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More Americans cut cable as Internet TV grows
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2012 (AFP) – Nearly three million Americans cut their cable television subscriptions last year as an increasing number turned to the Internet, a survey shows. The Nielsen survey released last week found that some of those cutting …
Eating berries may slow brain’s decline: study
WASHINGTON, April 26, 2012 (AFP) - Women who eat plenty of blueberries and strawberries experience slower mental decline with age than women who consume fewer of the flavonoid-rich
British tea scion hopes India will embrace the bag
NEW DELHI, April 29, 2012 (AFP) - Stephen H.B. Twining, the 10th-generation descendant of the Twinings tea-making family, is an unimpeachable brand ambassador. It is early afternoon and
Top Philippine dishes emerge from junk food shadows
Angeles city, Philippines, April 25, 2012 (AFP) - Claude Tayag sees himself as a food missionary, hoping to convert people at home and abroad to the secret cuisine
‘Little Paris Kitchen’ spells success for British chef
British chef and author, Rachel Khoo poses at her micro-restaurant named "La petite cuisine" that she runs in her tiny 21-square-metre studio. With a bestselling recipe book and
Penang’s famed food hawkers see tradition lose steam
Georgetown, Malaysia, April 4, 2012 (AFP) - Soon Chuan Choo has spent 45 years sweating next to a sizzling curbside wok in Malaysia's heat, frying up flat noodles
Now it’s official: beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder
LYON, France, March 29, 2012 (AFP) - French scientists say they have confirmed the folklore that a glass in your hand will make you feel sexier, smarter and
Nepal ‘werewolf’ family to be treated in Kathmandu
KATHMANDU, March 25, 2012 (AFP) - A family suffering from a rare genetic condition in which hair grows all over the face arrived in the Nepalese capital of
New rules expand US intelligence access to data
WASHINGTON, March 23, 2012 (AFP) - President Barack Obama's administration has adopted new guidelines that allow US counterterrorism agents to keep information acquired from other federal agencies for
Junkyard beckons for Myanmar rust buckets
Yangon, March 22, 2012 (AFP) - Fume-belching classic European cars and aging Japanese sedans have rattled along Myanmar's streets for decades, but as the country opens up many
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