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- Spanish tourists replacing foreigners in their own country
- Dutch bar owners win new victory in fight against smoking ban
- Vietnam to destroy 30,000 sex-selection books
- Hong Kong govt okays plan to extend horse racing season
- Organic, recycled 'recessionista chic' hits Berlin
- Sombre haute couture week ahead
- Vatican newspaper praises French Protestant John Calvin
- Vietnam students seek help from ancient tortoise
- Indian media hail court verdict ruling gay sex legal
- Gazans take the plunge at poisoned beaches
- Extra troops fail to staunch Mexico bloodshed
- Asia tested as music industry seeks to boost sales
- Indian court rules gay sex legal
- Keep Dutch soft-drugs coffee shops for locals: commission
- Giant song festivals open in Estonia, Lithuania
- Profits gobbled up at Gordon Ramsay's restaurants
- Amid outcry, Wash Post cancels paid policy dinners
- Algeria to host mega pan-African festival
- Breathtaking tall ships event launches in Poland
- Slovenia to legalize soon same-sex marriage: minister
- China's violin industry aims high
- Lebanon's struggling fishermen angling for a catch
- Japan students rush for English-language education
- Napoleon died of kidney failure: Danish doctor
- Nigerians from diaspora heading home to work
- Raising doubts over Hong Kong's feng shui 'masters'
- Shanghai Expo 2010 tickets go on sale
- New law exiles Russian casinos to Siberia
- SKorean leader wages war against private teaching
- Uganda to fight donor pressure on gay rights: minister
- 'Best job' Brit lands on Australian paradise island
- Happy 30th birthday, Walkman
- Jerusalem Palestinians face no-win housing choice
- Chinese cheese lover tries to win over Beijing
- Indian heritage architecture is 'nobody's baby'
- Russia's casinos close as new law takes effect
- Cornerstone laid for Museum of Polish Jews
- Old age begins at 68... unless you're there already: poll
- The daily grind: Sex for a week boosts sperm quality
- Paleontologists brought to tears, laughter by Creation Museum
- Tales for tourists in ex-Colombian druglord's zoo
- For some, it did matter if Jackson was black or white
- Muslim mayor flies flag for gays in Dutch suburb
- Indonesia's music underground finds political voice
- S.Korea's first swingers' club poses legal dilemma
- Downturn is a diamond market's worst friend
- Native American women's dream comes true in Prague
- Quiet anti-conformity at Paris Men's Fashion Week
- Fashion legend Pierre Cardin 'to sell everything'
- Asia's one-woman anti-tobacco campaign still going strong
- Malian scales new heights as Canadian lumberjack
- Hong Kong workers fume over smoking ban
- West Bank settlers call tourists to the rescue
- Islamic revival tests Azerbaijan's tolerance
- China launches anti-prostitution drive
- Concerts in Prague: false notes, great business
- Soap brings message of change to rural Nepal
- New road threatens ancient Afghan site
- UNESCO names 16 World Heritage sites, removes Dresden
- Dior, Lanvin offer men new fashion freedom
- 40 years later, gays remember Stonewall riots
- Winegrowers see a future in green
- Top designers try a revamp of Islamic abaya
- Fashion pioneer Vionnet's work on show for 1st time
- Retail chains leave India's coffee houses in peril
- A new high tech edge to Poland's Jewish heritage
- Indonesia traffic nightmare goes from bad to worse
- Cinema returns to war-weary West Bank town
- Indonesia's traffic nightmare goes from bad to worse
- Prescription drugs in spotlight after Jackson death
- African sun warms Paris men's fashion week
- Dutch politician Fortuyn's fans snap up auction memorabilia
- Liza Minnelli enchants Paris gay pride march
- Replica of ancient Philippine boat embarks on epic voyage
- Albania candidates see great potential in tourism
- 'King of Pop' built musical bridges between black and white
- Twitter tears for 'King of Pop' Michael Jackson
- Ireland to give legal recognition to same-sex couples
- Gay rights movement: 40 years since Stonewall riots
- Blind spa, deaf couriers: India and disabled rights
- Most Japanese children have experienced bullying: official report
- To fill Confed stadiums, tickets are given away
- Miami voted 'most sexy' US city
- The not-so-glam world of male modelling
- US teens spend more time watching TV than on computer
- Tears flow for pop's 'Peter Pan'
- Fashion thumbs nose at crisis at Paris men's shows
- Jerusalem Gay Pride parade is toned down
- Sex sells in new Chinese cultural revolution
- Confed tourists in SAfrica adapt to crime fears
- Forking out a 'Fortuyn' for Dutch politician's artefacts
- US leaves cultural imprint on Iraq
- Iconic Obama artist unveils Suu Kyi image
- Vuvuzelas set to take World Cup by storm
- 35,000-year-old flute oldest instrument ever found
- Bangladesh soap opera aims to help farmers
- Witchcraft bedevils talent in East Africa
- 2010 WC revs up tourism in S.African mining town
- Poland's NecroExpo: where the Grim Reaper cashes in
- The first Europeans were cannibals: archaeologists
- China tennis star braced for battle of tattoos
- Obama: Not smoking is constant struggle
- Young Beijingers dance to a Latino beat
- A rapper with his own cognac? Ludacris
- It's a 'good crisis' for South American wine
- The deaf lead the blind in Norwegian TV studio
- Traditional Dutch fishermen turn to innovation
- Brazilian town turning human waste into clean energy
- Bullfighting revival plan stokes row in India
- Stereotypes worldwide associate men with science
- Tighter fuel efficiency rules will help US automakers
- Israel artist builds mock kibbutz in heart of Polish capital
- BBC Persian channels Iranian voices of opposition
- Nobel prizes to be announced October 5-12
- New Japan whale cuisine aims to whet appetite for sea mammals
- Fast-ageing SKorea plans college course for retirees
- Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondents' Club turns 60
- A golden new gift option for air travellers?
