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- China wartime aircraft plant to open as resort
Category: Fashion
Publish Date: 12-31-2007 08:05 PM -0800
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is to create a tourist resort in a giant cave used by the former Nationalist government as a secret aircraft factory during World War Two, the official Xinhua news agency...[more]
- Japan to report fewer births in 2007
Category: Fashion
Publish Date: 12-31-2007 06:24 PM -0800
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is expected to report fewer babies born in 2007, a government report said on Tuesday, kicking off the new year with a bleak reminder of the long-term risks the economy faces...[more]
- Canadians feeling bubbly about 2008
Category: Fashion
Publish Date: 12-31-2007 02:29 PM -0800
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadians are bubbling over with optimism for 2008, although they are somewhat sobered by prospects for the rest of the world and the environment, according to a new poll.
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- Australian newlyweds caught in drag race
Category: Fashion
Publish Date: 12-31-2007 06:12 AM -0800
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian newlyweds kissing on the backseat of their hire car were unaware their chauffeur was street drag racing, until a police siren broke their romantic bliss and ended the...[more]
- Smokers butt out in Germany and France
Category: Fashion
Publish Date: 12-31-2007 05:43 AM -0800
BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - For years, anyone needing a nicotine fix in a German pub or French cafe didn't even have to light up -- the air was already so full of smoke that they only had to open...[more]
- "Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
Category: Fashion
Publish Date: 12-31-2007 03:18 AM -0800
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A "surge" of overused words and phrases formed a "perfect storm" of "post-9/11" cliches in 2007, according to a U.S. university's annual list of words and phrases that deserve...[more]
- Boomers lead trend for adventure holidays
Category: Fashion
Publish Date: 12-31-2007 03:16 AM -0800
TORONTO (Reuters Life!) - Forget beach holidays and sightseeing. Baby boomers in Canada, Australia and Britain are leading a trend for adventure and educational vacations, according to a new travel...[more]
- "Perfect storm" of cliches makes bad English list
Category: Fashion
Publish Date: 12-31-2007 03:07 AM -0800
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A "surge" of overused words and phrases formed a "perfect storm" of "post-9/11" cliches in 2007, according to a U.S. university's annual list of words and phrases that deserve...[more]
- Lindsay Lohan tops "worst performance" poll
Category: Fashion
Publish Date: 12-31-2007 03:05 AM -0800
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - As if 2007 could get any worse for Lindsay Lohan, now this: Moviegoers tagged her with the year's worst performance by an actress.
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- Russia to allow art exhibition to travel to London
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Publish Date: 12-31-2007 01:23 AM -0800
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Monday it would allow a landmark art exhibition to travel to London after Britain provided "immunity from seizure" to protect the works from being confiscated.
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