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Asia’s Shifting PoliticsOctober 6 - October 12
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Upmarket escorts: Business at high-end social escort agencies jumped by a fifth as Formula One fans flocked to Singapore for the city-state's first Grand Prix. It was the best weekend of the year, one agency boss told The Straits Times. One local starlet made $28,000 for six hours of work.
Dandy leader: The secret behind Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso's perfect trousers has been revealed: tiny lead weights are hemmed into the cuffs to help them hang properly, his tailor Seiichiro Moriwaki told Reuters. "It's something that's often done with ladies' clothes."
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Photo faker: The farmer who faked photos of an endangered South China tiger to claim a $14,600 reward has been jailed for two and a half years, reports Xinhua News Agency. Zhou Zhenglong was convicted of fraud.
Beauty queen wannabes: Prime Minister Hun Sen has disappointed many Cambodian men by renewing a ban on beauty pageants because they are "bad luck," says the Phnom Penh Post. The last competition was held in 1993, and the venue, the historic Tonle Bassac theatre, burned down shortly thereafter.
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