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aurat 在伊斯蘭教文的意思是私密處的統稱，不只是性器官，還有『附近一帶』，還真的不知道要怎麼糾正這個駭人聽聞翻譯～

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For traveling foodies, local cuisine is as important as the destination itself when planning a trip.

To highlight the most popular cuisines on the planet right now, we asked CNN readers to vote for their favorite culinary destination in an open Facebook poll.

Clearly, Asian food is on people's minds these days.

That or we have a lot of readers in the region who want to support their homeland's culinary prowess.

With the exception of Italy and Greece, every place on our list is in Asia.

Ready to hop on a plane?

If reaction to the first round of X Factor auditions is anything to go by, you can’t get enough of Philippine girl group 4th Power.

The sisterly quartet – who are already inviting Little Mix comparisons – sailed through to the next round on Saturday night’s show after wowing the judges with their rendition of Bang Bang.

Simon Cowell even went so far as to suggest their performance was one of the best first auditions he had ever seen.

This image of a tiny baby lying lifeless on the shore is, like so many, too heartbreaking to watch. What’s really appalling is that instead of being shocked to take urgent action, our leaders are stuck in a fighting match on whose problem this is. But for the first time ever, there’s a glimmer of hope for a solution.

After massive public calls to welcome refugees, German Chancellor Merkel and the President of the EU Commission are leading efforts to deliver a new, strong European Union plan that would give refuge to people fleeing war and hunger. France is on board, but shamefully the UK, Hungary, and other Eastern European countries have been blocking this emergency action. Whether EU politicians lead the world to a humane 21st century refugee plan, or turn their backs, depends on how much they feel the public demands it. That’s where we come in.

Right now we are at a tipping point. It’s time for us to lead our leaders. EU Ministers are meeting in the next few days to set their positions, so there’s no time to lose. Join the call for a plan to give these terrified families safe haven now -- Avaaz will deliver our proposal to all key decision makers before their summit.

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在義大利人心目中，肢體語言勝過千言萬語，不過這些手勢對外國人來說可能比羅馬的尖峰時間還棘手。CNN整理出義大利人常用手勢指南，供外國人瞭解某些最常見的表達方式。

●E corn（角）

義大利人會用單手或雙手比出「角」的手勢，伸直食指和小指，用大拇指蓋住摺起的中指和無名指。這種手勢來自迷信，相信魔鬼的角可以趕走任何詛咒和噩運，當然也可以用來侮辱人。單手比出「角」可以用來指某人被戴綠帽，或罵人是狗雜種。塞在車陣時可以比出這手勢，大家都會響應的。

●Ma che stai a dì/ma che vuoi?（你到底在說什麼鬼？）

The company producing the cards said they would be released on 1 September, backtracking on an earlier statement that the cards would be withdrawn.

The cards are used to pay for journeys on Taipei's metro and bus network.

The image on the card is not pornographic. Ms Hatano said she should be allowed to contribute to society.

"Just because I am an adult video porn star... does it mean that I cannot pay a debt of gratitude to my beloved Taiwan?" she said, in a statement quoted by the Focus Taiwan news website.

In India monkey business takes on a whole new meaning. Hanuman langurs are trained in New Delhi to scare off aggressive rhesus monkeys and other wild animals that might roam into public spaces and cause mischief. When the city hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games last October, its municipal council used 38 langurs to help with critter control.

These primates are valued as more than security guards. Hindus revere them as a symbol of the monkey deity Hanuman, whose simian army helped rescue Sita, the god Rama’s wife, from a demon king, according to a Sanskrit epic. Langurs’ black faces and extremities call to mind the burns that Hanuman suffered in the course of his heroism.

The lifestyle of the monkeys reflects this state of grace. In the city of Jodhpur, at the edge of the Thar, or Great Indian, Desert, some 2,100 wild langurs regularly leap into human society to sample its goods. Local Hindus share picnics in parks and turn shrines into buffets of offerings for the monkeys. Some let the holy beasts glean from their gardens.

That’s a nice change of pace from life in the Thar, where sizzling heat and scant moisture make survival a challenge, and the monkeys must scrounge for plants and occasional insects to eat. Since most langurs are tree dwellers, these often scamper high on the desert cliffs or perch on nearby rooftops.

But the human population is growing fast in the region these days, and people may be tempted to retaliate if the monkeys’ garden incursions turn into full-fledged crop raids. Even animals this beloved could wear out their welcome.

It was a generation in waiting. They waited for a good education, and that rarely came. Then they waited for jobs, which paid very little when they did come. Without proper jobs, they waited to get married, often staying with their parents into their 30’s – or living with their parents even after they got married. Most important, they waited for liberty: the right to vote freely, to participate in politics, to change the world.

Until they could wait no longer.

Some 60 percent of people in the Middle East are under 30 years old, and many of them are angry. Like young people everywhere, they have ambitions. They want, they need, they crave. They feel constrained – especially, perhaps, when they watched satellite television or surf the internet. There they can see how the rest of the world lives. Social media (including personal blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and more) allow young men and women to share their frustrations in ways they couldn’t in the past. They are not alone any more. Now they have allies. They have power.

Here's the dirty little secret only computer engineers know. The way the Internet was built, it's inherently insecure. Communicating online is like sending paper notes on an automobile highway in a war zone.

To keep your notes private, mathematicians come up with complex algorithms to encrypt communication. It's like putting military armor on your car as it drives down that perilous road.

But in reality, the enemies always find a way to pierce the armor.