They reckon that a huge type of catfish, called a goonch, may have developed a taste for flesh in an Indian river where bodies are dumped after funerals. Locals have believed for years that a mysterious monster lurks in the water. But they think it ...

A s about 20 buyers and punters gathered at an underground fish-fighting arena and aquarium store, owner Kong Sotheary remarked how lucrative the business is, saying betting on fish fights is now as popular as cockfighting. "I sell about 30 fighting ...

A Cambodian newspaper editor was seriously injured when he was knocked from his motorcycle following a car chase. Khuon Phlay Vy edits and writes for the weekly Sakal in Phnom Penh. The hit-and-run happened soon after he had been threatened in a ...

T he game begins with each player being dealt two cards face down and a round of betting starting with the player to the left of the dealer and continuing clockwise (pre-flop). Players can call, raise, or fold. The dealer then flips the next three ...

With exquisite timing, our financial adviser came calling this week. In his soft Mancunian accent he outlined a strategy for our bit of savings which involved it being put in something called a “wrapper” and setting sail for a new life in Dublin ...

Just hired, the young Vietnamese dishwasher watched the petite, middle-aged woman pull on heavy-duty rubber gloves and start scrubbing the stainless steel kitchen as if her life depended on it. The dishwasher had to ask. "How long have you worked ...

About half way up the mountain, we found some beautiful caves with rock faces of about 25 metres high, which I think would have been appropriate for rock climbing. I was so tired, however, that I couldn't be bothered to take off my pack and get my ...

— Sept. 24, 7 p.m., Ilsley Public Library in Middlebury, www.ilsleypubliclibrary.org, 388-4095 — Sept. 28, 3 p.m., Phoenix Books in Essex, www.phoenixbooks.biz, 872-7111 Lincoln writer Louella Bryant remembers when Howard Dean, running for ...