Asian woman falls from London rooftop restaurant
September 6th, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 6 (IANS) An Asian businesswoman died after plunging 80ft from a London rooftop restaurant in front of 100 diners.According to witnesses, the smartly-dressed Asian woman, in her 30s, ... Read more...
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Canada bank apologises after removing Asian face from note
August 22nd, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 22 (IANS) A bank in Canada has apologised after it removed an Asian woman from one of its bank notes in favour of a Caucasian, a move that ... Read more...
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Bank of Canada offers apology for ‘Asian woman’ banknote row
August 21st, 2012 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Ottawa, Aug 21 (IANS) Following accusations of racism, Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney has apologized for the way in which the image of an Asian woman was eliminated from ... Read more...
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Illegal Asian migrant dies crossing English channel
August 14th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 14 (IANS) The body of an illegal Asian migrant wearing a wetsuit who tried to swim across the Channel to Britain has been found on a beach in ... Read more...
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Woman’s body found in suitcase in Hong Kong waters
April 5th, 2012 - 6:56 pm ICT by BNO News
KOWLOON, HONG KONG (BNO NEWS) -- Police in the Kowloon area of Hong Kong are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found stuffed inside a suitcase on early Wednesday, ... Read more...
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Asian woman, kids beaten up in Britain
March 15th, 2012 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 15 (IANS) In what is being termed a racial attack, a woman of Asian origin was beaten up and her three daughters ill-treated by three people who tried ... Read more...
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Baroness Sayeeda Warsi visits Jamia Millia
September 20th, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, the first Asian woman to serve in the British cabinet and co-chair of the Conservative Party, visited her alma mater Jamia Millia ... Read more...
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Li Na appreciates hubby’s support for her Australian Open campaign
January 29th, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 29(ANI): World No.9 Li Na expressed special thanks to her husband and coach Jiang Shan after her Australian Open campaign ended on a disappointing note on Saturday.Li, who is ... Read more...
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Li Na Becomes The First Asian To Make It To Grand Slam Final
January 27th, 2011 - 9:05 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Melbourne, Australia, Jan 27, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Li Na became the first Asian woman to go up to a Grand Slam final. She has gone up to the finals of the ... Read more...
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Li Na beat Wozniacki despite not getting ‘good night’s sleep’ due to hubby’s snoring!
January 27th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 27(ANI): World No.9 Li Na has said that her shock win over World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki in the Australian Open semi-finals came despite not getting much sleep last night.After an ... Read more...
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Clijsters sweeps past Zvonareva into Australian Open final
January 27th, 2011 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 27(ANI): World No.3 Kim Clijsters moved into the final of the Australian Open on Thursday with a facile straight-sets win over World No.2 Vera Zvonareva.Clijsters finished off the Russian 6-3, ... Read more...
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Li Na becomes first Asian woman to reach Slam final with upset win over Wozniacki
January 27th, 2011 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 27(ANI): World No.9 Li Na has shocked World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki in the Australian Open semi-finals to become the first Asian woman to reach a Grand Slam final.After an ... Read more...
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Anglo-Indian heroine of Churchill’s spy squad to be honoured
January 4th, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan.4 (ANI): Noor Inayat Khan, who joined former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's sabotage force, the Special Operations Executive (SOE), at the height of the second World War, and was the ... Read more...
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Husband, father-in-law arrested over Asian woman’s death in England
November 19th, 2010 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 19(ANI): A 27-year-old Asian woman's husband and father-in-law have been arrested on suspicion of her murder in Sussex, England.The victim died on the back seat of her Volkswagen Passat ... Read more...
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Four killed in US shooting
September 24th, 2010 - 6:12 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 24 (IANS) An Asian woman shot dead three people before killing herself Thursday at a house in the US city of Seattle, police said.
The victims were found at a Highland ... Read more...
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Kanye West smitten with beautiful, half-Asian woman
September 20th, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Sept 20 (ANI): While Kanye West has been linked to model Selita Ebanks the rapper was overheard expressing his love for a beautiful, half-Asian woman.West, 33, was heard talking ... Read more...
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Tipu Sultan’s descendant to get a memorial in Britain
September 11th, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) A bust of Noor Inayat Khan, a spy of a Second World War resistance group and a descendant of the 18th century south Indian ruler Tipu Sultan, ... Read more...
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Asian women on student visas join sex trade Down Under
September 1st, 2010 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Sept 1 (ANI): The Australian immigration department has found that young Asian women who come to the country on student visas are instead working in brothels.In its investigation, it found that ... Read more...
