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0c1204a548defe2be966fd8494d79f0a | https://www.britannica.com/place/Bulgaria/The-national-revival | The national revival | The national revival
In the 19th century, growing Bulgarian discontent found direction in a movement of national revival that restored Bulgarian national consciousness and prepared the way for independence. The social foundation of this movement arose from the quickening of economic life in the late 18th and early 19th... |
e3c98bd5b9a96054a3eb88ae66a2c6a8 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Bulgaria/The-second-Bulgarian-empire | The second Bulgarian empire | The second Bulgarian empire
With the collapse of the first Bulgarian state, the Bulgarian church fell under the domination of Greek ecclesiastics who took control of the see of Ohrid and attempted to replace the Bulgarian Slavic liturgy with a Greek liturgy. Bulgarian culture was by this time too deeply rooted to be ea... |
2fa173bd46115f8e5ee86202401bb7cf | https://www.britannica.com/place/Bulgaria/World-War-I | World War I | World War I
When World War I began, Bulgaria declared strict neutrality, but the tsar and a Germanophile government under Vasil Radoslavov encouraged both sides to bid for Bulgarian intervention. In this contest, the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary and the German Empire) could offer far more at the expense of Serbia, G... |
95f9f78eb5b72e30e7219ce19c9a31a6 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Burrard-Inlet | Burrard Inlet | Burrard Inlet
Burrard Inlet, eastern arm of the Strait of Georgia, extending 23 miles (37 km) in an easterly direction into southeastern British Columbia, Canada. It varies from 1 to 4 miles in width and forms Vancouver Harbour, one of the best natural harbours on the Pacific coast of North America. Vancouver lies on... |
e16bca69472823962824ca20d1409f57 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Burundi | Burundi | Burundi
Burundi, country in east-central Africa, south of the Equator. The landlocked country, a historic kingdom, is one of the few countries in Africa whose borders were not determined by colonial rulers.
The vast majority of Burundi’s population is Hutu, traditionally a farming people. Power, however, has long rest... |
46e679f0bb2b26dd529912d830063aeb | https://www.britannica.com/place/Buryatiya | Buryatiya | Buryatiya
Buryatiya, also spelled Buryatia, republic of Russia in eastern Siberia. Buryatiya lies along the eastern side of Lake Baikal, with a panhandle bordering Mongolia and extending westward beyond the southern end of the lake. It was created in 1923 by the union of the Buryat-Mongol and Mongolo-Buryat autonomous... |
4ae93d74b2b0d302928f7233c1f3b08e | https://www.britannica.com/place/Byarezina-River | Byarezina River | Byarezina River
Byarezina River, also spelled Berezina, river in Belarus, a tributary of the Dnieper, which it joins near Rechytsa. Its 381-mile (613-km) length drains 9,450 square miles (24,500 square km). It rises north of the Minsk Elevation and flows south-southeast in a meandering course through a swampy forested... |
f5eefc1c3fbb4e69fefccd7819408a7a | https://www.britannica.com/place/Byzantine-Empire/Byzantine-decline-and-subjection-to-Western-influences-1025-1260 | Byzantine decline and subjection to Western influences: 1025–1260 | Byzantine decline and subjection to Western influences: 1025–1260
Basil II never married. But after his death his relatives remained in possession of the throne until 1056, less because of their efficiency than because of a general feeling among the Byzantine people that the prosperity of the empire was connected with ... |
535b27d3c83f4dfef4931e3ad01630fd | https://www.britannica.com/place/Byzantine-Empire/From-867-to-the-Ottoman-conquest | From 867 to the Ottoman conquest | From 867 to the Ottoman conquest
Under the Macedonians, at least until the death of Basil II in 1025, the empire enjoyed a golden age. Its armies regained the initiative against the Arabs in the East, and its missionaries evangelized the Slavs, extending Byzantine influence in Russia and the Balkans. And, despite the r... |
774794ddbdcbae0c4297865d194cbd9d | https://www.britannica.com/place/Byzantine-Empire/The-reforms-of-Diocletian-and-Constantine | The reforms of Diocletian and Constantine | The reforms of Diocletian and Constantine
The definition of consistent policy in imperial affairs was the achievement of two great soldier-emperors, Diocletian (ruled 284–305) and Constantine I (sole emperor 324–337), who together ended a century of anarchy and refounded the Roman state. There are many similarities bet... |
ce98ddf260f320debe1394b80d05f0a5 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cabimas | Cabimas | Cabimas
Cabimas, city, northeastern Zulia estado (state), northwestern Venezuela. It lies on the northeastern shore of Lake Maracaibo and is an important centre for the Ambrosio oil fields.
