"Smoking jacket" and "hot pants" take on new meaning
with designer's collection of addictive designs.

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Researchers say that in 2008, some 4.5 trillion cigarettes were
stubbed out all over ...   more »

The White House denies a claim that a telephone call from Israeli Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert to President George W. Bush forced Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice to abstain in a U.N. vote on the ...   more »

For the travellers who love planes and want to stay close to the airport,
there is now a hostel built especially for them - The Jumbo Jet hostel.

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DORTMUND, GERMANY (JANUARY 14, 2009) REUTERS -
The Central Council of Jews in Germany has expressed concerns about
the reprinting of Nazi-era newspapers by a British publisher as part of its
campaign to raise historical ...   more »

Newspapers from the Third Reich era go on sale in Germany, with the
aim of putting Nazi propaganda into context.

The facsimiles of Nazi newspapers from 1933 when Hitler came to power, to
the end ...   more »

A pilot who apparently concocted an elaborate hoax to fake his death has
been captured by authorities near Tallahassee, Florida.


MILTON, FLORIDA UNITED STATES (JANUARY 12, 2009) NBC -
U.S. marshals have arrested a pilot ...   more »

The Chilean Navy has uncovered a "Noah's Ark" of contraband exotic
animals - some of them endangered - which were being shipped from Peru.

A Navy patrol boat from the Chilean port of Arica noticed ...   more »

Two members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
deserted the group this week, releasing two hostages, including a teenage
boy.

Colombia's Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos says the
defectors will be compensated under ...   more »