creation by Lebanese designer Lamia Abinader
Amman: Model display creation by Lebanese designer Lamia Abinader for the Spring-Summer 2009 collection, during the 4th annual wedding show. ap
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Ofcom fines Playboy TV over explicit content
Media regulator Ofcom has fined Playboy TV 22,500 pounds for airing sexually explicit images in breach of broadcasting rules.
It said on Thursday the free-to-air channel Playboy One had broadcast unencrypted raunchy, and what the watchdog deemed offensive, material until September 2008. Ofcom... 
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Journalists get shock with ‘sexy’ White House call
Journalists based in the United States got a shock Thursday when they dialed a toll-free number to join a conference call with senior officials accompanying US President Barack Obama in London.
The number turned out to be a sex chat line inviting callers to use their credit card numbers. “Do...
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Angry British villagers stop Google maps car
Angry residents of an English village blocked the driver of a Google Street View car who was filming the neighbourhood, saying they feared he would encourage burglaries, a report said Friday. One resident, Paul Jacobs, told the BBC he had alerted his neighbours after spotting the car from his window...
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giant replica of Lemuel Gulliver
Taichung: People visit a giant replica of Lemuel Gulliver built in a park in central Taiwan’s city. Gulliver, the 18th century literary character who was treated as a giant and then a tiny doll on sailing misadventures, has washed up in Taiwan this week and locals are walking through his body. reuters
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Woman divorces husband for cleaning
A German woman has divorced her husband because she was fed up with him cleaning all the time. German media reported the wife got through 15 years of marriage putting up with the man’s penchant for doing household chores, tidying up and rearranging the furniture. But she ran out of patience when he...
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Bombs lay under family’s home for 20 years
A Chinese family has discovered it has been living above a stockpile of 38 rusting bombs for the last 20 years. The family, who live in Malipo town, had long wondered why magnets were so strongly attracted to an area under their hallway, reports the Chuncheng Evening Post. Wang Hexiong said his father...
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‘Advertainment’ — how to make ads entertaining
Forget the irritating 30-second ad slots that break up TV shows — a new generation of interactive advertisements is on the way. As the television industry feels the pinch of falling advertising revenues and increased audience fragmentation onto a multitude of screens — online, mobile phones, video games...
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Sorority Row
Las Vegas: The female cast of the film ‘Sorority Row,’ (L-R) Margo Harshman, Leah Pipes, Rumer Willis, Briana Evigan, Jamie Chung and Audrina Patridge, recipients of the Female Stars of Tomorrow Award, pose at the ShoWest Award show at the Paris Las Vegas resort. reuters
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Malawi court rejects Madonna’s adoption bid
Pop icon Madonna failed in her bid to adopt a second child from Malawi after a court Friday rejected her application, warning that the case could open the door to trafficking in children.
Madonna did not attend the closed-door court hearing in the administrative capital Lilongwe, and her lawyer...
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Thandie Newton
Cape Town: Actress Thandie Newton walks down the red carpet at the opening of hotel magnate Sol Kerzner’s One and Only hotel. reuters
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BB King, Hancock, Black Eyed Peas booked at Montreux
BB King, Herbie Hancock, Black Eyed Peas and Lauryn Hill are booked to perform at the Montreux Jazz festival, one of Europe’s most prestigious summer music events, organisers said on Thursday. Founder Claude Nobs announced the eclectic line-up of 1,000 musicians for the 43rd festival being held in the...
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Marion Cotillard in talks for film with DiCaprio, says Variety
French actress Marion Cotillard is in talks for a role alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the next film by Christopher Nolan, the British writer/director who made the last two Batman movies, Variety reported Thursday. Cotillard, who won the Oscar for best actress in 2008 for her portrayal of legendary French...
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