Teams of inmates, many of whom have worked previously in the food profession, cooked against the clock to concoct a menu of delicious dishes in what was dubbed, Iron Bar Chef. The cuisine contest is the latest recreational effort at the largest prison in the Philippines -- part of a broader program of arts, crafts and sports that officials say has vastly helped tame the mood of the jail's inmates.
Thronged by news photographers and well-wishers, Kabang the hero dog arrived back home in the Philippines yesterday after 8 months in the U.S. enduring intensive surgeries and treatment for cancer and heartworm. Kabang became a national hero in 2011 after she lost her snout and upper jaw running in front of a motorcycle in what her owner said was a deliberate act to save two girls who were crossing the street.
Onlookers cheered rescuers as they pulled a 101-year-old man from beneath the ruins of his house where he was buried for a week after the Nepal earthquake.
The only Sumatran Rhino outside Southeast Asia is on his way to Indonesia to find a mate and add to the population of just 100 of the rare animals.
Asia rang in the New Year on Thursday with parades and fireworks celebrating the Year of the Sheep (or Goat or Ram). According to the Chinese lunar calendar, February 19, 2015, begins the celebration of the animal considered to be a general symbol of plenitude and good fortune, emblematic of kindness.
Four Yangtze finless porpoises were released into their new home today, marking the start of an ambitious project to help save the critically endangered freshwater species from almost certain extinction in less than a decade.
These small, rabbit-like creatures are actually sea slugs whose fluffy "coats" and pointy ears have earned them the nickname "sea bunnies."
A Japanese village has created giant images from Star Wars using different colored rice plants growing in a paddy.
A goat meant as a meal for a safari park's tiger so impressed the big cat with his bravery, they've become best friends.
The PaperLab can create a ton of new paper from waste documents in your office every month, while saving up to 12,000 gallons of water.
Japan's abandoned and bankrupt golf courses are getting a second life as solar power stations.
African elephants are benefiting from changing attitudes in China that have slashed demand for ivory and sent its price plummeting.
An 80-yr-old man is building a replica of the Taj Mahal in his backyard as a memorial to his late wife so she'll never be forgotten.
Google's Project Loon will create a network of 13, high-flying balloons that will connect all of Sri Lanka with the Internet.
Pour a glass of water and two spoonfuls of salt into this lamp and it will burn all night and it can even charge your cellphone.
A simple hashtag is uniting thousands of people in a flooded city while showcasing humanity at its best.
China continues cleaning up its act: Thanks to a new mobile app–and government transparency– citizens can now pressure polluting companies to clean up theirs.
Formerly a visiting English teacher, Michael Brosowski launched the Blue Dragon Children's Foundation in 2004 that has helped more than 350 Vietnamese youngsters get off the streets and into school and safe shelter -- and has provided more than 2,500 children with education, health, housing, career and legal assistance.
The Maoist rebels in Nepal are ready for peace talks with the new governmentinstalled after the collapse of the monarchy when riots forced the king to reinstall a parliament and cited this as a historic moment
Nepal's new Cabinet on Wednesday matched communist rebels' cease-fire declaration and said it would drop terrorism chargesagainst them in an effort to end a decade-old insurgency that has killed 13,000 people.
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