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Philippines' richest man Henry Sy, who started as a shoe seller, dies aged 94

MANILA (BLOOMBERG) - Henry Sy, who became a billionaire by parlaying a shoe store into the biggest retailer in the Philippines, has died. He was 94.
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Kelantan prince's ex-wife running for legislative seat

  • Sumire Nakamura playing against Mr Yuta Iyama in Osaka on Sunday. Sumire started playing Go with her father, national champion Shinya Nakamura, when she was three.

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  • Transgender ascetics taking a holy bath on Tuesday at the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers during the Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad in India's Uttar Pradesh state.

Hindu festival in India soaked in faith and politics

One of Hinduism's biggest religious congregations began this week with the achievement of a historic milestone. Dozens of transgender ascetics bathed at the holy confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers near Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, alongside other Hindu ascetics at the Kumbh Mela, for the first time.
  • Participants of a tour conducted by the Death Railway Interest Group on the famous Bridge on the River Kwai in Thailand last month. Above: Nong Pladuk station, the starting point of the Siam-Burma "Death" Railway on the Thai side. Left: Among those w

Death Railway's 'forgotten' labourers

NEW DELHI • The bodies were being dumped in the pit, one on top of the other. Mr Marimuthu Sabapathy, a worker who helped build the infamous Siam-Burma Railway during World War II for the Japanese, was among them. But he wasn't dead.
  • TOP: Sultan Muhammad V attending prayers at Masjid Al Sultan Ismail Petra in Kelantan. He is often seen in a jubah and mingles easily with the people. ABOVE: The Sultan Muhammad II Mosque is a few metres away from Istana Telipot and is frequented by

Kelantan residents stunned by Sultan Muhammad V's shock resignation as Malaysia King

Sultan Muhammad V is often seen in a simple jubah or long robe, and a skullcap when in public.
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