" A gutsy pensioner foiled a raid on a jewellery shop when he ripped the balaclava off a hoodie wielding a sledgehammer. The elderly man wrestled the robber and unmasked him, shocking the offenders so much that they...
As the new austerity enforced by economic gloom attempts to pervade every aspect of modern life it is always worth remembering that, although the house might be worth less than you paid for it and that you'd be...
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"The Eid-ul-Fitr festival is next week and the people in Pakistan, both young and old, prepare for three days of festivities with much fervour. It’s an ideal time for businesses to thrive as people buy new clothes, shoes, jewellery, home decor items and gifts for each...
After winning this year’s Miss Universe crown, Dayana Mendoza is back in news - but this time its all for the wrong reasons. The beauty queen has been caught in a nude scandal after photos of her modelling naked...
"A British woman has described how she was raped at gunpoint after her husband was kicked senseless by an intruder at their villa in the Caribbean. The young, masked attacker slipped into their privately rented...
In a recent report by the DailyMail.co.uk, it says experts claimed that metal earrings and tooth fillings could be the cause of chronic back pain. In the study, it cited that even "pieces of metal that pierce...
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"Hong Kong, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Asia's biggest international mid-year jewellery fair, the June Hong Kong Jewellery & Watch Fair, opens today with a record of 1,290 exhibitors from 33 countries and regions. The four-day event, now celebrating its 21st...
"Grubby little Paul Burrell who once style himself “Diana's Rock” will again profit from her memory by flogging gems on US shopping TV to unwitting Americans. Sadly our cousins across the pond simply have not yet...
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A necklace that is the oldest known gold object made in the Americas has been found near Lake Titicaca in southern Peru. I wonder if you can still wear it..."Radiocarbon dating puts its origin at about 4,000 years...
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Not only do boys not cry, we also don't accessorize, according to today's fashion column in the Globe and Mail.Writer Amy Verner notes that boy bling was on the rise at this year's Academy Awards, with Harrison Ford,...
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Wow, this guy certainly doesn't even look like he's over 18, let alone a criminal mastermind."A Canadian bank robber who pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing an antique jewellery piece made for a 19th-century Austrian empress also revealed he was funding Kurdish rebels in...
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"Once branded a siren, Angelina Jolie is now known as a peace activist. She tells Ivor Davis about playing Mariane Pearl, whose husband was murdered by terrorists.
Not so long ago, Angelina Jolie was cast as Hollywood's scarlet woman.
The headline-hugging actress had stolen...
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"A Heathrow Airport worker has been dismissed for wearing a nose stud.
Amrit Lalji, 40, of Stanmore, north-west London, who worked for caterers Eurest, said she wore the tiny piercing as a mark of her Hindu faith.
She had worn the stud at work for more than a year until a...
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Wellingborough Market, Northamptonshire, England is hosting a continental market with a wee taste of Scottish Food in Market Street, Wellingborough, starting tomorrow and running until...