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Fashion show lets Down syndrome models strut their stuff
New York, OCT 18 (AP/UNB) — One model sashayed down the runway with a leather jacket and a guitar, basking in applause from the crowd. Another danced and strutted in a multicolored bomber coat.
Iditarod changes tack, will meet with animal welfare leader
Anchorage, Oct 17 (AP/UNB) — The new head of Alaska's Iditarod plans to meet with a leader of an animal welfare group that's devoted to ending the world's most famous sled dog race, which it sees as a cruel, deadly event for its canine participants.
Owl killings spur moral questions about human intervention
Corvallis, OCT 15 (AP/UNB) — As he stood amid the thick old-growth forests in the coastal range of Oregon, Dave Wiens was nervous. Before he trained to shoot his first barred owl, he had never fired a gun.
Better protection sought for Thailand's helmeted hornbill
Bangkok, Oct 11 (AP/UNB) — Time is running out for Thailand's dwindling population of helmeted hornbills thanks to poaching of the exotic birds for the ivory-like casques atop their big red and yellow beaks.
India to allow tourists back into locked-down Kashmir
New Delhi, Oct 8 (AP/UNB) — Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir will allow tourists back into the region two months after ordering them to leave because of security concerns amid an Indian crackdown, an official said Tuesday.
Lions kill cattle, so people kill lions. Can the cycle end?
Loibor Siret, Oct 8 (AP/UNB) — Saitoti Petro scans a dirt road in northern Tanzania for recent signs of the top predator on the African savannah. "If you see a lion," he warns, "stop and look it straight in the eyes — you must never run."
Short videos become new way of learning for young Chinese
Beijing, Oct. 8 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Want to learn new skills? Instead of googling or signing up for offline courses, an increasing number of young Chinese now choose to watch short videos online.
Arrows and smartphones: daily life of Amazon Tembe tribe
Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Reserve, Oct 5 (AP/UNB) — They hunt with bows and arrows, fish for piranhas and gather wild plants, while some watch soap operas on TV or check the internet on phones inside thatch-roof huts.
Alaska’s northern fur seals find refuge on tip of volcano
Anchorage, Oct 3 (AP/UNB) — Alaska’s northern fur seal population for three decades has been classified as depleted, but the marine mammals are showing up in growing numbers at an unlikely location _ a tiny island that forms the tip of an active undersea volcano.
Woman quits job to look after husband because 'men should be spoilt by their wives'
Dhaka, Sept 30 (UNB)- Katrina Holte, 30, quit her job to start a whole new life in September, and now spends her days cooking, cleaning, dusting and making her own clothes.