Londoners queue up to buy gold bullion, Kate Moss in gold « Peter J. Cooper...

"British model Kate Moss has been immortalized in a gold statue unveiled yesterday while Londoners are queuing up to buy gold in the streets, The Daily Telegraph reports:"

Mongolia votes in key elections

The polls have opened in Mongolia for the first general election in four years."Voters started queuing well before polling stations opened, many riding into villages on camel and horseback to cast their votes. Mongolia's potential mineral wealth has been a campaign issue,...

Buyers queuing overnight as demand booms for Dubai real estate « Peter J. Co...

Negative real interest rates courtesy of a dollar-peg, high oil prices, not a little media attention and still attractive price levels are keeping Dubai real estate booming. It is a total contrast to most global property markets where activity has slowed or is in recession.

Foreign students in Britain to be schooled in queuing

"Southern Vectis, which operates buses on the Isle of Wight, off England's south coast, said it was to contact local language schools following several complaints about the behaviour of young students over the summer months. "On the Isle of Wight we get lots of foreign...

Pakistanis Defy Fatwas to See Hot Film

"Fatwas and Islamist fury have not deterred Pakistani audiences from queuing up in record numbers for "Khuda Kay Liye" ("In the Name of God"), a slickly packaged three-hour-long polemic that is riling the mullahs and has become the Pakistani film industry's biggest...

Nigeria Votes: Polls Remain Open Despite Violence

The barriers to voting have stacked up, but Nigeria has not given up. Once the dust settles, citizens of Africa's most populous nation are hoping that their efforts have not been in vain.An update from South Africa's Mail & Guardian:"An attempt to blow up the electoral...

Palestinian Checkpoint Socks: For Those Long Waits

One gets a feeling that this story will be all over the Internet rather shortly, so here it is. The story isn't so much the invention itself as the circumstances that spawned it: when the extreme becomes the banal."A West Bank woman has developed special socks to help...

Discover the Secret of a Long Life

LIFE expectancy in the UK is on the up with more and more of us living to a ripe old age. Feature editor Joni Ager investigates what is the secret to long life. EMILY Head is no ordinary great-granny. She may be 90-years-old but you won't find her sitting in her armchair by...