Just to the south of the city is La Salina refinery. Cabimas is linked by highway to other oil centres on the lakeshore and, via ... |
229df7ee1ab2c1e331162cfda213c702 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cabinda-province-Angola | Cabinda | Cabinda
Cabinda, also spelled Kabinda, northern exclave of Angola, on the west (Atlantic) coast of Africa north of the Congo River estuary. It is bordered by the Republic of the Congo to the north and northeast and is separated from Angola by part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south and southeast. Its... |
7b3e2f26b5fe1a0b44484f4b69597c54 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Caceres-province-Spain | Cáceres | Cáceres
Cáceres, provincia (province) of the Extremadura comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), western Spain, bordering Portugal to the west. The Tagus River runs through the province. Conquered by Alfonso IX from the Moors in 1229, it became part of the kingdom of León, and it was made a province of Spain in 183... |
8cae15661f3db9bb52869a73e94aeb55 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24140705 | Why is Spam a luxury food in South Korea? | Why is Spam a luxury food in South Korea?
Asia is celebrating the annual lunar thanksgiving holiday this week. In South Korea, where it's known as Chuseok, the holiday is celebrated by visiting family, paying respects to ancestors... and the giving and receiving of packaged cans of Spam.
The pre-cooked tins of pork me... |
203573e9aea11003b4e89a69094a4651 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24185441 | Pakistan frees top Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar | Pakistan frees top Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, co-founder of the Afghan Taliban, has been freed from jail in Pakistan.
The Afghan government welcomed the move, as it sees him as one of the few senior Taliban figures willing to negotiate a peace deal to end unrest.
Mullah Baradar is on... |
d1209f77ebea65dc4841d34211ac2c1b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24238685 | Afghanistan 'two-headed' baby in successful operation | Afghanistan 'two-headed' baby in successful operation
Doctors in eastern Afghanistan have conducted a rare operation to remove a second skull growing on the head of a two-month-old baby girl.
Baby Asree Gul was discharged on Wednesday, after a successful operation in a Nangarhar hospital last week.
Doctors say the surg... |
7d550100e1e035c17d96ac6bdb8bb7e2 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24296748 | At least 17 die in Pakistan bus bomb | At least 17 die in Pakistan bus bomb
At least 17 people have been killed in a bus bombing near the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials say.
The vehicle was carrying government employees back home in the Gulbela area, some 15km north-east of the city.
More than 70 passengers were on board, police said.
P... |
dc3f11f010d4cd9bf69280cc8d687a4e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24377520 | Fukushima leaks: radioactive water overflows tank | Fukushima leaks: radioactive water overflows tank
Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has a new leak of radioactive water after workers overfilled a storage tank, its operator says.
The workers miscalculated the tank's capacity as it was tilted on unlevel ground, plant operator Tepco said.
It said around 430 litre... |
9827f0b7220de811f91f7205853cc6dc | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24404178 | Afghanistan celebrates cricket World Cup qualification | Afghanistan celebrates cricket World Cup qualification
Celebrations have taken place across Afghanistan after its cricketers qualified for the first time for the World Cup, to be held in 2015.
The team beat Kenya by seven wickets on Friday in their final qualifying match in Sharjah.
More than 1,000 overjoyed fans watch... |
e675e8b6c4685bd13733d6036cd4d4db | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24428567 | Why does Singapore top so many tables? | Why does Singapore top so many tables?
Singapore is a small nation with few of its own natural resources. Yet in the past 50 years it has transformed itself into one of the world's economic powerhouses. Here, Tenna Schoer, a Danish journalist based in Singapore, counts some of the measures where the country comes top o... |
c71869c0c74f3fc24683753ff9a4a235 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24463839 | Pakistan Taliban head Hakimullah Mehsud 'open to talks' | Pakistan Taliban head Hakimullah Mehsud 'open to talks'
Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has told the BBC he is open to "serious talks" with the government but says he has not yet been approached.
In a rare interview, he denied carrying out recent deadly attacks in public places but said he would continue to ... |
1e5a290305858804781758e5c3ea2801 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24481955 | Musharraf arrested in Pakistan over Red Mosque case | Musharraf arrested in Pakistan over Red Mosque case
Pakistani ex-President Pervez Musharraf has been arrested over a 2007 mosque raid a day after the country's supreme court granted him bail in another case.
The operation ordered by Gen Musharraf on Islamabad's besieged Red Mosque left a cleric and more than 100 others... |
4020711d279c983845b88e46ed4cc686 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24531140 | Japan Typhoon Wipha kills 17 people | Japan Typhoon Wipha kills 17 people
At least 17 people have been killed after a powerful typhoon lashed Japan's eastern coast.
An island south of Tokyo, Izu Oshima, was worst hit by Typhoon Wipha, suffering landslides and flooding.
Many people died when houses collapsed or were buried in mudslides. At least 50 people r... |
ad2acbb3b50b8e7a468fc74d5f03c338 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24579099 | Australia fires: NSW Blue Mountains fires 'could merge' | Australia fires: NSW Blue Mountains fires 'could merge'
Fire fighters in Australia's New South Wales have worked throughout the day to battle bushfires across the state, amid fears three blazes could merge.
