5 Apr 2012 - 2:48pm
DHAKA: Kazi Ashraf Hossain's work colleagues always told him he had a talent for getting couples together, so when he was forced to quit his job as a crane operator, he set up as a matchmaker.
Nearly 40 years later, Hossain -- known by his nickname "Pakhi Bhai" (Bird Brother) -- is celebrated as Bangladesh's national cupid who has put...
5 Apr 2012 - 1:11pm
LOS ANGELES, April 4, 2012 (AFP) - Pop legend Whitney Houston may have overdosed on drugs and alcohol before drowning face-down in her bathtub, coroners said Wednesday, giving grisly details of her shocking death in February.
The 48-year-old was found lying face down in her bathtub in the Beverly Hilton hotel, the Los Angeles County Coroner...
4 Apr 2012 - 2:32pm
JOHANNESBURG: Once feared as a gangster's paradise, downtown Johannesburg's restored buildings, flowing fountains and sidewalk art are attracting an unusual breed of tourist -- local pedestrians.
"I was born in Johannesburg, but I had never been to the city centre," said student James van Biljon on a guided Saturday stroll with his family...
3 Apr 2012 - 12:44pm
CANNES, France, April 3, 2012 (AFP) - Helping people overcome a life challenge, find true love or track down children snatched by an estranged partner: community support is the latest trend in reality TV.
Many of the new show formats to hit TV screens in the coming months will focus on the idea of help between strangers, French TV research...
2 Apr 2012 - 1:55pm
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2012 (AFP) - Skin cancer is on the rise among young adults, according to a US study published Monday that suggests indoor tanning beds and childhood sunburns may be to blame. Between 1970 and 2009, the rate of melanoma among women increased eightfold and quadrupled among men, according to the research by Mayo Clinic...
1 Apr 2012 - 10:42pm
HONG KONG: Hypnotherapist Dick Yu has a mission that seems unthinkable to some Hong Kong people: he wants to make the Asian financial hub's seven million residents laugh.
"Hong Kong people don't laugh because they are under constant pressure to make more money, to make life better," says Yu, who has founded 11 Laughter Clubs in the southern...
