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Rains wreak havoc in north India, leaving 60 dead
Monsoon woes gripped several parts of north India yesterday as heavy rains wreaked havoc in the hill states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh
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BAD SMOG: A group of friends having a picnic yesterday at 2:45pm at Marina Barrage, with a barely visible Singapore Flyer in the background. Just over an hour later, the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) hit 105 and kept rising. The last time Singapore saw such bad haze was in 1997, when the PSI topped 226. KEVIN LIM / The Straits Times
WALK ON STREET: Anti-government protesters hold their third weekly demonstration against Thailand's ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra regime at Ratchaprasong shopping area in Bangkok. Thanis Sudto/ The Nation
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A female suicide bomber carried out the attack on a bus carrying students of a university in Pakistan on Saturday that killed at least 25 people, an intelligence official reveals to Dawn. Speculation that NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden might have spied for Beijing is unsound, China Daily quotes Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman on Monday. South Korean President Park Geun-hye expressed her misgivings about the North Korea’s intention to earn time to make its nuclear weapons more sophisticated during her telephone conversation with US President Barack Obama, The Korea Herald reports. The Philippines and Taiwan are on the way to restoring their good relations after Friday’s breakthrough fishery meeting aimed at preventing the recurrence of violent confrontations in overlapping waters, Philippine Daily Inquirer says. The haze that shrouded Singapore yesterday was the worst in 16 years, and is expected to last for most of this week, according to The Straits Times.
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Artists share perspectives on climate change
Chinese noodles, the molecular method
Simple, full of flavour, and delicious
Musicians from China and the world will perform at the 2013 Beijing Modern Music Festival on May 18-24 with a concert titled Wing of the Dream
Zumba zooms and booms
Combining aerobics and dance, Zumba is an increasingly popular exercise that produces a wonderful sense of accomplishment
Myanmar film fest turns spotlight on human rights
Myanmar hosts its first Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival
Village's last potter keeps kiln burning
Dang Van Trinh digs clay to make pottery at the only remaining ceramics workshop in My Thien Village, in Vietnam's central province of Quang Ngai
When the forests have no more trees
Imposing wooden charnel houses are one of the unique architectural traditions of the Central Highlands in Vietnam
SINGAPORE: A family of American tourists visiting Singapore with a guide dog for their blind son were told by security guards at several malls and attractions that the animal was not allowed on the premises. However when they made further checks with the management they were informed that Donner, a black labrador, was indeed allowed and that the guards had been unaware of protocol and mistook the animal as a pet. Though they are common in the West, there are currently only three guide dogs in Singapore.
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