I am Mumbai
Mumbai: British supermodel Naomi Campbell (2R) is escorted to her vehicle on arriving at the city airport. Campbell will be the show stopper for ‘Mai Mumbai’, (‘I am Mumbai’) - a special show to be presented by US-based hotelier Vikram Chatwal on the second day of the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week.... 
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Dia Mirza
MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Dia Mirza poses at the launch of Reebok’s Shiamak collection. reuters
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Robbie Williams to rejoin ‘Take That’
Pop star Robbie Williams said he is ready to rejoin 1990s British boy band sensation Take That, a newspaper reported. “I’m in regular contact with them and it’s looking more likely by the week. The lads all seem up for it. I think it would be fun,” he told the Sun. Williams quit the group in 1995 to...
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2008 saw a one-minute hike in couch potato syndrome
2008 was the year of the one-minute hike in the couch potato syndrome as TV fans around the globe spent more time than ever glued to the box, according to statistics this week from French media ratings agency.
And sport, particularly football, remained the firm TV favourite, followed by fiction,...
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Camelot
St Petersburg: Animal tamer Askold Zapashny of the Zapashny Brothers’ Circus rides a jumping lion during the premiere of the circus’ show ‘Camelot’. reuters
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Twitter to try money-making methods
Micro-blogging sensation Twitter plans to begin dabbling this year with ways to pump cash from the fast-growing free service.
“We have patient investors and time for experimenting with revenue generating ideas and products,” Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said.
“That being said, we’ll start...
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Hello Kitty
Basel: The Super Hello Kitty jewel doll with a price tag of 125,000 euros is on display at the Baselworld watch and jewellery show. This creation, made to celebrate its 35th anniversary, weighs 569gm and is decorated with a diamond, 1,939 white topazes, 403 pink sapphires and thousands of pearls....
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Germany: no sex please we’re in recession
Times are hard down at one of Berlin’s leading adult clubs where a new all-in service is on offer: 70 euros ($94) for girls, drinks and food.
Like many of its counterparts, the brothel has been hit by the credit crunch and has had to come up with its own stimulus package for a trade that was...
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‘Fromage Frais’ volume scoops odd book prize
A book about global prospects for a widely-enjoyed dairy product scooped top prize in an annual oddest book title competition, announced Friday.
‘The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais’ was chosen as 2008 champion from a shortlist, which pitted it notably against...
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Sexy photos ‘menace Russia’s Miss World contender’
Russian tabloids have queried the participation in the Miss World contest of the Russian candidate after pictures of her in erotic poses came to light. The pictures of Miss Russia, Sofiya Rudeva, 19, were published on the Internet. One report said they were taken when she was 14 or 15 and were originally...
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‘Sexting’ teenagers sue over porn charge
Three teenage girls are suing a Pennsylvania prosecutor who accused them of peddling “child pornography,” after semi-nude pictures of them were sent by cellular phone to friends. The complaint is the latest legal wrangle over “sexting” - the apparently popular practice of sending nude or semi-nude photos...
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Frogs ‘marry’ to bring rain to Bangladesh
More than 250 people in northern Bangladesh have attended a wedding ceremony between two frogs as part of a ritual to bring rain to the parched region, a newspaper said on Friday. The “bride” and “groom” came from two neighbouring villages 110 kilometres (68 miles) north of the capital Dhaka, according...
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