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CONSUMER REPORTS: Toy balls caution
WSBT-TVThey're colorful and alluring, but Consumer Reports says there's a potential safety hazard with popular small toy balls and beads that expand dramatically in water. There's been one recall, but many more of these super-absorbent polymer balls are...Tags: Sepsis, Consumers, Toy Industry
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Prince William and Kate expecting first baby
LONDON (AP) — Get the nursery ready: Prince William and his wife Catherine are expecting their first child. St. James's Palace announced the pregnancy Monday, saying that the Duchess of Cambridge — formerly known as Kate Middleton —...
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Rights Watch: Evidence of wider US waterboarding
CAIRO (AP) — Human Rights Watch said it has uncovered evidence of a wider use of waterboarding than previously acknowledged by the CIA, in a report Thursday detailing brutal treatment of detainees at U.S.-run lockups abroad after the 9/11 attacks....Tags: Pakistan, Politics, Justice and Rights, Thailand, Central Intelligence Agency
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9/11 remembered in worldwide ceremonies
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Ten years on from the day the 9/11 terrorist attacks changed so much for so many people, the world's leaders and millions of citizens are pausing to reflect.
From Sydney to Atlanta, formal ceremonies are planned or...Tags: Pakistan, Terrorism, Taliban, Lee Myung-bak, Air and Space Accidents
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Malaysia to ban Obedient Wives Club's sex book
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian authorities say they plan to ban a book about sex published by a group of Muslim women who call themselves the Obedient Wives Club and advocate subservience to husbands. The Malay-language book titled...Tags: Book, Islam, Religion and Belief
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Indonesian branch of 'Obedient Wives Club' opens
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A new club in Indonesia that encourages Muslim wives to be totally obedient and to keep their husbands happy in the bedroom has generated an outcry from some activists.
The Obedient Wives Club was founded early this...Tags: Indonesia, Islam
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Malaysia's first gay film makes profit in 5 days
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's first gay-themed romance movie has become a swift financial success despite earlier worries that it might repel Muslim-majority audiences. The Malay-language film's producer says "Dalam Botol" made slightly...Tags: Movies, Politics, Censorship, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians
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Malaysian police recover 700,000 stolen condoms
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian police say they have recovered about 700,000 condoms that were stolen while being shipped to Japan two months ago. Mohamad Shukri Dahlan, police chief of Malaysia's northern Perak state, says authorities...Tags: Crimes, Japan, Crime, Law and Justice
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Malaysia radio cuts gay lyrics in Lady Gaga anthem
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian radio stations worry some lyrics in Lady Gaga's gay anthem "Born This Way" are on the wrong track, baby. The stations are refusing to play lyrics in the hit song that encourage public acceptance of gays. The...Tags: Radio, Poetry, Lady Gaga, Minority Groups, Islam
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Malaysia paper apologizes for comic tsunami image
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian newspaper has apologized for printing a caricature of Japanese cartoon superhero Ultraman comically trying to outrun a tsunami. Malaysians reacted with a tirade of anger after the Malay-language Berita...Tags: Tsunamis, Facebook, Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Mass Media
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5-year sentence for Malaysia burglar found napping
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian court has slapped a five-year prison sentence on a burglar who was found sleeping in a house he broke into. Prosecutor Muhammad Ashraff Diah says the 35-year-old man broke into a house in southern Malaysia...Tags: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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Malaysia police nab 3 for stealing 725,000 condoms
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian police have arrested three suspects involved in the heist of some 725,000 condoms, which have not yet been found. Mohamad Shukri Dahlan, the police chief of Malaysia's northern Perak state, says the heist...Tags: Crimes, Japan, Theft, Crime, Law and Justice
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