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I ONCE met a skin-care expert from Taiwan. The man, who looked as if he were in his 30s, said his actual age was 45. The secret for remaining young, according to him, was to be fully prepared for protection from the sun. Even inside the house, he would use some sun protection products.
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- Elvis' first hit turns 50
MORE than 1,250 radio stations across the US celebrated one of the defining moments in rock 'n' roll on July 5 when they simultaneously played "That's All Right'', a tune recorded exactly 50 years ago by a young truck driver called Elvis Presley.
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- Summer sun
I ONCE met a skin-care expert from Taiwan. The man, who looked as if he were in his 30s, said his actual age was 45. The secret for remaining young, according to him, was to be fully prepared for protection from the sun. Even inside the house, he would use some sun protection products.
- Fully-clothed history from Venice
AFTER the success of the Benozzo Gozzoli exhibition featuring fabrics taken from the "Procession of the Magi" in Florence, presented in 15 cities in seven countries, Rubelli is now launching a new initiative in Shanghai.
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- Mice may help protect humans from bio-terrorism
SYDNEY - Australian scientists have identified the immune response that determines why some mice are infected with mousepox and others are not, a discovery that could lead to better protection for humans in a bio-terror attack.
- 'Magic' needles help zap fat
THE technique of acupuncture in Chinese medical treatments involves the use of needles (often silver) to penetrate the body along meridians, also called xuewei.
- Overcoming OCD
OBSESSIVE-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by obsessions or compulsions -having one or both is sufficient for the diagnosis.
- Safeguarding children at home
YOU have known since you were little not to stick your finger in that curious little electric outlet. Mom warned you, as all mothers would. Most Shanghai parents seem extremely aware of the importance of preventing accidents like this from happening to their children - yet China still has one of the highest rates of unintended injury and death among its young.
- Brainier approach
ZHENG Song (not his real name), a university student from Southwest China's Sichuan Province, disturbed by his obssessive thoughts about slaughtering his classmates, underwent neurosurgery last Thursday in the Shanghai Ruijin Hospital.
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- The Olympics make a Greek Odyssey ideal
WITH little more than a month left till the beginning of the Olympic Games, the atmosphere in the country where the sporting event was first held in 776 BC is electric. This summer, more than ever before, Greece will be an exciting tourist destination. It does not matter if you are uninterested in sport because the Hellenic Republic will have something to offer you. The whole country is steeped in millennia of history under the Mediterranean suns and it has a wild and crazy nightlife.
- `Unbelievably
beautiful?wonderland of Zhejiang
THE names Xianju and Xiandu both mean “fairyland? a fact which could easily arouse the interest of travellers.
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- Shanghai magnet
ERIC Xu speaks standard Mandarin with a Beijing accent. Born and raised in the Chinese capital and having spent some 12 years in the US, the Asia-Pacific PR director of Tektronix has found Shanghai the place that he can best tap his potential.
- Stress disorders hit US troops in Iraq
NEARLY a fifth of US troops returning from the war in Iraq may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health problems, but many are not seeking treatment, according to a study released on Wednesday.
- Piano maker's key to success
DURING the tumultuous years of the "cultural revolution" (1966-76), few Chinese dared to buy a piano, which symbolized the West's decadent and bourgeois society.
- Experts: what price happiness?
YOU don't need millions to be happy. At The Happiness Institute in Australia, a couple of hundred dollars may do the trick.
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- Novel `Academic Style'
AN exhibition of oil paintings by young artists from the China Fine Arts Academy (CFAA) is open to the public in the Original Impress Gallery, a new basement art gallery in the city.
- The Philadelphia Story/High Society
Directors: George Cukor/Charles Walters
- Moonlight serenade
TSAI Chin, the renowned singer from East China's Taiwan Province, often acclaimed for the velvety sound of her voice, will stage another concert in the city hard on the heels of her first Shanghai show.
- Conservative creations
CONTEMPORARY Chinese print works are on exhibition in the Wan Fung Gallery on the ground floor of the Bibliotheca Zi-Ka-Wei.
- Berlin on the Bund
FROM Sydney to Singapore to Shanghai, an original cabaret act will make its debut in the Glamour Room of M on the Bund this week.
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