Topic: NEWS english - on January 19, 2007 at 11:08:00 AM CET
Leopard dies from people attack
A leopard has died in the city of Nasik located in the western Indian state of Maharashtra after a severe beating by panicked members of the public.
The incident happened after it strayed into a populated area, wildlife officials say.
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Topic: NEWS english - on January 19, 2007 at 11:05:00 AM CET
Born to Be Mild - the first road-worthy hydrogen-powered motorcycle
Jump on your bike, start the engine, throw a rev, and hear... silence? No, you haven’t gone deaf – you’ve traded your mighty Harley for the zero-cylinder ENV (yep, envy). Green vehicles are nothing new – the Prius and its kin have been quietly zipping along special commuter lanes for years – but engineers have largely dismissed an environmentally friendly two-wheeler as impractical. That was until Britain’s Intelligent Energy created the ENV, the first road-worthy hydrogen-powered motorcycle.
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Topic: NEWS english - on January 18, 2007 at 1:07:00 PM CET
Underwear That's Fun to Wear
Every morning, I put on my boxers and feel like a robot going through the motions of life. Wake up, go shower, put on boxers, comb my hair and eat some cereal and go to the slave mill.
I would like my life to be a bit more colorful, filled with a bit more variety and excitement.
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Topic: NEWS english - on January 17, 2007 at 11:01:00 AM CET
Roadside rest-stop costs jeweler
Thieves snatched one million euros ($1.3 million) worth of jewelry from the trunk of a German designer's car when he left it to relieve himself.
jeweler Harald Hardy Herzmann, his security guard and a dog were all on the way to meet customers in the Austrian winter sports resort of Hochgurgl when Herzmann stopped nearby, according to local media.
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Topic: NEWS english - on January 16, 2007 at 10:09:00 AM CET
Journalists fined over Islam joke
A court in Casablanca has given two Moroccan journalists suspended sentences of three years for defaming Islam and breaching public morality.
The journalists' weekly magazine, Nichane, had published an article entitled How Moroccans laugh at religion, sex and politics.
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Topic: NEWS english - on January 15, 2007 at 12:49:00 PM CET
Coca-Cola secretary stole secrets to sell to Pepsi
Prosecutors say a former Coca-Cola secretary took confidential documents from the beverage giant and samples of products that hadn't been launched with the aim of selling them to rival Pepsi. Her lawyer says she was duped by two ex-cons and didn't commit a crime.
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Topic: NEWS english - on January 15, 2007 at 11:58:00 AM CET
In City Ban, a Sign of Wealth and Its Discontents
Guangzhou, the chaotic export capital in southern China, appeared to hit a major Chinese milestone this month, becoming the country’s first city to reach a per capita income of $10,000 — more than five times the nationwide figure and a rough threshold for becoming a “developed” country.
But in a measure of just how problematic prosperity can be here, the city will institute a ban on motorcycles and motorized bicycles on Monday, hoping to quell a crime wave that has been building to more than 100,000 offenses a year.
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Topic: NEWS english - on January 15, 2007 at 11:55:00 AM CET
African Lion Kisses, Hugs Woman Who Saved It
People in Cali, Colombia, are shocked to see the bond between a large African lion and a woman who saved it from abuse, involving long, affectionate kisses and hugs between the pair.
Ana Julia Torres, who runs the Villa Lorena animal shelter in Cali, fed and nursed Jupiter the African lion back to health years ago after it was found abused and emaciated in a traveling circus.
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Topic: NEWS english - on January 14, 2007 at 12:31:00 PM CET
Want an iPhone? Beware the iHandcuffs
STEVE JOBS, Apple’s showman nonpareil, provided the first public glimpse of the iPhone last week — gorgeous, feature-laden and pricey. While following the master magician’s gestures, it was easy to overlook a most disappointing aspect: like its slimmer iPod siblings, the iPhone’s music-playing function will be limited by factory-installed “crippleware.”
If “crippleware” seems an unduly harsh description, it balances the euphemistic names that the industry uses for copy protection. Apple officially calls its own standard “FairPlay,” but fair it is not.
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Topic: NEWS english - on January 13, 2007 at 12:03:00 PM CET
Wallpaper's design award results
It was a tough choice but here they are: the ultimate in global design, architecture and style, as selected by this year's elite panel of international judges, designer Naota Fukasawa, hotelier Ian Schrager, designer Ron Arad, fashion designers Viktor and Rolf, actress Jane Birkin, and MD of Charme Matteo do Montezemolo.
Best new hotel Best new public building Best new fashion collection Best new grooming product Best city ......
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Topic: NEWS english - on January 13, 2007 at 11:17:00 AM CET
Is it true that a woman's breasts can grow enormously overnight?
Gigantomastia is the condition in which a woman’s breasts grow dramatically very, very quickly. The condition happens during pregnancy. Drs. N. Agarwal and three colleagues from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi report a case of gigantomastia.
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Topic: NEWS english - on January 13, 2007 at 11:16:00 AM CET
Mexico leader in tortilla pledge
Mexico's President Felipe Calderon has pledged to intervene to tackle the soaring price of tortillas, the flat corn bread which is a local staple.
The price of tortillas, the main source of calories for many of Mexico's poor, rose by more than 10% last year.
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