Asian
'Black Widow' changes face of professional billiards Professional billiards
still brings up images of overweight,
cigar-chomping white men swilling beer and
plying their trade in the smoke-filled back room
of a pool hall. But newer fans are rallying
around a different picture: An Asian beauty,
dressed in a black, cleavage-baring
spaghetti-strap lace top and matching slacks,
devouring opponents with ease as she claims one
championship after another.
India's
dancing girls win ban delay Tens of thousands of dancing girls in
India's financial and film capital of Bombay have won a
delay against a government decision to close them down.
State governor S.M. Krishna, has refused to approve the
move for now, saying in a statement on Friday he saw "no
immediate reason" to do so.
27-6-2005
Sex and the youth: Ignorance is still bliss Adolescence is a stage when
reproductive health is a major issue of concern, but
surprisingly puberty remains an alien concept for a
large number of city teens. A study conducted by a city
hospital has in fact shown that around 60 per cent of
city youth are ignorant about the onset of puberty and
related changes. 27-6-2005
Childhood lost in Kolkata's red-light district Every time her mother brings a man
home, little Pinky picks up her infant sister and goes
out to play in the grimy lanes of Kolkata's rundown red
light district. That is, if it is daytime. 27-6-2005
Asia-Pacific AIDS cases rise A
growing number of Hawaiians, Asians and Pacific
Islanders are being diagnosed with HIV/AIDs, according
to the latest state report. More women also are being
infected. 27-6-2005
Sexy
is the word Sex is its inspiration, but there's
more than titillation in Andy Quan's latest work. Andy
Quan calls his writing "literary" and "poetically
charged". But he'd hardly be perturbed if readers'
interest was less than cerebral. 24-6-2005
Nude riot police pictures prompt uneasy questions Nude photos of riot policemen that
have sparked a stir on the Internet. It has been learned
that the riot policemen in the photos, which were taken
in September, are part of a riot police unit it Gangwon
Province. 24-6-2005
Working to banish porn, create 'porna' This year,
feminists, including Ms. Lee, decided that the Anti Miss
Korea pageants had fully served their purpose and
instead opened an event targeting a more detailed topic:
pornography. 24-6-2005
A doctoral thesis on Thai wives A few years ago,
when Hannu Sirkkilä was on what was his first and so far
only tourist visit to Thailand, he quickly observed an
interesting fact: a considerable number of Western men
going around with a Thai woman. 23-6-2005
Onus on victims in Pakistan A Pakistani policeman charged with
raping a teenaged girl in a police station has been
charged under a controversial religious law that carries
the death penalty - but which could also enable him to
walk free. 23-6-2005
Japan's hard line on hardcore leaves crack open for femmes fatales Japan's recent rush to create laws
cracking down on sex has opened the door for a variety
of shysters looking to make a quick buck, and on the
front lines are the tsutsutomase, the name given to
beautiful women criminals. 23-6-2005
Malaysia: Divorce via SMS valid, but... Selangor Deputy
Mufti Datuk Abdul Majid Omar said pronouncing a divorce
using the Short Message Service (SMS) method is valid
because it is similar to doing it by letter. 22-6-2005
