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A very special whisky for the Queen’s diamond jubilee
ROYAL DEESIDE, Scotland, Feb 7 — To mark Queen Elizabeth II’s 60 years on the throne, a whisky distiller with no less a storied history, bottled a specially crafted blend of rare malt and grain Scotch whiskies which have been maturing since 1952, the year she acceded to the throne.
John Walker & Sons bottled the Diamond Jubilee yesterday ... Read More
A man kayaks on Lake Zurich during cold winter weather in Zurich on February 6, 2012. Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims yesterday. — Reuters pic
Models form rights group ahead of New York Fashion Week
NEW YORK, Feb 7 — Fashion models in the United States launched a rights group yesterday ahead of New York Fashion Week to seek workplace standards including backstage privacy to stop unauthorised nude ... Read More
63rd Sapporo Snow Festival gets under way
TOKYO, Feb 7 — The world-famous Sapporo Snow Festival has opened in the northern Japan city, where heavy falls of snow have ensured that sculptors taking part in the annual competition have plenty of raw ... Read More
‘Oldest marathon runner’ competes in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Feb 7 — A 100-year-old British Indian man who claims to be the world’s oldest marathoner was all smiles after completing a 10km run at the Hong Kong marathon on Sunday.Born in 1911 and ... Read More
Restored Magna Carta to go on display in Washington
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 — A copy of the Magna Carta, the English royal manuscript setting out the rights of man, is to be displayed at the US National Archives in Washington from February 17, after a year of ... Read More
Hong Kong jewellery show set to sparkle
HONG KONG, Feb 6 — The international jewellery market will be looking to China to lift its fortunes in 2012 and gets its first chance to display all it has to offer in Hong Kong in February.The 29th Hong ... Read More
Could bonding with friends over dinner make you fat?
AMSTERDAM, Feb 6 — Going for dinner with a friend with a big appetite? A new study suggests pacing your food intake after researchers found that people tend to mimic each other's eating behaviour, bite ... Read More
Polka-dot queen of Japanese art plans London exhibition
TOKYO, Feb 6 — Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese artist who has made a name as the creator of vast and complex works in bold colours and polka dots, has two exhibitions of her most recent works set to open in ... Read More
What do returnees want?
By Chen May Yee
FEB 6 — Our government has been busy thinking up incentives to lure back some of the estimated one million Malaysians working abroad — Tax breaks on cars! PR for spouses! etc. etc.I should know. I was one ... Read More
A Taliban ambush
By Zan Azlee
FEB 6 — The next day, we all had to wake up early because our vehicles were supposed to start rolling right at dawn. We were in for another challenging journey and heading deeper into the heartland of ... Read More
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