New South Wales has been badly hit by bushfires after the hottest September on record. It has declared a state of... |
2559b5bf4f51ba634c110e75e149ed18 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24768298 | South Korea President Park: 'No purpose' to Japan talks | South Korea President Park: 'No purpose' to Japan talks
South Korea's president has highlighted a deep rift with Japan, as the region struggles to rein in North Korea's growing nuclear capability.
President Park Geun-hye told the BBC she saw no point in a summit with the Japanese leader unless the country apologised fo... |
a35097ad6d06bbb3234e1d76ee85bc04 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24793127 | Bangladesh finds UK and US accused guilty of war crimes | Bangladesh finds UK and US accused guilty of war crimes
A UK Muslim leader and a US citizen have been sentenced to death over crimes committed during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence.
UK-Bangladeshi Muslim community leader Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khanwas were being tried in absentia by a special tr... |
395296d17e96868d7b249e7549630fab | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24802702 | Pakistan's Musharraf step closer to release after bail | Pakistan's Musharraf step closer to release after bail
A Pakistani court has granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the 2007 army operation to oust militants from Islamabad's Red Mosque.
The court approved bail on condition Mr Musharraf pay bonds totalling $2,000.
BBC correspondents say he has now ... |
794bb503e0800a1baca004733c7fee17 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24917809 | Nasiruddin Haqqani: Who shot the militant at the bakery? | Nasiruddin Haqqani: Who shot the militant at the bakery?
At first it appeared as if two men had been injured in a gun attack at a bread shop in the eastern suburbs of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad - just a routine shooting, a senseless crime in a large city.
But eyewitnesses noticed a number of aberrations. Some told l... |
35b55be721bc3500fa1181b29e6b4b4b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24922934 | Tamils stopped en route to Colombo before Commonwealth summit | Tamils stopped en route to Colombo before Commonwealth summit
More than 100 Tamils whose family members disappeared during or after Sri Lanka's civil war have been prevented from travelling to Colombo as the city hosts a Commonwealth summit.
The military stopped their buses from leaving the north en route to a human ri... |
e9924707c2bdb322da6c18c5d5a2f051 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25099105 | Thailand protests: More ministries surrounded in Bangkok | Thailand protests: More ministries surrounded in Bangkok
Thai protesters have surrounded several more government ministries, amid anti-government demonstrations in Bangkok.
The protesters want PM Yingluck Shinawatra's government to resign, saying it is controlled by her brother - ousted former PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
Af... |
3a5c3027c72a7d726e775d8932afc5a9 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25102915 | Japan approves new state secrecy bill to combat leaks | Japan approves new state secrecy bill to combat leaks
The lower house of the Japanese parliament has approved a state secrecy bill that imposes stiffer penalties on civil servants who leak secrets and journalists who try to obtain them.
The move had been criticised by reporters and freedom of speech campaigners as a he... |
33b129a39f6f2eb8b6f1628c101b9754 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25122054 | Profile: Raheel Sharif, Pakistan's 'strategic' army head | Profile: Raheel Sharif, Pakistan's 'strategic' army head
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has finally nominated a new army chief, choosing an officer who was number three on the seniority list.
BBC Urdu's Asif Farooqi in Islamabad says that Gen Raheel Sharif - who is not related to the prime minister - is seen by ... |
c4712d43bb5a9bca157bec84c5f93cd6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25165503 | US carriers urged to comply with China air zone rules | US carriers urged to comply with China air zone rules
The US says it expects its civilian aircraft to observe China's rules in an air defence zone in the East China Sea.
A US
statement said
this did not mean the US accepted China's requirements in the zone covering territory claimed by China, Japan, Taiwan and South Ko... |
fea79f68622054bb3186ba3f4ee7946f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25295312 | North Korea images confirm removal of Kim Jong-un's uncle Chang Song-thaek | North Korea images confirm removal of Kim Jong-un's uncle Chang Song-thaek
North Korea has broadcast images of the once-powerful uncle of leader Kim Jong-un being removed from a meeting, confirming reports of his dismissal.
The dramatic images show Chang Song-thaek being escorted from a party session by uniformed guard... |
85fa2a0d7c873bc76cff4a58778a1184 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25297833 | Philippines power-sharing: Aquino hails deal | Philippines power-sharing: Aquino hails deal
Philippine President Benigno Aquino has hailed a power-sharing deal with Muslim rebels but warned that "contentious" issues still needed to be resolved.
The accord with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) paves the way for ending a four-decade conflict that has claimed ... |
0bb3de1871226deda0d8c2b75a2ce4d2 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25565645 | N Korean leader Kim Jong-un hails execution of uncle | N Korean leader Kim Jong-un hails execution of uncle
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has spoken of the "elimination of factionalist filth" in his first public reference to the execution of his once-powerful uncle last month.
In a new year message broadcast on state TV, he said "resolute action" had strengthened the cou... |
ded441b0f636428c11ba64a95320c296 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25866350 | Burma violence: UN calls for Rohingya deaths inquiry | Burma violence: UN calls for Rohingya deaths inquiry
The UN human rights chief has called on Burma to investigate reports that dozens of Rohingya Muslims have been killed in attacks by Buddhists in Rakhine state.
