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Fearing divorce, Japanese men learn to say 'I love you'
In a country where reticence about one's private life is the norm, these men are trying to prove their worth to their wives by making their vows as public as possible.
NTUC lends working mums a hand
The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) yesterday announced a slew of schemes to help working women.
Beauty bootcamp at China Olympics
Around 560,000 hopefuls have volunteered to put themselves through a gruelling self-improvement course at a vocational school in Beijing. They hope to appear alongside medal-winning athletes during award ceremonies at the Olympics next August.
More S'pore couples divorcing earlier
But despite more calling it quits, local rates still relatively low
Ruling the dance floor at 70
This grandmother of one (middle) is not taking life easy after retirement. She took up a dance course after retiring more than 10 years ago, and is now well-versed in various types of dance, including her latest interest - belly-dancing.
New York holds first summit of women leaders
Some 100 women business leaders, members of government, lawmakers, diplomats and researchers will attend.
'My mistress had been keeping a toyboy'
A middle-aged man thought he had it all when he found a sexy, attractive woman for his mistress who was obedient and submissive. But after four years of being kept in the dark, he discovered that not only had she been keeping a toyboy, but he was her seventh man.
Report: Court Sentences Rape Victim
A Saudi court sentenced a woman who had been gang raped to six months in jail and 200 lashes.
Cricket Club gives women full access after 155 years
The last off-limits room - the Men's Bar - opened to them this month. It is the only room at the 155-year-old club, and probably the entire country, that has stayed off-limits to women till now.
Loss of son led her to full-time volunteer work
When she lost her seven-year-old son Hamilton to cancer in 1994, she reassessed her life and realised that she 'wanted to give back to the community'.
The Little Princes
The sports and entertainment celebrities attracting the attention of Japanese aunties are getting younger.
Saudi defends jail verdict for rape victim
Saudi Arabia defended on Tuesday a controversial verdict sentencing a 19-year-old gang rape victim to six months jail and 200 lashes.
Online Romeo
A tale of online love inspired usually cynical New Yorkers to help a young man find the girl of his dreams after he spotted her on a crowded subway train.
More women allegedly assaulted by NY designer
An award-winning fashion designer to the stars who is accused of sexually assaulting 18 young models in California has been charged with assaulting nine more women in New York.
She goes green for health & the planet
Betty L. Khoo-Kingsley, 64, is indefatigable in her support for environmental issues and pursues an organic lifestyle with a passion. She tells Shefali Srinivas what she eats, where she buys it and how much an organic way of life costs her.
Older white women join Kenya's sex tourists
Older female tourists say country "just full of big young boys who like us older girls."
From man to woman to man
A gender journey - man to woman to man - reaches unhappy ending at a church.
Breaking up not hard to do for China's "me" generation
Ten months after they tied the knot, Li Lei and Wang Yang, both 20-something Chinese professionals, decided it was time to break up so they could spend more time with their lovers.
Saudi women stifled by stringent restrictions
Constraints were highlighted after a judge sentenced a 19-year-old gang rape victim to jail and 200 lashes of the whip. -AFP
Women-only business and professional networks sprout
Numbers grow as more females turn to each other for advice and support.
'30min to work' for women looking to return to workforce
The '30 minutes to work' job fair, held on Friday at the Jurong Entertainment Centre at Jurong East, offered non-working women an array of jobs all located within the Jurong neighbourhood.
 
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