Durian News: January 2013  This January was quiet on the durian
front. In contrast to December's deaths, health warnings,
squabbles between stall owners, and all-you-can-eat buffets all
across Southeast Asia, this month's biggest durian news is of
havoc caused in an unlikely country: Canada.  Yes, a bank in
Malaysia hosted a big durian party for its head honchos (yawn),
and some Indonesian official got busted for hiding 1.5 billion
rupiah in bribes inside of a durian box ($153,600 US), inspiring
what may be my favorite quote of 2013 (so far): “There will be
no more durian boxes if we limit the use of cash payments.”  But
the real news belongs to Richmond, British Colombia. It's yet
another case of gas leak evacuation turns "oops it's some weird
Asian fruit," but on a larger scale.  The Vancouver Sun reported
on January 20th that a 22,000-square-foot shopping center was
evacuated after customers complained of a strange, sulfurous
odor wafting through the mall. The fire department was called
and crews scoured t