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6-year-old saves Philippine baby from fire

MANILA, March 6 (AFP) -- A six-year-old girl rescued her baby brother from a fire in the central Philippines despite suffering serious burns herself, local newspapers reported on Saturday.


Thai cowboys saddle up to celebrate Wild West

PAK CHONG, Feb 26 (AFP) - They sport leather chaps and wide-brimmed hats, and dance to country music performed on a stage filled with line dancers in a celebration of the spirit of America's Wild West.


Vietnam man may have had world's longest hair: reports

HANOI, Feb 25 (AFP) - A Vietnamese man who died this week and whose hair was so long it resembled a boa constrictor, may have had the world's longest mane, reports said Thursday.


Impoverished 97-year-old wins big in Vietnam lottery

HANOI, Feb 23 (AFP) - A poverty-stricken 97-year-old man in Vietnam won up to 400,000 dollars in a lottery, a report said Tuesday, sparking a frenzy among relatives eager to get a piece of his new-found wealth.


Indonesia rounds up students in cybercafes

JAKARTA, Feb 22 (AFP) - Indonesian police raided Internet cafes Monday and rounded up dozens of students who were skipping school to play computer games or chat with their friends online.


Five adult tigers found in suburban Indonesian home

JAKARTA, Feb 20 (AFP) - Indonesian wildlife officials found five fully-grown tigers during a raid on a house in the suburbs of Jakarta.


HK to have more luck in Year of Tiger

HONG KONG, Feb 15 (AFP) -- Hong Kong's luck will improve in the Year of the Tiger according to the results of an annual Lunar New Year fortune-telling ceremony held on Monday.


Maker repents over exploding cigarette in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Feb 2 (AFP) - An Indonesian tobacco company has agreed to pay the medical expenses of a man who lost six teeth when a cigarette mysteriously exploded in his mouth.


Thousands of Filipino priests to make mass confession

MANILA, Jan 27 (AFP) - Thousands of Roman Catholic priests in the Philippines were set to make mass confessions of their sins to each other on Wednesday.


Dancing Philippine jailbirds in new Jackson Internet hit

MANILA, Jan 26 (AFP) - A group of dancing Philippine prisoners has created a new Internet video hit with a spectacular routine led by Michael Jackson's choreographer dancing to the title track of his posthumous DVD.


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