In a statement, Navi Pillay said a "full, prompt and impartial investigation" was needed.
The UN had "credi... |
551b088cff281eb22b9e8c3d8a556795 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25881705 | Ten 'big facts' about India | Ten 'big facts' about India
India often attracts generalisations and stereotyping, but more often it defies them. After all, it is an enormous and varied place with the genetic, linguistic, culinary and sartorial diversity which are usually found in a continent. Sam Miller, a former BBC Delhi correspondent who has spen... |
3720bcbbc31f80a07b0d92fa4f28fd77 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25974826 | Thai protesters blockade ballot papers as election looms | Thai protesters blockade ballot papers as election looms
Thailand's anti-government protesters are blockading buildings where ballot papers are being stored, two days before the general election.
At least one office in Bangkok has been surrounded and several in southern Thailand in an attempt to prevent ballot papers b... |
a50c9a42223d20881753a382b8b564f1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25989262 | Woman engineer at the centre of India's space mission | Woman engineer at the centre of India's space mission
For two years, Minal Sampath, a systems engineer working on India's mission to Mars, worked flat out in a windowless room, often for 18 hours a day, to be ready for the country's most ambitious space project to date.
"We had a great team and there [was] an understan... |
472dcf073c196960cffceafdab7f93a3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25997318 | Thailand election: Several hurt in Bangkok gun battle | Thailand election: Several hurt in Bangkok gun battle
At least six people have been injured in gun battles in Bangkok between government opponents and supporters, a day before Thailand's general election.
Journalists and members of the public raced for cover as protesters with handguns and rifles traded fire.
The demon... |
fbe7125eb2ca8d48d6b0d25485487804 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26000534 | India protest over student 'hate crime' death in Delhi | India protest over student 'hate crime' death in Delhi
Hundreds of people have protested in Delhi against the beating and subsequent death of a university student from north-eastern India.
Officials say 19-year-old Nido Tania was beaten on Wednesday by shopkeepers who had ridiculed his appearance. He died the next day.... |
463dedd28bf60a19ffccc75f4e1f1a88 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26013056 | A Helmand that is rarely seen | A Helmand that is rarely seen
The BBC's Bilal Sarwary recently travelled about Helmand province where he observed police at work, spoke to people on the streets and nomads on the move in a critical year for Afghanistan.
Helmand from the air has always looked the same: a dry patchwork of farmland, a long river twisting ... |
62c24ac30710338958a59962e1dc8b3c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26043929 | Koreas agree to family reunions in February | Koreas agree to family reunions in February
North and South Korea have agreed to hold reunions for families separated after the Korean War, following calls from Pyongyang to improve ties.
The reunions are scheduled to take place in February. If held, they would be the first reunions since 2010.
In September, the North ... |
6f89a2973579907644e1296e981960dd | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26062679 | Afghan Taliban capture British military dog | Afghan Taliban capture British military dog
ISAF officials in Afghanistan have confirmed a military dog went missing during a mission in December last year.
US military sources say the dog belonged to a coalition partner and the BBC understands it was working for British forces.
The Taliban earlier released footage of ... |
2df4bd2cb4b45375fa3323a7e3b83099 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26096121 | Japan snowfall disrupts air, rail and road transport | Japan snowfall disrupts air, rail and road transport
A severe snow storm warning has been issued in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, with residents urged to stay indoors.
Correspondents say it is the first such warning for the city in 13 years.
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled, roads closed and some train services s... |
024c5f687e3f08bd48aaac7865988b56 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26333574 | North Korea 'violates' sea border with South amid drills | North Korea 'violates' sea border with South amid drills
A North Korean patrol boat violated a sea border with the South several times late on Monday, officials in Seoul say.
The ship spent a few hours south of the border, nearing a South Korean border island, before returning after repeated warnings from the South, th... |
9a6e382100c2952b79cde7c3ec77362c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26397602 | Pakistan polio team hit by deadly attack | Pakistan polio team hit by deadly attack
A bomb attack on a polio vaccination team in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 11 people, officials say
A roadside bomb went off as the police-guarded convoy drove through a village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the Afghan border.
The attack is the latest in a series... |
61c59fb604618807419b94ad423fec69 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26446060 | Seoul: China plane 'flew near North Korea missile path' | Seoul: China plane 'flew near North Korea missile path'
South Korea has criticised a North Korean missile test which it says took place as a Chinese passenger plane flew in the area.
Tuesday's launch was one of several missile tests conducted by Pyongyang in recent days.
"There were no accidents, but a very dangerous a... |
cbe89b0b3020961edf95b6b5991c1978 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55301203 | China biodegradable plastics 'failing to solve pollution crisis' | China biodegradable plastics 'failing to solve pollution crisis'
A massive increase in biodegradable plastic production in China is outpacing the country's ability to degrade the materials, according to a new report published by the charity Greenpeace.
