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London fashion fights for clout on 25th birthday

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:48:56 GMT

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Its designer graduates are some of the darlings of the industry, but does London Fashion Week still have a seat at fashion's top table?

Study takes step toward erasing bad memories

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:16:27 GMT

LONDON (Reuters) - A widely available blood pressure pill could one day help people erase bad memories, perhaps treating some anxiety disorders and phobias, according to a Dutch study published on Sunday.

Uncertain art world eyes key European auctions

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:22:58 GMT

LONDON (Reuters) - Big art sales in Europe this month are a step into the unknown for auction houses, as they seek to gauge how the economic turmoil is affecting wealthy clients' appetite for multi-million dollar works of art.

Luxury downturn hits U.S. beaver trappers

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:35:16 GMT

HENDERSON, Texas (Reuters) - Harold Renfro, a stocky east Texan, pulls on a submerged cable and hauls a dead beaver out of a chilly farm pond.

Downturn hits vacation enclave of New York elite

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:36:17 GMT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Just months after he was ousted from Lehman Brothers, Joseph Gregory put his mansion in tony Bridgehampton on the market for $32.5 million.

Nervy investors spur rush at Swiss gold refiners

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:25:04 GMT

MENDRISIO/ZURICH, Switzerland (Reuters) - Sealed off by grey concrete walls and barbed wire, the workmen in protective glasses and steel-toed boots at this smelter cannot work fast enough to meet demand from the nervous rich for gold.

Catholics and Muslims to fight terror and defend faith

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:31:42 GMT

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Catholic and Muslim leaders at unprecedented Vatican meetings vowed on Thursday to jointly combat violence committed in God's name, to defend religious freedom and to foster equal rights for minority faith groups.

Catholics, Muslims open landmark talks at Vatican

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:27:39 GMT

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Senior Vatican and Islamic scholars launched their first Catholic-Muslim Forum on Tuesday to improve relations between the world's two largest faiths by discussing what unites and divides them.

Muslims seek crisis management plan with Vatican

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:38:07 GMT

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Muslim scholars due to meet Pope Benedict and Roman Catholic officials this week hope the Vatican will agree to joint crisis management plan to defuse tensions that flare up between Christianity and Islam.

Bells, chants launch Bhutan's first daily newspaper

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:30:28 GMT

THIMPHU, Bhutan (Reuters) - Buddhist monks prayed for the success of Bhutan's first daily newspaper, which was launched Thursday but could take a week to reach remote areas of the tiny Himalayan nation carried on ponies and on foot.

Muslim scholars to meet pope, Vatican Islam experts

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:59:45 GMT

PARIS (Reuters) - Muslim scholars make a rare visit to the Vatican next week to discuss with Pope Benedict and Roman Catholic experts how to overcome mutual suspicion and ignorance between Christianity and Islam.

Sudan's Catholics turn to Darfur saint

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:16:53 GMT

KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - In a dusty church in Khartoum's Jeberona camp for displaced persons, the congregation claps and sings beneath a portrait of a smiling woman who has become a focus of hope for a divided country.

School cricket scheme thrives on a big scale

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:08:22 GMT

LONDON (Reuters) - An ambitious scheme to boost self-confidence and discipline among children by reviving competitive cricket in state schools is thriving after three years and its founders are determined to sustain it.

Wright-Phillips builds links with Guatemala

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:54:24 GMT

LONDON (Reuters) - Carrying bags of cement and water purifiers up a Guatemalan hillside in the name of charity makes football training seem easy, says England international Shaun Wright-Phillips who has been helping out in the Central American country.

"Uber-prime" real estate still hot in London

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:48:29 GMT

LONDON (Reuters) - London's housing market may be cooling, but not when it comes to 10-bedroom mansions with designer interiors, indoor swimming pools and private gardens in the capital's most sought-after neighbourhoods.

In New York, a socialite goes by any other name

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:23:49 GMT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - With her trademark cascade of curled blonde hair pinned to the side, Tinsley Mortimer is a charity ball staple, attends countless fashion shows and is one of the most recognizable faces in New York society.

Maasai warrior hairdressers break taboos

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:13:28 GMT

MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Maasai warrior Lempuris Lalasho went to Kenya's tourist haven Mombasa to find a white woman to marry, but he ended up working as a hairdresser, a profession that is taboo in his culture.

Turks question what went wrong in Beijing

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:10:30 GMT

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey must improve sports facilities and spend less on soccer if it is to recover from a disappointing Beijing Olympics and achieve its ambition of hosting the 2020 Games, critics say.

Filipino Americans take stock in old country

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:32:45 GMT

MANILA (Reuters) - Alan Marasigan looks like any other Filipino as he fiddles with his cell phone inside a shopping mall in Manila. But his American accent and perfect English give him away.

Georgians live in fear in Russian "security zone"

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:24:33 GMT

TKVIAVI, Georgia (Reuters) - Koba Jashashvili's corpse has been lying for three weeks in his cellar because, his neighbours say, his family are too scared of roaming militias to return and give him a proper burial.

Tourist spending down in Spain

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:55:33 GMT

BENALMADENA, Spain (Reuters) - Few Spaniards would sacrifice their annual summer vacation. But while Spain's beaches are still busy, shops and restaurants at its resorts are ominously quiet as the country's economic crisis envelops the tourism industry.