Taliban 'kill adulterous Afghan couple'
SA man and a woman who allegedly had an adulterous affair have been stoned and killed in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz.
The punishment happened in a crowded bazaar on Sunday in the Taliban-controlled village of Mullah Quli. 17-8-2010
Iran changes Ashtiani stoning sentence for adultery to hanging
Iran’s government appears to be quietly moving away from death by stoning.
This week, Iran quickly commuted the sentence of a 25-year-old woman convicted of adultery, saying she will be hung instead of stoned to death, reports the Guardian. The change comes after Iran also recently commuted a death by stoning sentence in the high-profile case of a 43-year-old mother of two convicted of adultery. 17-8-2010
Singapore: Dr Love to the rescue
With his trendy clothes and wacky glasses, Wei Siang Yu looks more like an artist than a medical miracle-worker. But the man Singaporeans call "Dr. Love," is trying to cure this Asian nation of what ails it most: an excessively low birth-rate.
17-8-2010
Hong Kong filmmakers shoot 'first' 3D porn film
A group of Hong Kong filmmakers have started shooting what they claim will be the world's first 3D pornographic film, a report said Sunday. 17-8-2010
Being
gay in China or Tibet
Before
Communist China occupied it in 1948, Tibet was a
theocracy, ruled by a monastic hierarchy, whose
population growth tended to be low, given the high
proportion of celibate Buddhist monks and nuns in the
mountainous Himalayan nation.
20-8-2008
Being gay in South Korea
Like
neighbouring China and Japan, South Korea doesn't
criminalise male homosexuality, but nor does it have
antidiscrimination laws that cover gay men, lesbians or
members of the transgender community. In addition,
military service discrimination and discriminatory
censorship of LGBT publications is also a problem.
20-8-2008
'Sisters Plus' aids Angeles sex workers
Apple strode in, wearing a blouse printed
with Disney cartoon characters. Angel came like she was
ready for a volleyball match, while Naomi looked every
bit a fashion model bound for the ramp.
20-8-2008
Thai surgeons reject cosmetic castration ban
Thailand's plastic surgery clinics have
vowed to defy a recent government ban on performing
castrations, saying they will continue to offer sex
change operations in the country famous for its
"ladyboys". 20-8-2008