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Claudia Schiffer sparks race row after posing as black woman
June 4th, 2010 - 5:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 4 (ANI): Supermodel Claudia Schiffer is at the centre of a race row over a photograph of the beauty where she is made up as a black woman.The 39-year-old ... Read more...
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British MP recovering after being stabbed by Muslim woman
May 16th, 2010 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 16 (IANS) British MP and former Labour minister Stephen Timms was in "good spirits" and recovering at a hospital here after a Muslim woman stabbed him at a meeting in ... Read more...
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Asian woman stabs anti-knife campaigner UK MP in London
May 15th, 2010 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 15 (ANI): In a bizarre attack, prominent anti-knife campaigner MP Stephen Timms was stabbed in the stomach by a young Asian woman. Curiously she was not motivated to commit the ... Read more...
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Sania may partner Pakistani tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq in ‘mixed doubles’
April 11th, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Apr.11 (ANI): Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza may partner young Pakistani player Aisam-ul-Haq in mixed-doubles matches.In an interview to Geo News, Haq said he has been performing well in mixed double ... Read more...
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Sania will continue to play for India: AITA
April 1st, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Quashing rumours of Sania Mirza playing for Pakistan after her marriage to cricketer Shoaib Malik, All India Tennis Association (AITA) Thursday issued a statement confirming her participation ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s Naseem Akhtar becomes fastest Asian woman sprinter
February 9th, 2010 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, Feb.9 (ANI): Pakistan's Naseem Akhtar has become the fastest woman in South Asia as she clocked 11.81seconds to win the 100-metre sprint gold medal at the South Asian Games here.Akhtar, ... Read more...
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British supermarket launches Indian clothing collection
September 14th, 2009 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 14 (IANS) Britain's second largest supermarket chain, Asda, has launched a line of Indian clothing in the first such move by a high street retailer in the country.
The 13-piece collection, ... Read more...
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Bahrain reports first swine flu death
August 31st, 2009 - 5:39 am ICT by IANS
Manama (Bahrain), Aug 31 (DPA) A southeast Asian woman became the first person to die of swine flu in Bahrain, health officials in Manama said Sunday.
The deceased was a woman in her ... Read more...
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British charity to sue police, prosecutors in murder case
May 14th, 2009 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 14 (IANS) A British charity is to sue the police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) after they failed to protect an Asian woman who was murdered by her husband, ... Read more...
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Asian woman charged with killing her children
October 11th, 2008 - 9:49 am ICT by IANS
London, Oct 11 (IANS) A Sri Lankan-origin woman has been charged with murdering two of her children and wounding the third.Sasikala Navaneethan, 36, stabbed Shanjayan, five, and his four-year-old sister Sharani to ... Read more...
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Asian-white couples have distinct pregnancy risks
October 2nd, 2008 - 12:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 2 (ANI): Asian-white couples face pregnancy risks that can vary depending on which parent is Asian, according to a new study from Lucile Packard Children''s Hospital and the Stanford ... Read more...
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Man in Phantom of the Opera mask and wig stabs ex-girlfriend to death
September 24th, 2008 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.24 (ANI): A man in a Phantom of the Opera-style mask and wig stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death, injured her best friend and turned his knife on himself in a ... Read more...
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Asian policewoman in Britain complains of racism
September 11th, 2008 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 11 (IANS) The London Metropolitan Police (Met) may face a racism charge once again, this time from a senior Asian woman officer who is claiming she is the target of ... Read more...
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Asian Muslim woman councillor subjected to hate campaign by male Islamists in UK
July 3rd, 2008 - 3:44 pm ICT by ANI
London , July 3 (ANI): An Asian Muslim woman running for councillor election in Lancashire has alleged that Muslim men in her ward had threatened to keep herself within the four ... Read more...
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Indian-born woman to get Asian Woman Achievement Award
May 20th, 2008 - 2:18 pm ICT by admin
London, May 20 (ANI): An Indian-born woman is among the chosen few to be selected for the 2008 Asian Women of Achievement award.
Asha Khemka, the principal of the West Nottinghamshire College, ... Read more...
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Britain gets a first Indian woman Lord Mayor
May 15th, 2008 - 11:24 pm ICT by admin
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, May 15 (IANS) Manjula Sood, an Indian-born councillor, Thursday made history by becoming the first Indian woman to be made a Lord Mayor in Britain - appropriately, in ... Read more...
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Elected mayor to Lord Mayor: show your ‘Indian grace’
May 15th, 2008 - 9:46 pm ICT by admin
London, May 15 (IANS) As Britain's first Indian woman Lord Mayor Manjula Sood began her historic job in the city of Leicester Thursday she was told to cultivate "Indian grace." The advice ... Read more...
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