Colombiamoda fashion
MEDELLIN: Models present creations by Colombian designer Beatriz Camacho at Colombiamoda fashion show. reuters
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Evanescence with new members
Evanescence leader Amy Lee says that recent lineup changes have made things ‘more fun’ and ‘a lot healthier’ for the band — which bodes well for its jaunt on the upcoming Family Values Tour with headliner Korn. Lee, who in May replaced drummer Rocky Gray and guitarist John LeCompt with Will Hunt and... 
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Love Light Sound Tour
MADRID: Mexican singer Paulina Rubio performs during her concert of ‘Amor Luz Sonido Tour’ or ‘Love Light Sound Tour’. reuters
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Miss NJ can keep the crown
Miss New Jersey can keep her crown despite photos that show her acting ‘not in a ladylike manner.’ Hours after a nervous Amy Polumbo went public with photos of herself that had been sent anonymously to pageant officials, those officials decided the pictures did not merit stripping her of the title.
“I’m...
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Vanish
KOLKATA: Magician PC Sorcar Junior and his daughter Maneka perform during a magic show. India’s top magician, famous for astonishing thousands of onlookers by making the Taj Mahal ‘vanish’ momentarily, plans to give away the secrets behind his illusions. reuters
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Charlie Sheen engaged
Charlie Sheen, star of the television comedy ‘Two and a Half Men,’ is engaged to marry his girlfriend, aspiring actress Brooke Mueller, a representative for the actor told.
Sheen, 41, and Mueller, 29, met last year at a party at the home of director Brett Ratner, and Sheen proposed on a recent...
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
CALIFORNIA: Singer Katharine McPhee blows a kiss at the premiere of ‘I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry’ at the Gibson amphitheater. reuters
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Master of magic with India’s own Hogwarts
A top Indian magician is set to open a version of Harry Potter’s fictional Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, hoping that a master’s degree in magic will help keep the ancient art form alive.
PC Sorcar Jr, famous for astonishing thousands by making the Taj Mahal ‘vanish’, said he plans...
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Water sculpture
LONDON: A man poses for his friend to take a photograph, as he reacts to a new water sculpture. The installation of seven large figures made from industrial slag and pottery, with the heads and hands protruding from the slag as water pours from their mouths, arms and eyes. ap
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Get rid of your unhappy past
Researchers have confirmed what common wisdom has long held that people can suppress emotionally troubling memories and said they have sketched out how the brain accomplishes this.
They said their findings might lead to a way to help patients with post-traumatic stress disorder or anxiety to...
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A Tall Order
BAOTOU: The world’s tallest man, Bao Xishun, shakes hands with the world’s smallest man who only measures 2 feet and 5 inches. ap
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Remember your home phone number? Forget it
Can’t remember life before mobiles? Chances are you’ll also struggle to recall your home phone number and family birthdays. According to a survey, the boom in mobiles and portable devices that store reams of personal information has created a generation incapable of memorising simple things.
A...
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Did You Know?
* Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
* During the chariot scene in ‘Ben Hur’ a small red car can be seen in the distance.
* During World War II, W.C. Fields kept US $50,000 in Germany ‘in case the little bastard wins’.
* Earth...
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Wigs off as courtroom tradition ends
Lawyers and judges are to break with centuries-old tradition and cease wearing horse-hair wigs of white fake curls in non-criminal cases, the head of the country’s judiciary announced.
The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, said new dress rules would mean the requirement for...
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Blair finally masters SMS
Tony Blair says he has finally learnt how to send a text message on his phone. But when he sent his first message, he says the reply that came back was: ‘Who are you?’
Mr Blair was talking about coming to terms with life after Downing Street at a Labour Party fundraising event.
Stopping...
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Taras Shevchenco
OHRID: Members of the National Ballet and Opera of Ukraine ‘Taras Shevchenco’ perform ‘Spartacus’ during the opening ceremony of the Ohrid summer festival. reuters
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Baby born with teeth
Baby Megan Andrews amazed doctors and family by being born with teeth. She is now just under two weeks old and she has already had two dental appointments, reports the Brighton Argus.
Mum Claire Slimming, 20, knew nothing of the phenomenon until a midwife gave Megan a check an hour after she...
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Prosecutors cannot find God
ARomanian convict’s legal action against God has failed - because prosecutors could not find God’s address. Pavel Mircea, from Timisoara, who is serving a 20 year sentence for murder, launched legal action against God two years ago.
In his legal claim he stated: “God and I closed a contract when...
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AltaRoma fashion
ROME: A model presents a dress by Italian fashion designer Renato Balestra during the AltaRoma fashion week. ap
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