No more cute snaps of Mt Fuji. A screen is up in a Japanese town to prevent tourist crowds
TOKYO (AP) — Sorry, the screen is now up — no more snapping cute photos of Mount Fuji from a popular sidewalk spot in the Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko.
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Dead or alive? Parents of children gone in Sri Lanka’s civil war have spent 15 years seeking answers
MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka (AP) — For 15 years, Rasalingam Thilakawathi has been trying to find out what happened to her daughter at the end of Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war. Or if she might still be alive.
Indonesian mother who fell off motorbike sits in muddy pothole-filled roads to protest official inaction
How dirty would you get for a good cause? An Indonesian woman has gone to extreme lengths to protest the poor state of roads in her province in southern Sumatra.
Singapore jails fired worker for emailing rape threats to former employer
A 30-year-old man in Singapore who sent sexually threatening emails to his former employer was on Tuesday jailed for six months and six weeks.
Dozens of Red Lobster Restaurants Are Auctioning Off Equipment
If you ever wanted to buy a lobster tank and an industrial freezer, now is the time.
Reports of army killing of villagers in Myanmar supported by photos and harrowing tale of a survivor
BANGKOK (AP) — Reports that soldiers of Myanmar’s military government last week carried out a massacre of more than 30 civilians in a village in central Myanmar were supported Monday in interviews with a local administrator and a man who says he survived the killings.
Photos from across the globe show spectacular displays of the aurora borealis
A rare solar storm illuminated the evening skies on Friday, with neon rays of magenta, green and blue beaming across much of the northern hemisphere.