- Poland honours WWII victims in cyber space
- Bolivian indigenous celebrate New Year
- Chinese firm takes stake in Bordeaux vineyard
- Bordeaux wine fair hopes to beat recession blues
- Crisis won't stop Latvia's midsummer night party
- Barbecues and baking: relief of Vietnam's Net addicts
- Madonna's star power in Malawi
- Spain launches 'Spanish language day' worldwide
- Profession: Paris street masseur
- Alcohol abuse on rise among US soldiers: reports
- 'Cash for clunkers' may jumpstart US auto sales
- Brazilian fashion gets racy -- and racial
- Migrants dreaming of EU safety trapped at Ukrainian border
- Competition fierce as world's biggest wine fair opens
- Telling a story in 140 characters or less
- Swedish museum looks back at 50 years of Ikea design
- Schools out, but Hong Kong teachers stay online
- Cricket calms Indian student tensions in Australia
- Confed Cup draws white fans to mainly black sport
- Kenzo collection fetches 1.9m euros at auction
- New Yorkers travellers urged to be more polite
- Obama extends partial gay benefits
- Struggle for gay rights hits football in Turkey
- Andy Murray aims to follow in Perry's footsteps
- Electro generation grows up, takes kids raving
- On Johannesburg mini-buses, confusion reins at Confed
- Clones of 9/11 hero dog unveiled in Los Angeles
- Jimmy Choo designs collection for high-street's H&M
- From Time to Oprah to Iran: Twitter comes of age
- Recession turning Germans to sweets and snacks
- Woo our tourists, Japanese diplomat tells Africa
- Gazans flock to Hamas-run religious summer camps
- South Africa tightens security around Confed stadiums
- Foreign wrestlers take on ancient Japanese tradition
- Small Greek island is migrants' gateway to Europe
- Google bows to pressure for German Street View
- Madonna's Jesus, black models to hit Brazil's catwalk
- SAfrica tightens security around Confed stadiums
- Britain seeks to become world's 'digital capital'
- Dublin ignores recession to celebrate Bloomsday
- Fashion icon Kenzo strips down at auction
- Albania battles rising youth drug abuse
- South Africa's World Cup makes its way into art
- China drafts law to protect animals: state media
- Architect slams Prince Charles' 'unconstitutional' intervention
- Local fare gets top billing in 'locavore' food trend
- Colombia taps biodiversity to export exotic creatures
- McCartney and Yoko push 'meat-free Mondays'
- New York cemetery goes on sale
- China detains 40 over exam cheating: state media
- Local fare gets top billing in 'locavore' trend
- India's HIV victims find solace in marriage
- Hanging garden is New York's railway to the future
- Aphrodisiac-fuelled sex on rise in northern Nigeria
- 'Best job' Brit 'no whingeing Pom'
- China's first gay pride festival closes
- Thousands join gay pride parades in Europe
- Fighting the war on terror with outsourcing
- Shanghai gay pride: the show goes on
- Communism propaganda exhibit brings Bulgarians smiles
- Japan's Yamamoto cancels Paris men's show due to crisis
- Chanel film ad breaks Hong Kong smoking laws: campaigner
- Authorities block Chinese gay pride events: organisers
- Music is food for the soul -- Adria put to music
- Tel Aviv Gay Pride parade draws thousands
- All-white flashmob dine in Paris square
- Morocco elections to mark another step for women
- Chinese youth help keep traditional opera alive
- Malaysia plans to launch Islamic TV channel
- Napa wine auction raises 5.7 mln dlrs
- No IE browser in Windows in Europe: Microsoft
- Mythical Le Mans endurance race gets new museum
- EU deems Europe's beaches ready for the holidays
- Greece to impose smoking ban on July 1
- Power cuts and fewer beans for crisis-hit Cubans
- Greece rejects Parthenon Marbles loan offer: ministry
- Pakistani couple married for love, hiding in fear of tribal justice
- Malaysia's Islamic party urges park ban on 'sexy' outfits
- Luanda is world's most expensive expat city: survey
- China's first Gay Pride event
- Facebook to let users add names to profile addresses
- Angola is the world's most expensive expat city: survey
