Rwandan Coffee Brand Boost

A successful Rwandan company is using coffee shops to promote the nation’s high-quality coffee brands at home and abroad. Started by two Rwandan entrepreneurs three years ago, Bourbon Coffee...

Egypt attempts crackdown on shisha - Coke and smoke

Egypt is a country where smoking is cheap and often described as a "national habit".  An Egyptian government crackdown on shisha, the popular flavored tobacco-filled water pipe, is facing  resistance all...

Victory for W2 Café

City Council today approved the W2 Social Enterprise Café on the ground level of the Woodwards redevelopment. This is a historic victory for W2 Community Media Arts Society who has been in a four year RFP...

Microsoft to Open Windows Café in Paris

Microsoft is planning on opening a café in Paris to allow its customers to learn about Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 7, while sipping hot coffee. Microsoft has previously announced that Windows 7 will be released worldwide on October 22nd, 2009, just in time for...

New York Rabbi and Israeli Wife Hostage Victims Killed in Mumbai

 A MEMORIAL service has been arranged tonight for Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg, 29, his wife Rivka and a couple and their teenage daughter from Virginia killed by gunmen holding up to ten...

Cop leaves gun in Starbucks

A police offiver in London left his loaded gun in a Starbucks, and is now facing disciplinary procedures for the incident."A specialist armed police officer is facing investigation after leaving a loaded gun in a Starbucks cafe in central London, police said on Thursday. ...

Sunday's Just One Coffee, Si'l Vous Plait

Sunday's over and as always, I like to end it in a light note with an almost pointless focus and this week I shall touch on some scalding cafe-noir. Apart from chocolates and red-hot spicy food,...

Conservative Cafe serves up Coffee with the "Right" Flavor

Walk "Right" in and have a cup of Coffee with the "Right" Flavor.  Its not just your average cup of Joe.  Fox News in the Background, a stock market ticker, Coulter, Malkin, an Reagan books all...

World's Most Expensive Cups Of Coffee Are...Um...Expensive

It's always fun to find posts like this, right at the point in the early evening when your energy is starting to fade and you find yourself craving a cup of java for a temporary brain boost. Considering my daily...

Let me tell you about the night I was nearly raped... and why, like thousands...

When someone has been raped or sexually assaulted, they obviously need a great deal of support from the people around them as well as from people like counselors, the police, doctors and so on. Many people simply...

Afrocoffee's great design sense shows small can dream big

Cape Town's Afrocoffee cafe and design emporium is a great case study of how a small cafe, through the use of clever, high-quality design and products, can go global and make some noise. And its new...

Café's Ceiling Collapses During Rainstorm

Last night's rainstorm here in Toronto has caused a ceiling collapse at hipster knitting café In The Loop. St Clair West is home to a developing neighborhood, where junk shops and abandoned storefronts stand...

'Blind-date cafes' attract all kinds of girls

" On May 28, the Metropolitan Police Department raided a so-called “blind-date cafe” in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. Police arrested nine employees of the cafe and took 31 girls, including high school students, into custody. It was the first time for police to raid such a venue...

Thief buries 1.5 million euros in park

What would I do after stealing 1.5 million euros from my employer? I know! I'll stash it in the park!This is exactly what a Serbian bank clerk decided to do after walking out with a briefcase full of notes."A...

Starbucks Offers 'Free' Wi-Fi, With A Catch

Starbucks is attempting to woo back the wireless set by offering free wi-fi at its U.S. stores. The only thing is, Starbucks' version of "free" requires the purchase of their proprietary card, the wi-fi only lasts...
 

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