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Cambodia: The White Building - Prostitution In Central Phnom Penh
By Victor Luengo Del Ama
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 14 June 2010
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If we talk of Cambodia it’s hard not to mention the 40 years of war, the genocide of Khmers Rouges, the next civil war, the mines, even today collecting life and future of dozens of innocents every year and the trauma among population. Nevertheless, today, it sounds like a new promising era is coming. Indeed, [...]

China: Animal Abuse In The Zoo
By Rafael Ben-Ari
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 30 May 2010
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Many wild animals in zoos in China spend their entire lives in enclosures so small they can barely move. Spectators take full advantage of the zoos understaffing and routinely throw food and drinks at the animals, shouting at them to get their attention. The lack of animal rights has long been a focus of critics [...]

India: Alley Of Magic
By Arindam Mukherjee
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 16 May 2010
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A petite settlement in north-west Delhi has a shade of wonder added to it! The ‘Kathputli Colony’ - as it is popularly known is no different from a typical Indian slum with its worn-out shanties, dirty lanes and pitiable basic infrastructure. But the people who throng the alleys of this illegal skid row are sorcerers [...]

The Indian Himalaya: Trouble in Paradise
By Martyn Aim
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 17 March 2010
Stats: 5,141 views and 4 Comments

The north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh lies at the foothills of the Himalayas. Manali, a tourist town in the Kullu Valley is the set-off point for trekkers, spiritual seekers, and hedonists drawn by the promise of cheap high quality marijuana in an idyllic setting. Many never leave.

Despite this influx of foreigners, it is Indians [...]

Indonesia, Bali: Rabies Outbreak
By Johannes P Christo
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 22 February 2010
Stats: 3,344 views and 4 Comments

“In December 2008, the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture reported a rabies outbreak in dogs on the island of Bali, Indonesia, to the World Organization for Animal Health.  As of October 2009, the Indonesia Ministry of Health has reported 15 deaths caused by rabies on Bali.  Most human and animal rabies cases [...]

Cambodia: Darkness Falls
By Martyn Aim
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 28 January 2010
Stats: 6,008 views and No Comments

Tuol Sleng (S-21) Prison was created by order of the Khmer Rouge chief, Pol Pot on April 17th, 1975. The former Toul Svay High School classrooms were turned into interrogation rooms and cells 0.8 by 2 metres square.
S-21 was designed for detention, interrogation and torture. Once prisoners’ confessions were received and documented they were sent [...]