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Institutionalized kids get a chance to grow

JAPAN: Tokyo’s Akihabara district has long been famous as a haven for “geeks,” crammed as it is with electronics, animation and hobbyist shops. Now it is home to another kind of business altogether. In a former school building, Akiko Yanagiya has opened an organic
Institutionalized kids get a chance to grow

Fishermen wary of returning to sea

Fishermen wary of returning to sea SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan fishermen recount Somali pirate ordeal

Gansu fights back against sandstorms

Gansu fights back against sandstorms CHINA: Tree-planting efforts green up harsh region

Coconut crash points to misery

Coconut crash points to misery PHILIPPINES: As coconut prices fall, 3.5 million families hard hit

Mini-power plant keeps local tribe connected

Mini-power plant keeps local tribe connected PHILIPPINES: Rural hydrodam keeps villagers powered

A good deal for ethnic groups from fair trade scheme

A good deal for ethnic groups from fair trade scheme VIETNAM: Nuns ease ethnic trade burdens in Vietnam

Calls for government action on road safety

Calls for government action on road safety BANGLADESH: Road deaths raise concern in Bangladesh

Love is the drug for the mentally ill

Love is the drug for the mentally ill JAPAN: Simple kindness eases symptoms of mentally ill

Time called on MA in Catholicism

Time called on MA in Catholicism HONG KONG: University cites falling admissions for closure of religious major

Villagers blame mine for lake contamination

Villagers blame mine for lake contamination PHILIPPINES: Two recent fish kills have devastated a small community

Ministry reports surge in divorce rate

Ministry reports surge in divorce rate CHINA: China Church struggles for answers on divorce

Young volunteers build homes for flood victims

Young volunteers build homes for flood victims PHILIPPINES: Huge response to Habitat for Humanity's call

Suitors told no toilet, then no bride

Suitors told no toilet, then no bride INDIA: Several Indian states push for 'total sanitation'

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