Asia represents almost one-third of earth's land mass. Its holds the world's highest point, Mt. Everest, and the lowest point outside of uninhabitable Antarctica, the Dead Sea. Out of the twelve longest rivers on Earth, seven wind through Asia. All the world's major religions originated in Asia, and two out of every three people on Earth live there. The countries of Asia are so diverse that on the surface they have little in common.

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Like many Americans, Tiger Woods' racial and ethnic background contains multitudes. Which is another way of saying, Woods is multiracial. Woods has described himself as "Cablinasian," a word he made up during childhood to try to capture and convey his multiracial heritage. Woods' mother, Kultida , is a native of Thailand whose own ancestry includes Chinese and Dutch. She once referred to herself as "half-Thai, one-quarter Chinese and one-quarter white. Earl Woods once called himself, "half-black, one-quarter American Indian, and one-quarter Chinese.


What Is Tiger Woods' Ethnicity? He Calls It 'Cablinasian'
Now the doors of the temple have been closed and the animals removed, possibly for ever. After a decade of allegations by animal groups of cruelty, illegal wildlife trafficking and breeding, 1, police, military and government officials descended on the temple to expose a shadowy trade in tiger parts that feeds an insatiable market in China and threatens the few remaining tigers in the wild. The figures are stark and depressing. In addition, there are private collections and zoos in most other Asian countries.

Zurich authorities have been contacted by many concerned citizens since the news on Tuesday that Asian tiger mosquitoes had been found in the Wollishofen area of the city. So far all the reports have been fake alarms. Local residents were invited to an information session and were reassured that there was currently no reason to be concerned about the presence of this insect. In the past two days the number of reports of potentially dangerous insects has multiplied. However, what are thought to be tiger mosquitoes have always turned out to be other species.