As the old saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But Venezuela, whose beauty queens have won Miss Universe and Miss World over six times, doesn't leave it to chance and girls as young as four can be found attending beauty schools. There
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A trained sniffer dog can find hidden drugs or earthquake survivors and even detect cancer. We might not have as good a sense of smell as dogs, but we still follow our noses. Wake up and smell the coffee! Something smells fishy. She has a nose for a
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Picture this scene: you are walking home and there is a black cat on the path in front of you. Does it make you feel scared stiff? Perhaps it might make you feel lucky? Would you dare to put your shoes on the table? If so, then you may be dabbling wi
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When it comes to owning an upright piano, society has changed its tune. One hundred years ago, having the instrument in your home was a sign of social status, as well as being an important source of home entertainment. But, nowadays, it seems that th
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We might not be alone in the universe. Actually, it may be confirmed as a very crowded place by new computer models developed to help identify habitable planets. Estimates of places that can sustain life have been based on the likelihood of them havi
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Every baby born in Scotland in the next year will receive a CD to inspire a love of classical music. The discs will be distributed to all 220 register offices across the country and are expected to reach up to 60,000 families. The compilation titled
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Victory for the lawyers who took on the big US tobacco companies and won has whet their appetite for more. Now they are challenging the food industry. About ten years ago, Don Barrett and his colleagues forced the tobacco companies to admit they knew
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Many people in Britain have been moaning about price rises, low interest rates for savings; and it's not unusual to see couples kissing in the streets of London. What's happened to the famous British stiff upper lip? The image of a nation resolute an
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It's not every day that you find a motorcycle or a concrete dock washed ashore, but that's what people on the West coast of the United States have been spotting. These items were among debris from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan. It's been estimated
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How many men would get away with a chat up line like: That's quite a nice little nothing you're almost wearing. I approve? Bond, James Bond, who will be back on the silver screen soon in Skyfall. And while delivering such a cheesy line, 007 managed t
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Smokers in England have been asked to give up smoking for 28 days this month, in a campaign backed by Cancer Research UK and the British Heart Foundation. Research shows people who manage not to light up for this length of time are five times more li
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Successful businesses adopt the philosophy that the customer is always right and McDonald's, famous for serving hamburgers, hasn't ignored that. So much so that it is opening, next year, its first totally vegetarian restaurant in India. About 40% of
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Do you want to understand your work colleagues better? Go to the zoo and observe the monkeys. That's the advice of the Dutch business consultant Patrick van Veen, who has biology on his CV. He takes groups of business people around Chester Zoo in Bri
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Background: 澳大利亚当局决定对一大批蜂拥而至的野生骆驼采取驱赶行动。多达六千头骆驼横冲直闯进入该国北部一个小居民区，践踏了民宅的篱笆，污染了水源，让当地居民吓得不敢出门。现
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Background: 背景：网络巨头 Google 宣布从2010年1月起将会将伊拉克国家博物馆的宝藏的照片放在互联网上供全世界人民免费观赏。Google 首席执行官 Eric Schmidt 先生在参观伊拉克国家博物馆时宣布了
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Background:日本足球协会负责人提出应在明年的世界杯赛中取缔一种叫 vuvuzela 的塑料喇叭。犬飼基昭在日本队同东道主南非队比赛之后说，刺耳的喇叭声严重干扰了日本球员之间的交流。此前世
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Background:意大利农民展示了一种据说能减慢衰老过程的正方形西红柿。农民协会说，这种西红柿含有大量的能减少人体细胞损伤的自然元素。 The new tomato was grown without genetic modification in the reg
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President Barack Obama has welcomed the successful completion of voting on the first day of southern Sudan's referendum on independence. He said it was a historic step toward implementing the comprehensive peace deal that ended the war between north
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President Obama has led the United States in a moment's silence to honour the victims of Saturday's shooting in Arizona. A single bell tolled for the six people who were killed and for the Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was critical
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A United States congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has been shot in the head during a public event in Arizona. Initial reports suggested she had been killed, but a hospital spokesman said later that she was still alive and in a critical condition. She'
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