China - the world's largest producer of plastic waste - introduced ... |
9d8de9474c1c6b08b05e5a7c3fb77b13 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55344408 | Shukatsu sexism: The Japanese jobseekers fighting discrimination | Shukatsu sexism: The Japanese jobseekers fighting discrimination
Japan has one of the most intense, fiercely competitive and stressful recruitment processes for new graduates anywhere in the world. The way men and women are expected to dress is just one of the many demands part of the highly rigid experience. But as a ... |
e0d2f8547bdbde05d4dd9dcc92e7f7db | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55359772 | The K-pop inspired band that challenged gender norms in Kazakhstan | The K-pop inspired band that challenged gender norms in Kazakhstan
They made their debut as a boy band, expecting to create music and amass fans along the way. Instead they were met with anger, protests and even threats.
They perform choreographed dance routines, sing addictive tunes and have shockingly slick music vid... |
32b8dce05a84bcfc281ba943f48f1a29 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55391806 | Covid-19: Couple holds 10,000 people drive-thru wedding in Malaysia | Covid-19: Couple holds 10,000 people drive-thru wedding in Malaysia
The coronavirus pandemic has put paid to many couples' dreams of a large wedding.
But one Malaysian duo has managed to dodge restrictions which would have limited the guest list to 20 and welcomed a reported 10,000 people to their nuptials, all in a Co... |
0287ad74e8492b6b75f1d4bbc6062c76 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55545519 | Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, suspected Mumbai attack leader, jailed in Pakistan | Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, suspected Mumbai attack leader, jailed in Pakistan
A Pakistan court has sentenced Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, a senior leader of the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, to five years in prison for terror financing.
Lakhvi has been accused by India and the US of orchestrating the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, ... |
1fa54bab7854f7cba2f9e385cb6394f1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55563598 | Kim Jong-un says North Korea's economic plan failed | Kim Jong-un says North Korea's economic plan failed
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has admitted his five-year economic plan for the isolated country failed to meet its targets in "almost every sector".
He was speaking at the opening of a rare congress of his ruling Workers' Party - only the eighth in its history.
Nor... |
d593f5cc49a794cf5628118ea317376e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55579775 | Covid-19: Singapore woman jailed for hiding meetings with male friend | Covid-19: Singapore woman jailed for hiding meetings with male friend
A woman in Singapore who concealed her meetings with a male friend from coronavirus contact tracing has been sentenced to five months in prison.
Oh Bee Hiok, 65, was worried her family would think she was having an affair if she disclosed the meet-up... |
8e87269307b37f6ee38b98637efc7ee0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55784104 | Tse Chi Lop: Alleged Asian drug lord arrested in Amsterdam | Tse Chi Lop: Alleged Asian drug lord arrested in Amsterdam
Police in the Netherlands have arrested the alleged head of one of the world's biggest drugs gangs, on a warrant issued by Australia.
Tse Chi Lop - a Chinese-born Canadian national - is said to be the head of The Company, which dominates a $70bn illegal drugs m... |
ccd690a6dc7b37d10c0ca7cf8ac54f41 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-56099237 | Japan student forced to dye her hair wins compensation | Japan student forced to dye her hair wins compensation
A woman in Japan has won compensation after teachers repeatedly pressurised her to dye her hair black, causing her to drop out of school.
The school did not believe her natural hair colour was brown and told her to dye it black.
It banned her from attending some cl... |
0345bd58d9ec0a1fc598a00071c9a18a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-17071207 | Row erupts over HK hopeful Henry Tang's basement | Row erupts over HK hopeful Henry Tang's basement
Henry Tang, the man tipped to be Hong Kong's next chief executive, has blamed his wife amid a scandal over a basement built illegally in their home.
The structure under the swimming pool reportedly includes an entertainment suite, a jacuzzi and wine cellar.
The 59-year-o... |
aee97409ced0749496fac56009878102 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-17195886 | China violence: 12 dead in Kashgar city in Xinjiang | China violence: 12 dead in Kashgar city in Xinjiang
Chinese state media says 12 people have died in riots near the north-western city of Kashgar in Xinjiang province.
Xinhua news agency reported that rioters killed 10 people, while police shot dead two of the rioters.
The report gives no detail as to what might have tr... |
32ebb21484366f118c84ae6984553062 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-23945616 | How real is China's anti-corruption campaign? | How real is China's anti-corruption campaign?
China's anti-corruption campaign seems to be gathering steam by the day. Chinese citizens are subjected to a near-constant stream of headlines in the country's state media, announcing new investigations into business executives and political officials alike. Here are some a... |
bb7d5e296b859ff5bfc29e91a0e8a958 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-35499442 | IAAF investigates letter alleging doping in Chinese athletics | IAAF investigates letter alleging doping in Chinese athletics
The body that governs world athletics has said it is investigating a letter alleging historic state-backed doping in the sport in China.
