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World's oldest geisha looks to future to preserve past
These days, there are only a few geishas left in a fading profession in which female entertainers sing, dance and engage in witty conversation at dinner parties for exorbitant prices. -Reuters
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Malaysia's first female fighter pilot hopes to inspire other women
When she was young, her parents wanted her to become a piano teacher. But Patricia Yapp Syau Yin was bent on becoming a pilot and pursued her dream. |
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Women still hampered by workplace inequality
Women work longer hours because they are still shouldering the bulk of household duties like cleaning and childcare.
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"Being a woman has helped me survive my job"
Thailand's female forensic pathologist has single-handedly urged the government to take forensic science more seriously, and helped create the forensic institute under the justice ministry in 2002. But local police still do not take her seriously. -AFP
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"Women want sex on the spot"
Some Singapore women have borrowed the tradition of hiring male strippers for a party. And within this minority are women who have been asking for more. So who's having sex with strippers? Male strippers spill the beans on how some women are getting their sexual kicks at wild hens parties.
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Silenced by a disease
Corporate high-flier turned children's book author tells Judith Tan how her life turned around when she lost her voice. |
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Japan's hubbies fight back
Japan's salarymen have danger waiting for them as they near retirement.
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Will the real Madam Valli please stand up?
Loving wife... caring mother... athlete... or mental patient |
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Vietnam's graft-busting grandma wins global prize
The 75-year-old has made a lot of enemies, but also emerged as a people's hero for her fearless campaign against officials on the take.
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Women who dare
We profile women who dare to step out of their comfort zone and take on challenges that others would not. Here, we speak to Alexia Ho, a young designer who took her passion for fashion from online to offline.
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Shake, rattle and pole
Over the past two years, a small group of women have acquired the skills and are now getting hired as a fun way of making an event go with a swing. They charge up to $2,000 for a 30-minute performance featuring two dancers.
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Bride to marry in toilet, dressed in toilet paper
Here comes the bride, all dressed in white ... two-ply, extra soft toilet paper. -AP |
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Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain's oldest monarch
But she will mark passing the milestone with neither pomp nor ceremony. -AFP
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In modern India, tradition shackles love, marriage
She is a fabulously rich girl, he is an IT engineer. Both dare to marry despite her family's arch-resistance. |
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China says trafficking in women, children on the rise
Around 3,000 cases of women and children being abducted are reported to police each year
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Women in the news
Which Asian woman newsmaker hit the headlines with maximum impact in 2007? Tell us your choice. |
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HIV women forced into sex for treatment in India
Technicians at a medical institute forced them to have sex in return for tests and medicines. -AFP
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White men are better
Are you single, Caucasian aged 42-60? This China woman puts up notices seeking to marry you. She cites better education, upbringing and being more cultured as her reasons for wanting an ang moh husband. -TNP
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Want to be a social escort? You need a degree first
If you can carry yourself well, dress well and hold a decent conversation, you may just make the cut.
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Husband threatens wife after she exposes his affair
After she confronts him about his visits to prostitutes in Geylang, he is not only unrepentant, but threatens to run her over, and throw her off a building and disfigure her. |
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I don't dwell on misfortunes
Meet blind student Li Feng who wants to live life to the fullest.
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Sisters' cupcake venture paying off nicely
These Internet entrepreneurs do not believe in offering their customers anything they would not feed their children with. |
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Bhutto attack cuts short an epic life
To the West, Benazir Bhutto was the appealing and glamorous face of Pakistan - a trailblazing feminist, the first woman to lead a Muslim nation in modern times - though her aura was dimmed by accusations of corruption. But to many Pakistanis, she was a leader who spoke for them, their needs and their hopes.
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Benazir Bhutto chronology
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Not everyone is so lucky like me
A thief at 12, runaway and prostitute at 17. Now only 19 years old, this youth counsellor has been through more - mostly bad experiences - than most adults ever will.
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Organiser takes legal action against no shows
Things started going wrong when 11 of the contestants, who got through the first auditions, dropped out at various stages of, allegedly giving little notice to the organiser. |
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Al-Azhar says women pregnant by rape must abort baby
Said that this would ensure 'social stability'. -AFP
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