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Elderly population ratio in Japan now world's highest
Japan, struggling to deal with a falling birth rate and an aging population, said on Friday its ratio of elderly people to total population was now the world's highest, surpassing that of Italy.

Youth abductions haunt Lanka as violence rises
Dozens of young men have been rounded up and abducted in eastern Sri Lanka, the United Nations and residents say, probably to train as fighters for rival ethnic Tamil groups.

Expat Pakistanis head home for makeover
Fancy a tummy tuck or face lift? How about a hair transplant? Such surgical procedures are de rigueur in the West, but the trend is now also catching on in an unlikely country -- conservative Pakistan.

Pakistan rejects 'outside advice' on elections
Pakistan has said it does not need outside advice on its democratic process following comments by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on elections due next year.

Pepsodent-BDS Oral Health Day observed
Unilever Bangladesh and Bangladesh Dental Society (BDS) jointly observed the 'Pepsodent--Bangladesh Dental Society Oral Health Day 2006' yesterday, says a press release.