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1. Pakistan earthquake kills 160

Asian News, Wednesday 29 October 2008
AN earthquake has killed at least 160 people and destroyed hundreds of homes in south-west Pakistan.

2. Translating Libya: Stories of love and hardship

Asian News, Monday 6 October 2008
Ethan Chorin’s book Translating Libya: The Modern Libyan Short Story defies being pigeon-holed within a particular genre. At its heart are 16 Libyan short stories newly translated by Chorin (in three cases, jointly with Basem Tulti). But the book is at the same time a delightful mixture of travelogue, scholarly study and a record of personal encounters.

3. Fertility tourism rife in India

Asian News, Wednesday 30 July 2008
The ads are brazen: 'healthy young women - superovulated exclusively for you!'. The fees are half those of UK clinics ('flights and hotel included!'). And the industry is unregulated, leaving doctors free of legal and ethical constraints. No wonder more and more Europeans are going to India for fertility treatment. Raekha Prasad from The Guardian reports

4. Over 200 dead in Bangladesh cyclone

Asian News, Friday 16 November 2007
A cyclone that hit the coast of Bangladesh has killed at least 242 people and left thousands homeless, government officials said today.

5. Saudi woman in court for bigamy

Asian News, Wednesday 22 August 2007
A Saudi court is trying a woman for allegedly marrying two men, an illegal act under the Islamic law enforced in the kingdom where a man is permitted several wives, the Elaph news Web site reported.

6. Web marriage

Asian News, Monday 30 July 2007
A LEADING fundamentalist Islamic school has given the green light to on-line marriages.

7. Ready for citizenship test

Asian News, Friday 26 August 2005
THE process for proving language skills and knowledge of life in the UK for people applying for British citizenship has been clarified by the Home Office ...

8. Marriage rules get tougher

Asian News, Friday 1 April 2005
From February 1 this year people who are subject to immigration control can no longer freely marry while in the UK.

9. Backhander Bangladesh

Asian News, Monday 29 November 2004
The rot is everywhere
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