Creepy Aussie TV ads target low-level speeders
Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:29 PM MDT
By Pauline Askin SYDNEY Reuters Life - An explicit television advertisement was launched in Australia this week targeting a common but dangerous kind of driver those who speed just a
China football flap prompts fan to become monk
Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:29 PM MDT
BEIJING Reuters - The most famous fan of a Chinese soccer club has decided to become a monk after the squad withdrew from the country's professional league last month in
British police arrest Beckham staff over theft
Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:29 PM MDT
LONDON Reuters Life - Two staff working at the English mansion belonging to David Beckham and his wife Victoria have been arrested on suspicion of stealing memorabilia belonging to the
Gates, Winfrey, Jolie top in responsibility poll
Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:29 PM MDT
NEW YORK Oct Reuters Life - Bill Gates topped the business category and Oprah Winfrey and Angelina Jolie scored high marks but many Americans said they had difficulty naming a
WHO tells governments to focus on basic health care
Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:29 PM MDT
By Laura MacInnis GENEVA Reuters - Nearly million women will give birth without any medical assistance this year the World Health Organization WHO said on Tuesday in a report calling
UK's NICE turns down Glaxo Tyverb offer
Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:29 PM MDT
LONDON Reuters - Britain's healthcare cost effectiveness watchdog NICE has rebuffed GlaxoSmithKline's latest bid to get its drug Tyverb - for women with advanced breast cancer - into the state
Luxury mall showcases wealth gap in India
Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:29 PM MDT
By Krittivas Mukherjee NEW DELHI Reuters - With gold-plated ceilings exotic fountains and the clink of champagne glasses the Emporio Mall in New Delhi is the perfect place to wile
106-year-old Obama- supporting nun shocked by fame
Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:29 PM MDT
By Philip Pullella ROME Reuters - A -year-old American nun who became a minor celebrity after she appeared on television saying she is voting for Barack Obama is startled and
Stars come out to honor Pavarotti at Petra
Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:29 PM MDT
By Suleiman al-Khalidi PETRA Jordan Reuters Life - Sting Andrea Bocelli Placido Domingo and other stars of popular and classical music honored late Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti at a star-studded