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Wanted: A dog to marry Lucky and help others in need

themin — Sun, 20 May 2012 08:13:13 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) – In a midtown Manhattan hotel, a very special bride-to-be named Lucky, decked out in a frilly pink dress, recently celebrated her impending nuptials with friends over champagne,…

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New wine glasses aim to balance “water and fire”

themin — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:18:25 +0000

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Could a wine glass shaped roughly like a closed tulip blossom revolutionize the savoring of fine vintages by taming the alcohol in the wine?

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An Olympic love story that sparked a fashion empire

themin — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:12:53 +0000

SUMIRAGO, Italy (Reuters) – Mention the name Missoni, and most think of a fashion empire that revolutionized textile patterns, spawned the no-bra look on the catwalks, and is now a global brand that…

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Travel Picks: Top 10 “ugly” buildings to visit

themin — Sat, 05 May 2012 08:14:40 +0000

(Reuters) – A recent opinion piece in the New York Times resurrected the age-old debate about whether ugly buildings deserved preservation if deemed historically important. While the staff and…

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Australia billionaire to launch “unsinkable” Titanic

themin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:13:15 +0000

CANBERRA (Reuters) – An Australian billionaire announced plans on Monday to build an “unsinkable” version of the Titanic, 100 years after the original sank after hitting an iceberg.

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Amnesty says veil bans rob Muslims of jobs, education

themin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:13:20 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) – Bans on full-face veils in France and Belgium and a failure by other European countries to stop employers from enforcing informal dress codes means Muslim women are being denied…

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Surviving “Doolittle Raiders” recount wartime bombing of Japan

themin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:13:28 +0000

DAYTON, Ohio (Reuters) – Four of the last five survivors of a U.S. World War Two bombing mission over Japan reunited on Wednesday, 70 years after the “Doolittle Tokyo raiders” shocked Japan and…

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Singer Robin Gibb of Bee Gees fame in coma

themin — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:18:39 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) – Singer Robin Gibb, a founding member of the disco-era hit machine the Bee Gees, is in a coma after contracting pneumonia, his official website said on Saturday.

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Record-breaking bowl shines at Sotheby’s Asia sales

themin — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:14:32 +0000

HONG KONG (Reuters) – An unidentified buyer smashed the world auction record for Chinese Song dynasty ceramics after a bidding war for a 900-year-old bowl on the final day of Asian spring sales for…

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Taboo-breaking Saudi films spur debate in staid kingdom

themin — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:14:02 +0000

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – An important Saudi official riding in a chauffered Rolls Royce unspools a wire fence across previously unclaimed land. “It’s mine now,” he says.

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