The previously unseen letter was apparently written by Chinese Olympic medallist Wang Junxia in 1995, but only published ... |
843ea36b4a039f65477ea0e79cfa1c91 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55821285 | China mine rescue: Miners saved after knocking on pipe | China mine rescue: Miners saved after knocking on pipe
Two Chinese miners rescued after being trapped underground for two weeks have described how they made contact with rescuers - by knocking on a pipe.
They also spoke of their relief at being free, with one saying he "feels reborn", in their first comments since thei... |
420ef96e54f6aed977b78b7cb57b6bb6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55941894 | Chinese star Gao Liu shares photos of 'nightmare' nose surgery | Chinese star Gao Liu shares photos of 'nightmare' nose surgery
A Chinese actress has warned about the dangers of cosmetic surgery by sharing pictures of her damaged nose after a procedure went wrong.
Gao Liu is a singer and actress who has starred in multiple films and TV programmes, and has been seen as something of a... |
6668f264ea89718fc7a99ec39f468c67 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55992825 | Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail under security law | Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail under security law
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been denied bail while awaiting trial under a controversial new national security law.
Mr Lai, 73, is accused of conspiring with foreign forces to endanger national security, and could face a lengthy jail term.
... |
6889dee1c1969d015a46aac0c38100a8 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-56150615 | China 'Sexy tea' shop apologises for calling women 'bargains' | China 'Sexy tea' shop apologises for calling women 'bargains'
A popular Chinese beverage chain has apologised for using sexist slogans on its merchandise, after they sparked widespread outrage online.
Sexy Tea shop had referred to women as a "bargain" on one of its mugs, adding that customers could pick up women while ... |
7a85ccbef8b54bac4f939c7b21e6f363 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16001266 | London 2012: India 2012 Olympics protest in Bhopal burns Coe effigy | London 2012: India 2012 Olympics protest in Bhopal burns Coe effigy
Scores of survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster in India have burned an effigy of London 2012 Olympics organiser Lord Coe in protest at the sponsorship role of Dow Chemical.
The effigy, along with one of a top Indian Olympic official, was burned in Bhop... |
762b6ebdb6e7b0a96eab00c955f1d780 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16695754 | Salman Rushdie video-link to India festival cancelled | Salman Rushdie video-link to India festival cancelled
Author Sir Salman Rushdie's controversial video address to the Jaipur Literary Festival in India has been cancelled, its organiser says.
Sanjoy Roy said nearly 30 Muslim activists had tried to enter the venue and police had told him large crowds were gathering at ci... |
8f3da10f5c21ef520c856aedee1af044 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16715392 | India's battle to finish off polio | India's battle to finish off polio
"Just two drops" may become the quintessential public health war cry of the 21st Century in the massive global movement to finish off polio.
Certainly it will for India, exhilarated by its most recent success against the highly infectious viral disease capable of causing total and irr... |
379c2843102531fc4be36c2ad999ccab | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17362837 | India census: Half of homes have phones but no toilets | India census: Half of homes have phones but no toilets
Nearly half of India's 1.2 billion people have no toilet at home, but more people own a mobile phone, according to the latest census data.
Only 46.9% of the 246.6 million households have lavatories while 49.8% defecate in the open. The remaining 3.2% use public toi... |
abae9aa0ffc044143b4e1f12d52867af | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17398004 | Becoming an abuse statistic in patriarchal India | Becoming an abuse statistic in patriarchal India
Journalist Nita Bhalla recounts the lingering scars - physical and mental - from an assault on her and draws a wider lesson about violence against women in patriarchal India.
I stand in front of the mirror, surveying my face and body - still in shock at how it could have... |
4a293246d660e5be28f2842abe5b4a11 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-18461902 | Pranab Mukherjee nominated for Indian presidential post | Pranab Mukherjee nominated for Indian presidential post
India's Congress-led coalition alliance has declared Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as its candidate for the post of the country's president.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has appealed for cross-party support for the 77-year-old veteran politician.
"I am grateful... |
b5a8a34eef54a5ee72105f5d68072840 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19265059 | India conjoined twins face uncertainty | India conjoined twins face uncertainty
The case of teenage conjoined twins, Saba and Farah, has gripped India and the country's Supreme Court recently ordered the government to help the girls. The BBC Hindi's Vineet Khare visits the twins in their home in Patna, in the eastern state of Bihar, to find out what the futur... |
b9643ad7cbf1e902e8b52bb66c1e2957 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19572583 | Delhi row over bus lane reveals class divide | Delhi row over bus lane reveals class divide
A government initiative to reduce traffic chaos in the Indian capital, Delhi, by creating a special fast lane for bus users has run into a major controversy.
The city's first experimental Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor system allows bus users a smooth ride through traffic ... |
63aaa2817ccf195bf2abc692e691e84a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20920842 | India rape: Delhi court hears of forensic evidence | India rape: Delhi court hears of forensic evidence
DNA tests have linked five men with a gang rape and murder last month that has caused outrage in India, a court in Delhi has heard.
The pre-trial hearing was held at the District Court in the Saket area of the Indian capital.
