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2,200 Indians die every day from tobacco use
India on Thursday imposed a countrywide ban on smoking in public spaces in its fight against tobacco use, which a medical study warned would claim 1 million lives in the country each year from 2010. The ban, aimed at the country’s 120 million smokers, has received a good
![Acid attacks shut off victims from the rest of the world Acid attacks shut off victims from the rest of the world](http://www.voiceofsouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/acid-victim-150x150.jpg)
Acid attacks shut off victims from the rest of the world
In her adolescent days Mariam had a dream of life in a mud-walled hut with a caring husband and a family of her own in a quiet village surrounded by green rice terraces in the heartland of Bangladesh. But Mariam’s dream was shattered when her husband threw acid at her as “punishment” because her parents […]
![A journey to India, land of religions A journey to India, land of religions](http://www.voiceofsouth.org/wp-content/themes/wp-davinci209/images/def-thumb.jpg)
A journey to India, land of religions
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQchZ03ZTSc]Hindu pilgrims bring a newborn into a temple for the first time. Sikh priests sing all night at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. A Tibetan nun spins a prayer wheel next to the Dalai Lama’s house in
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Television progremme calls transgender people ”human monsters”
Television watchdogs were investigating after transgender people were described as “human monsters” in a Chinese language television programme, a media report said Sunday. The expression “yan yiu,” which translates as “human monster,” was used 23 times during a report on transgender people in Thailand broadcast by the ATV television station, the South China Morning Post
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