Conservative Singapore Crowns First Transsexual Beauty
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Singapore crowned its first  transsexual beauty queen at the weekend -- an about-face for a  country renowned for its strict social controls.
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An opposition politician in Singapore and social activists have welcomed a promise from Singapore&#39;s new Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, to ease restrictions on political debate.
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Conservatives keen to keep women from   ascending the Chrysanthemum Throne are hoping this week will   bring the answer to their prayers: the birth of Japan's first   imperial male heir in more than four decades.
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Presence of white models reflects brown-skinned nation's deep cultural preferences for light skin.
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Health nuts, food lovers and the worldwide restaurant industry are closely watching the Big Apple, where the board of health is poised to approve the nation's first ban on trans fats.
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Singapore has tempered vows to relax freedom of speech and open up society with new rules and regulations, banning among other things microphones from performances in a free-speech designated &quot;Speakers&#39; Corner&quot;.
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A new body is set to regulate a range of complementary therapies such as homeopathy and aromatherapy.
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The breast cancer rate is rising among women in Singapore and appears to be approaching that seen in Europe, researchers report. The introduction of a Westernized lifestyle and child-bearing pattern may underlie this trend, they suggest.
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Singapore&#39;s new Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced an easing of restrictions on free speech in the tightly controlled island nation on Sunday.
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NEW YORK -- After years of painful soul searching, Rhiannon O'Donnabhain -- a former construction engineer from a devout Irish Catholic family in Boston -- decided to surgically change his sex to female in 2001. The struggle was equally tough financially -- hormone treatments and medical procedures...
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SINGAPORE&#39;S leaders arrived in Brunei yesterday for the wedding of Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, bringing with them a gift of unique gold coins.
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D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier issued a departmental general order today directing her officers how to deal respectfully with transgender people. The order "sets the highest standards in the nation," according to the DC Trans Coalition, made up of members of the District's transgender community.
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A WORLD-first study conducted in South Australia has found taking the male hormone testosterone reduces the incidence of breast cancer in women on hormone replacement therapy.
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The Italian government has paved the way for legislation that would grant legal status to unmarried couples, including gays, for the first time in the socially conservative country.Comment
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PARIS  &#151; The transgender sportscaster wears a miniskirt, the porn is gay, lesbian and bisexual, and Wonder Woman will be on every night at seven.
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SINGAPORE For the first time ever, Indonesians have chosen a president through direct elections and given the victor a whopping mandate for change.
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A gay-theme movie took best film honors and most of the acting awards at the Indonesian Film Festival, the first in the world's largest Muslim nation for 12 years, the Jakarta Post reported on Sunday.