The judge ordered the five to appear before... |
636380e7ce45ac1d8001037634649b72 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21229331 | Family of gang rape accused 'made infamous' in home village | Family of gang rape accused 'made infamous' in home village
A court in India has ruled that one of the six people accused of the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi last month is a minor. BBC Hindi's Shalu Yadav visited the village of this 17-year-old juvenile at the centre of a case that has shocked I... |
35987e71ac94317d4b7531e6f9bd0bd3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-23176581 | Maharaja of Patiala's 1,400-piece dinner set sells for $3m | Maharaja of Patiala's 1,400-piece dinner set sells for $3m
A dinner set commissioned by the former Maharaja of Patiala has been sold at auction for $3m (£1.9m).
The set was purchased by an anonymous collector, Christie's in London said.
The set weighs nearly 500kg (1,100lb). Every single piece in the magnificent 1,400-... |
bf35b8c59dff98fc5b95edc580cc2aac | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-23445876 | Indian media: Controversy over Narendra Modi visa letter | Indian media: Controversy over Narendra Modi visa letter
Media in India are discussing the controversy over a letter allegedly written by 65 MPs to US President Barack Obama, asking him not to issue a visa to controversial politician Narendra Modi.
Mr Modi is a senior leader of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Part... |
37d57549706c1f0db85936ac3e09457f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-23691561 | India submarine blast: AK Antony laments 'tragedy' | India submarine blast: AK Antony laments 'tragedy'
Indian Defence Minister AK Antony has described two huge explosions and a fire on an Indian submarine berthed at a Mumbai dockyard as a "shocking tragedy".
Eighteen sailors on board the INS Sindhurakshak are feared dead and divers are now trying to refloat the partiall... |
782802c58efdd0be5d94957add721e9b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-24830995 | Why Indians love Sachin Tendulkar | Why Indians love Sachin Tendulkar
Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar begins his last international game in the western Indian city of Mumbai on Thursday. Historian Ramachandra Guha explains what Tendulkar meant for India.
On the afternoon of 10 October,
Sachin Tendulkar announced he would retire from all forms of cr... |
86879eaad949228271ca25af53d71a4c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25568464 | India scraps $753m Finmeccanica helicopter deal | India scraps $753m Finmeccanica helicopter deal
India has cancelled a $753m (£455m) helicopter deal with Italian defence giant Finmeccanica after allegations of corruption, officials say.
The contract was for 12 luxury helicopters to transport VIPs.
Defence officials said they scrapped the deal because an integrity p... |
0b64652882110946a1f0b5e5e9a9c8e3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25709362 | How India managed to defeat polio | How India managed to defeat polio
It is three years since India last reported a case of polio. Patralekha Chatterjee reports on how the country appears to have finally managed to beat the disease.
Despite a healthcare system beset by severe problems, India has ushered in the new year with an achievement to be proud of.... |
4faaca81c31a29e58f6e2869a49bc72a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25790752 | Funeral stampede kills 18 in Indian city of Mumbai | Funeral stampede kills 18 in Indian city of Mumbai
At least 18 people have been killed and more than 40 injured in a stampede in India's western city of Mumbai.
Local officials say the incident happened when thousands of mourners gathered at the home of a Muslim spiritual leader who died on Friday.
Reports suggest peop... |
2399e410b00b989129e57b07867052ba | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25942584 | Why Mahatma Gandhi is becoming popular in China | Why Mahatma Gandhi is becoming popular in China
For the first time, Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi's own story of his life is to be available in China.
The Story of My Experiments With Truth
, which has sold more than 200,000 copies in India alone and has been translated in to some 35 languages, will now be tr... |
3262b47ba64bc00be56ceb02db8b8336 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-26445322 | India names general election dates | India names general election dates
India's general election will take place in nine phases in April and May, the Election Commission has announced.
Polling to elect a new Lok Sabha, or lower house, will be held from 7 April to 12 May. Votes will be counted on 16 May.
With some 814 million eligible voters, India's elect... |
82e2530725e18b87eff10979981cf356 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-26743975 | India's Congress party manifesto pledges 'growth for all' | India's Congress party manifesto pledges 'growth for all'
India's governing Congress party has promised "inclusive growth" if it returns to power in general elections.
Launching its election manifesto, it promises a raft of welfare schemes, including a right to healthcare for all and pensions for the aged and disabled.... |
eb93c7738a8b8c1f3546277929d74246 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-26762391 | India's social media election battle | India's social media election battle
Ahead of the general elections, political parties in India are attempting to woo voters on social media for the first time.
Politicians are taking part in Google+ Hangouts, televised interviews organised by Facebook and using the Facebook-owned smart phone messaging app WhatsApp to ... |
c3bfc4d080b3a32f106751e9b417ec1c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-27100491 | How India's iconic Gandhi cap has changed sides | How India's iconic Gandhi cap has changed sides
India's Congress party, fighting an uphill struggle to return to power in the current elections, has the Gandhi family on its side, and Rahul Gandhi leading its campaign - but the iconic Gandhi cap has changed sides.
