October 31, 2011
 Indian Sikh devotees pay their respects during Diwali at the Sikh Shrine the Golden Temple in Amritsar on October 26, 2011. As the global population hits seven billion, experts are warning that skewed gender ratios could fuel the emergence of volatile "bachelor nations" driven by an aggressive competition for brides. Many demographers believe the [...]
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February 6, 2010
Steve Jackson is a 38 year old communications consultant living in Hanoi. This summer I’ll watch my third FIFA World Cup in Hanoi – during my third, very different stay in Vietnam.The first time around I was travelling. Sadly, like many others before me, I landed in Hanoi and was scammed for two days solid. I left [...]
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