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Tokyo: Japanese actress Kaori Manabe (C) with comedians Eri Kuwabata (L) and Masako Obara (R) display clothes from Japanese casual brand ‘gu’, an affiliated brand of Japan’s apparel giant Uniqlo. afp
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Kidman denies Vietnam adoption claim
Hollywood star Nicole Kidman has lashed out at claims that she plans to adopt a Vietnamese child with husband Keith Urban, a report said. The Australian actress strongly denied a magazine article, which said she had contacted the Vietnamese government, via US officials, to discuss adopting a baby boy.
“Nicole... 
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Sydney Opera House
Sydney: Blue light is projected across the harbour to form a design on the sails of the Sydney Opera House (R) as it is illuminated on all sides with a light art work designed by legendary musician and multimedia artist Brian Eno. afp
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DNA test to discover King Tutenkhamun’s parentage
Egyptian researchers are using DNA tests to discover the lineage of pharaoh king Tutenkhamun, whose ancestry remains a mystery to Egyptologists, antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said on Monday.
The young king, whose mummy was found in a gold and turquoise sarcophagus by English archaeologist Howard...
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World’s most expensive curry
A London restaurant has launched the world’s most expensive curry - at £2,000 a portion. The dish, called the Samundari Khazana, or Seafood Treasure, contains caviar, sea snails, a whole lobster and even edible gold, reports The Sun. Prahlad Hegde, head chef of Bombay Brasseries in central London, said,...
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Woman beaten up over asparagus prices
Police in Germany are looking for a motorist who beat a 24-year-old woman selling white asparagus because he was upset about the price she was charging for the vegetable. The cost of white asparagus fluctuates wildly during the spring months, peaking at 10 euros per kilo. According to Reuters, the angry...
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Extinct and expensive: dinosaurs on sale
Tens of millions of years have passed since they roamed Earth, but two dinosaurs rampaged through a New York auction house, selling at near double the pre-sale estimates. A giant Triceratops skull — five-and-a-half-feet (1.7-metres) long and with eye sockets the size of dinner plates — sold at Bonhams’...
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