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Among the world's mass media mediums, NetNewsAsia has a global reputation as the prophet of the press. We know what's going to happen, because it's usually happened before.
This time last year, we rolled out our big crystal ball and forecast a bunch of events that we reckoned were sure bets for the year ahead: from Barack Obama's election, to the new iPhone. And were we proved right? Too bloody right we were!  Comments (3) |  Quote this article on your site
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Residents of the Hong Kong suburb of Discovery Bay were naturally sceptical when they received a “survey on ferry service revamp & fare increase”. But it wasn’t really a survey, so much as a ballot telling them to choose between a 62% fare increase, or a massive reduction in services. Comments (8) | Quote this article on your site Last update : 15-10-2008 08:31
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Bells will ring out across Manila this evening, and thousands of the Catholic faithful will parade through the city proclaiming their right to interfere in other people's most personal business. Comments (2) | Quote this article on your site Last update : 25-07-2008 13:14
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Just a week after Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao unveiled China's first Moon photo, a sleuthing spaceblogger has discovered Mr Wen may have been hiding something. "Chinese people's dream of flying to the moon for more than 1,000 years is beginning to materialise" said Wen at the time. And apparently all they needed to realise that dream was a copy of Photoshop.
Last year, a YouTuber uploaded the world's most entertaining keep-fit video, in which a George Costanza-lookalike with knickers on his head robbed a terrified Japanese woman. Three girls then jumped around a bit, demonstrating the vocabulary you'll need to protect yourself from a geeky gaijin armed with a nail file.
Bollywood has a new star on the rise: his name is Nirodh and he's a dancing condom. In his first song and dance spectacular, Nirodh and his latex friends skip and frolic through hills and fields to remind us all that they're made in different colours with fragrance. Take it away Nirodh.
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