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Coyote Girl dancing raises howls

BANGKOK, (AP) -- Even in a country where scantily clad dancers are something of a national icon, there is such a thing as crossing the line.A comment by Thailand's revered royal family has set off a campaign against one particular type of dancer, known as Coyote Girls, after the 2000 U.S. film "Coyote Ugly," about a group of sassy twentysomethings who dance seductively on a New York City bar top.

 
Saddam Hussein hanged on holy day of sacrifice
BAGHDAD, Saturday (Agencies) - Iraq hanged ousted President Saddam Hussein at one of his own former torture centres today, the Muslim festival of Eid-ul Adha, provoking insurgents to avenge his fall with a series of vicious bomb attacks that left 70 dead.
 
Korean 'geishas' serve as role models
SEOUL, (AP) -- They are known as the "flowers that can understand words" -- graceful entertainers from Korea's past who are adept at poetry, art and music, and are the peninsula's version of Japan's geishas. And they have become the new hot cultural property in 21st-century South Korea.
 
Family and community fail Romanian sex slave
BUCHAREST- (AP)-Maria was arrested frequently after she was forced into prostitution at the age of 13 in a small Romanian town near the Bulgarian border.
 
UN's diplomatic rock star exits the scene

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Once known as a diplomatic rock star, Kofi Annan, who leaves office as United Nations secretary-general on Sunday after a decade on the job, exudes dignity, compassion and modesty -- qualities that make him easy to romanticize.


Save the goat, slay the son
   
Wich-hunting media: Eenadu vs. Andhra state government
   
Britain fears migrant influx as EU expands
   
   

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