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| Life
Style |
- Lil'
Kim faces perjury rap
HIP-hop artist
Lil' Kim will go on trial in November on charges she lied to
a grand jury investigating a 2001 shootout involving members
of her entourage outside a Manhattan radio station.
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| Fashion |
- Gold
inspiration sweet hereafter
STEPPING
into 2004, joy and optimism have become the defining sentiment
in design works and jewellery is no exception.
- Everlasting
service
THE Everlasting
Spa will present a series of spa services to suit both women
and men. Japanese acupressure massage involves the application
of finger tip pressure to energy points on the body in order
to stimulate the flow of energy and promote good health. While
Swedish aromatic massage helps work aromatic oils into the muscle
and soft tissue and relieve people of stress and tension. In
addition, aroma anti-stress back, ear & facial treatment, hot
stone foot massage and traditional Chinese massage are also
available in the new outlet at 380 Shaanxi Beilu. The new outlet
is especially set up on the 1st floor for men's foot and body
massage. A fitness facial for men will cleanse hydrate, moisten
and refresh the skin.
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| Health |
- Stool
screening for cancer
LONDON -
Doctors may soon be able to save lives by checking stool samples
for evidence of cancer.
- Friends,
lovers lower heart attack risk
LONDON -
Don't knock your friends: they could save your life.
- Heavy
drinking hurts
WASHINGTON
- Heavy social drinkers show the same pattern of brain damage
as hospitalized alcoholics - enough to impair day-to-day functioning,
US researchers said recently.
- BRIEFS
Older kidneys,
OK
- The
magic of fungus
WASHINGTON
- Supplements made from a Chinese fungus may help older and
out-of-shape people feel a bit more energized, corporate researchers
said on Monday.
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| Feature |
- Adding
value to mobiles
FOR Asia's
hip and swanky people, carrying a mobile phone with a cracked
screen and a tatty plastic cover is tantamount to a crime against
fashion.
- Britons
go 'toothing' for hi-tech sex with strangers
BRITISH commuters
take note - the respectable person sitting next to you on the
train fumbling with their cell phone might be a "toother" looking
for sex with a stranger.
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| Travel |
- Mianshan-a
holy mountain burnt into the memory
THE history
of Mianshan in North China's Shanxi Province has been mainly
related to two huge conflagrations.
- Longhua
fair adds `lustre to the dragon'
IN the 400-year
history of the temple fairs held in the Longhua Temple, only
on two occasions has it been halted - once during the "cultural
revolution" (1966-76) and the second time was last year during
the SARS outbreak.
- sanxingdui
relics on parade for mask festival
WHEN she
left Chengdu for her home country of England on the expiry of
her teaching contract at Sichuan University a few weeks ago,
Caroline Portsmouth regretted that she would not be attending
the opening ceremony of the Sanxingdui International Mask Festival
on May 1.
- Century
Park tunes up for a music carnival
TIRED of
exhausting yourself by rushing to and from train stations and
airports and not being able to have intimate but quick contact
with Mother Nature over the May day holiday?
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| What's
on |
- Listings
Exhibition
- Disney
On Ice
The most
popular Disney cartoon figures including Mickey Mouse, Beauty
and the Beast, Snow White, The Little Mermaid and Cinderella
will present a figure skating show as Shanghai enters the hot
months of summer.
- Ned
Kelly
Director:
Gregor Jordan
- Jumping
to New Jazz
LOCAL and
overseas musicians are heading to town for the Shanghai-Interna
tional Jazz Week from May 2 to 6 and fans will be brought up
to date with the latest musical trend in the genre - the "New
Jazz".
- Top
country band to rock city
THE Front
Porch Country Band, which occupied highest place on the American
Country Song Top Ten Billboard last year, will give one concert
in the city next month.
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STEPPING into 2004, joy and optimism have become the defining sentiment in design works and jewellery is no exception.