Burmese woman in Thai 'human zoo' "Because of my rings I have suffered many problems, she said. "I wear them not for tourists. I wear them for tradition. Now I feel like a prisoner."
MIDDLE AGE BLUES
Happiness is being young or old Andrew Oswald, from the University of Warwick, and David Blanchflower, from Dartmouth College in the US, led a study of more than two million people from 80 countries to find if happiness was related to age...
POLITICS IN UP
Mired in 'Mayajaal' Mayawati is emboldened by her 'UP experiment' and is set to try the 'winning formula' elsewhere.
What's the buzz
3,000mph eco-friendly passenger jet planned With funding from the European Space Agency, a team of engineers and scientists has come up with the A2, a plane they believe could carry 300 passengers at a top speed of more than 3,000mph.
Royal parade... King penguins walk on the road covered with snow at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Japan, on Tuesday. Penguins take a stroll everyday to exercise during the winter season. AFP
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