
DIRECTOR ZHANG YIMOU FINED $1.2M FOR HAVING 3 KIDS
By DIDI TANG FILE – In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 file photo, Chinese director Zhang Yimou arrives to attend Daejong Film Festival in Seoul, South Korea. Zhang must pay…
ABE HEADS TO AFRICA TO BOOST JAPAN’S PROFILE
By KEN MORITSUGU Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, and his wife Akie wave as they depart for Africa, at Haneda Airport in Tokyo Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. Abe is…
CZECHS HONOR ARMY DOG FOR AFGHANISTAN SERVICE
Four-year-old Czech military dog Athos who was seriously wounded in a Taliban rocket attack in Afghanistan in 2012 sits with dog handler Rostislav Bartoncik after being decorated by Czech Defence…
JAPAN, TURKEY PLAN TALKS ON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP
By ELAINE KURTENBACH Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend a welcome ceremony at Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo, Tuesday, Jan. 7,…