MEXICO CITY - A week after an earthquake that killed more than 300 people, thousands of Mexicans were still unable to return on Tuesday to their badly damaged homes, much less their normal lives.
Chinese tourists who have been stuck at Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow since Saturday after a local airline went bankrupt are finally returning home, according to the Chinese embassy in Russia.
TOKYO - A "general election" is now under way to choose the most popular otter at aquariums and zoos across Japan.
SINGAPORE - In the not-so-distant future, tucking into Hokkien prawn mee could be a healthier affair for diabetics.
MOMCHILOVTSI, Bulgaria - The Bulgarian villagers hunker over their books, struggling with their Mandarin words and characters. But they are not going to China - China is coming to them. Because of yogurt.
VANCOUVER - A tennis ball-sized rough diamond unearthed nearly two years ago by Canada's Lucara Diamond Corp has been sold for $53 million, the Vancouver-based company said on Monday.
MIAMI, Florida - Miami is a city that lives on air conditioning. When it fails, people can die.
DASOL, Philippines - Policemen in a remote village have been giving out free haircuts as part of a program to prevent young boys from joining rebel groups.
KANUMA, Japan - A series of fatal crashes caused by elderly drivers has left authorities desperately grappling for ways to clamp down on a problem that experts warn is only going to get worse as the population ages.
BERLIN - As widely expected, Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party again won Germany's federal elections on Sunday by garnering 32.5 percent of the votes.
CHIBA, Japan - In her online world, she is "Lady Beast", deftly operating her green monster Blanka in dizzying hand-to-hand street-fighting combat on the global professional gaming circuit.
BHUBANESWAR, India - Kumari Behera carefully folds a set of heavy brown jute sacks, stacking them in a corner of her small, windowless shack.
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