This simple white cap, a bit like an upturned boat, has... |
49a367231a505ff922165a07500dfe51 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-28205741 | Have India's farm suicides really declined? | Have India's farm suicides really declined?
Are fewer farmers killing themselves in India today?
Yes, according to the
latest data
from the country's National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
A total of 11,744 farmers ended their lives in India in 2013, down from 13,754 farmers in 2012.
Most farm suicides have been linked ... |
63113bcc06da0ab63765b0af609bb029 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-28437829 | India doctors remove 232 teeth from boy's mouth | India doctors remove 232 teeth from boy's mouth
Doctors in India have extracted 232 teeth from the mouth of a 17-year-old boy in a seven-hour operation.
Ashik Gavai was brought in with a swelling in his right jaw, Dr Sunanda Dhiware, head of Mumbai's JJ Hospital's dental department, told the BBC.
The teenager had been ... |
4011ff96d56bef42c3185bf7721ba20a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-29339842 | Indian Supreme Court cancels 214 coal scandal permits | Indian Supreme Court cancels 214 coal scandal permits
India's Supreme Court has cancelled almost all the coal mining licences awarded by the government since 1993 in a corruption scandal which has cost the country tens of billions of dollars.
The court scrapped 214 of 218 licences awarded from 1993-2010 after finding t... |
e4a4fb3518893db6b03a09026bc8c860 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-29357630 | Padmini Prakash: India's first transgender news anchor | Padmini Prakash: India's first transgender news anchor
Padmini Prakash has become India's first transgender to anchor a daily television news show and she has been grabbing attention in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
Since 15 August - India's Independence Day - Padmini appears every evening at 19:00 to present a new... |
1a25aeed6f6b077dc434d7e34c02e2fd | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-30221820 | Indian hanged girls 'took their own lives' | Indian hanged girls 'took their own lives'
Two teenage Indian girls found hanging from a tree in May took their own lives and were not gang-raped and murdered, federal investigators have said.
The announcement came after months of inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation following global outrage.
Three men arrest... |
ec1ca4580013028385b22377add00db6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-30288173 | India's new comic 'super hero': Priya, the rape survivor | India's new comic 'super hero': Priya, the rape survivor
A new comic book with a female rape survivor as its "super hero" has been launched to focus attention on the problem of sexual violence in India.
Priya's Shakti
, inspired by Hindu mythological tales, tells the story of Priya, a young woman and gang-rape survivor... |
03d840b2d4b0adb8ae16759865a437db | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-30341215 | Deadly gun fight erupts in Kashmir | Deadly gun fight erupts in Kashmir
Three suspected militants and nine members of security forces have died in a gun battle in Indian-administered Kashmir, the Indian army has said.
The army said the incident happened when a group of armed militants attacked one of its camps in Uri.
The fighting between the militants an... |
afb0e81f95b04f75ed5636a00358e075 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-31347923 | Delhi election: Arvind Kejriwal's victory in cartoons | Delhi election: Arvind Kejriwal's victory in cartoons
Indian anti-corruption campaigner Arvind Kejriwal's spectacular win in the Delhi state elections was captured by cartoonist Ravi Chunchula for BBC Hindi.
The Aam Aadmi (Common Man) Party (AAP) won 67 of 70 assembly seats, relegating Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJ... |
c9658638da02fde42f4f97a0d6913e49 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-32112438 | India's Bihar state arrests '1,000 police test cheats' | India's Bihar state arrests '1,000 police test cheats'
More than 1,000 men have reportedly been arrested in India's Bihar state over the use of impersonators and false papers for police recruitment tests.
The fraud was uncovered when identity papers and fingerprints provided for different tests did not match up, a poli... |
04524556c14bc6086a7964e713970baf | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-33007086 | India ambush: Manipur rebels 'kill at least 20 soldiers' | India ambush: Manipur rebels 'kill at least 20 soldiers'
At least 20 soldiers have been killed and 15 injured in an attack on a troop convoy in north-east India, police say.
The ambush occurred in the state of Manipur as the convoy made its way to Imphal, the state capital.
The region's deadliest in years, the attack i... |
d2b12408aa49afd15c250df2271dd2f7 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-33179175 | India toxic alcohol kills 84 in Mumbai | India toxic alcohol kills 84 in Mumbai
At least 84 people have been killed after consuming toxic alcohol in India's western city of Mumbai (Bombay), local police say.
They say residents of a slum in the Malad area fell ill after drinking the alcohol on Wednesday morning.
More than 30 other people are being treated in h... |
512e255ad4055ee29064f7300ae76682 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-34513185 | Why the humble cow is India's most polarising animal | Why the humble cow is India's most polarising animal
Why do Indians love cows so much?
One of the reasons,
writes historian Mukul Kesavan,
is that 'for Hindus the desi cow is a beautiful thing".
"Its large eyes, its calm, its matte skin tinted in a muted palette that runs from off-white to grey through beige and brown,... |
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