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   Asia Pacific

   Raising doubts over Hong Kong's feng shui 'masters'

   AFP - Thursday, July 2

   HONG KONG (AFP) - - A high-profile court battle over the huge estate of late Hong Kong tycoon Nina Wang has lifted the lid on the city's obsession with the ancient Chinese energy system of feng shui. More »

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   Asia Pacific

   HK tycoon turned to feng shui 'to prolong life'

   AFP - Monday, June 29

   HONG KONG (AFP) - - An ailing Hong Kong tycoon gave her feng shui master more than 264 million dollars in the hope that it would help prolong her life, a court heard. More »

3. Asia Pacific

   Malaysia makes bold changes in race-based policies

   AP - Saturday, July 4

   KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The economic downturn is allowing Malaysia's leader to chip away at an affirmative action program for Malay Muslims that has been considered virtually untouchable in the past. More »

4. Asia Pacific

   China punishes officials after babies taken

   AP - Sunday, July 5

   BEIJING - Chinese authorities have punished six government officials after three baby girls whose parents were still alive were sent to an orphanage in southern China that subsequently put them up for adoption overseas, state media and an official said. More »

5. Asia Pacific

   NKorea test-fires seven ballistic missiles: SKorea

   AFP - Sunday, July 5

   SEOUL (AFP) - - North Korea test-fired seven missiles off its east coast Saturday, South Korean officials said, in an act of defiance apparently timed for the US Independence Day holiday. More »

6. Asia Pacific

   UN chief outlines Myanmar vision in rare speech

   AFP - Sunday, July 5

   YANGON (AFP) - - UN chief Ban Ki-moon gave a rare public speech on Saturday outlining his vision for a democratic Myanmar, just hours after the ruling junta refused to let him meet opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. More »

7. Asia Pacific

   Child mothers among Malaysia's indigenous: report

   AFP - Saturday, July 4

   KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - - Girls as young as 11 have been giving birth among Malaysia's Orang Asli, or "original people," according to a report. More »

8. Asia Pacific

   Thai zoo's 1st baby panda goes on display

   AP - Sunday, July 5

   CHIANG MAI, Thailand - Thousands of excited visitors flocked Saturday to a zoo in northern Thailand for the first public viewing of a baby panda, which has been featured on Thai front pages almost every day since her birth six weeks ago. More »

9. Asia Pacific

   SKorea says North fires 6 missiles off east coast

   AP - Sunday, July 5

   SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea fired six ballistic missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, a violation of U.N. resolutions and an apparent message of defiance to the United States on its Independence Day. More »

10. Asia Pacific

    Malaysia detains terror suspects: report

    AFP - Friday, July 3

    KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - - Malaysian police have detained three terror suspects under a tough security law for allegedly trying to revive the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant group here, according to a report. More »