Style divas
British actress Kate Winslet led the pack of People magazine’s 10 best-dressed women of 2009. Winslet, 33, who won an Oscar in February for playing a dour Nazi in ‘The Reader’, was deemed to be the best-dressed woman on the red carpet on 2009 “with her unique brand of sexy sophistication, modern Hollywood... 
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Universal’s ‘Harry Potter’ park to include Hogwarts
Creators of the highly anticipated Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park at Universal Orlando revealed some details of three major Potter-themed attractions, including a ‘Forbidden Journey’ ride set in the iconic Hogwart’s Castle. Paul Daurio, show producer for the Wizarding World, said the attraction...
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India’s newest hill station builds for the future
For India’s colonial rulers, hill stations like Shimla and Darjeeling provided a welcome break from the stifling heat and humidity of administrative capitals Calcutta and later New Delhi. More than 60 years after the British left, the Himalayan towns and others like them still attract city dwellers...
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Swiss watchdog threatens to sue Google over Street View
Switzerland’s data protection watchdog threatened to sue Google over its ‘Street View’ facility, saying that measures taken by the American Internet giant to address privacy concerns were inadequate. The Street View facility allows users to take a ground level panoramic view of some locations on Google...
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Beckham best role model for children
Footballer David Beckham is the most suitable role model for children, according to a survey of British adults released. By contrast, the least suitable idols were Homer Simpson, the slobbish, beer-swilling dad from the hit US cartoon ‘The Simpsons’, followed by foul-mouthed chef Gordon Ramsay and British...
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Beware of drunks crossing, says German court
A German court said a motorcyclist who collided with a drunken pedestrian during the Munich beer festival was partly to blame because she should have expected the road to be full of party-goers. The female biker, who was driving at a legal speed of between 40 and 50 km per hour hit a man who was crossing...
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Facebook hits financial milestone
Facebook announced it was earning more money than it was spending and had signed up its 300 millionth member. Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said the fast-growing social network had become “cash flow positive” last quarter, meaning that it is now earning enough to cover operating...
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In high-speed train first, baby born near Brussels
A baby girl was born Monday on a high-speed train linking Paris and Brussels, the first such case since the Thalys rail service was created in 1996, the company said. The baby was brought into the world by two doctors and two nurses who were aboard and answered a call for their assistance at around...
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Dan Brown under pressure to sell well as novel hits stores
The hotly anticipated follow-up to author Dan Brown’s ‘The Da Vinci Code’ was released on Tuesday amid positive reaction from critics but the American novelist admitted he was under pressure to sell well. ‘The Lost Symbol’ comes six years after Brown’s last book and again follows the adventures of Harvard...
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