Eid shopping dampened by economic and security concerns

"The Eid-ul-Fitr festival is next week and the people in Pakistan, both young and old, prepare for three days of festivities with much fervour. It’s an ideal time for businesses to thrive as people buy new clothes, shoes, jewellery, home decor items and gifts for each...

Miss Nudie-verse

After winning this year’s Miss Universe crown, Dayana Mendoza is back in news - but this time its all for the wrong reasons. The beauty queen has been caught in a nude scandal after photos of her modelling naked...

More Caribbean Crime--Victim Advice: "Don't Go!"

"A British woman has described how she was raped at gunpoint after her husband was kicked senseless by an intruder at their villa in the Caribbean. The young, masked attacker slipped into their privately rented...

Dailymail.co.uk: Metal earrings and tooth fillings 'cause chronic back pain'

In a recent report by the DailyMail.co.uk, it says experts claimed that metal earrings and tooth fillings could be the cause of chronic back pain.  In the study, it cited that even "pieces of metal that pierce...

Prestigious Hong Kong showcase for the world`s jewellery

"Hong Kong, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Asia's biggest international mid-year jewellery fair, the June Hong Kong Jewellery & Watch Fair, opens today with a record of 1,290 exhibitors from 33 countries and regions. The four-day event, now celebrating its 21st...

GRUBBY LITTLE PAUL BURRELL TO FLOG DIANA DIAMONDS IN UNITED STATES

"Grubby little Paul Burrell who once style himself “Diana's Rock” will again profit from her memory by flogging gems on US shopping TV to unwitting Americans. Sadly our cousins across the pond simply have not yet...

Necklace is 'oldest in Americas'

A necklace that is the oldest known gold object made in the Americas has been found near Lake Titicaca in southern Peru. I wonder if you can still wear it..."Radiocarbon dating puts its origin at about 4,000 years...

Real men don't wear bling to the office

Not only do boys not cry, we also don't accessorize, according to today's fashion column in the Globe and Mail.Writer Amy Verner notes that boy bling was on the rise at this year's Academy Awards, with Harrison Ford,...

Fashion store ASOS.com announces the launch of ASOS Christmas LUXE; a series ...

New ASOS LUXE collection heavily references nature-inspired motifs of 1920s art nouveau and opulence - see the press release here - ...

Canadian Bank Robber Pleads Guilty To Funding Rebels

Wow, this guy certainly doesn't even look like he's over 18, let alone a criminal mastermind."A Canadian bank robber who pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing an antique jewellery piece made for a 19th-century Austrian empress also revealed he was funding Kurdish rebels in...

Hollywood's Super Woman Angelina Jolie, In 'A Mighty Heart'

"Once branded a siren, Angelina Jolie is now known as a peace activist. She tells Ivor Davis about playing Mariane Pearl, whose husband was murdered by terrorists. Not so long ago, Angelina Jolie was cast as Hollywood's scarlet woman. The headline-hugging actress had stolen...

Heathrow worker sacked over stud

"A Heathrow Airport worker has been dismissed for wearing a nose stud. Amrit Lalji, 40, of Stanmore, north-west London, who worked for caterers Eurest, said she wore the tiny piercing as a mark of her Hindu faith. She had worn the stud at work for more than a year until a...

Wellingborough Continental Market

" Wellingborough  Market, Northamptonshire, England is hosting a continental market with a wee taste of  Scottish Food  in  Market Street, Wellingborough, starting tomorrow and running until...

Addicted to Rock!

"A Swedish man is to receive sickness benefits for his addiction to heavy metal music. The lifestyle of 42-year-old dishwasher Roger Tullgren from Hässleholm in southern Sweden has been classified as a disability by...

papu - the face of rajasthan

Papu, this gorgeous woman from the Thar desert of the Indian subcontinent has become the face of rajasthan, at least for photographers on FLICKR... I had often seen her pictures in the photostreams of fellow...

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