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Men's interest in fashion growing, style watchers note

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:42:05 +0800

NEW YORK��- Menswear, the perennial poor relation of women's high fashion, is staking a larger claim on the lucrative fashion stage, as retailers tap a growing men's clothing market and runways in New York reflect American men's rising interest in high fashion.

US retail sales pick up in January

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:07:51 +0800

WASHINGTON��- US retail sales geared up in January as consumers flocked to stores and restaurants amid unseasonably warm weather in large areas of the country, government data showed Tuesday.

Hurdles in the path of historic Greece bailout

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:39:55 +0800

The pending bailout program of Greece includes a write-down of privately-held Greek sovereign debt, called private sector involvement (PSI), intended to be worth 100 billion euros ($132 billion); 100 billion of loans from eurozone partners, heavily conditional; and 30 billion to keep Greek banks afloat. The new bailout would be the biggest in history.

Marubeni-led group eyes wind farm in Fukushima

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:36:02 +0800

TOKYO��- A group of Japanese firms led by trading house Marubeni Corp. plans to build a large floating experimental wind farm off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, which was hit by a nuclear disaster last year, a report said Tuesday.

Chinese nationals caught working in Samar mine to be deported

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:28:10 +0800

Eight Chinese nationals will be deported from the Philippines after they were caught working illegally for a mining firm, an immigration official said Tuesday.

Huppert-starring, Brillante-directed kidnap drama screens at Berlin fest

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:59:06 +0800

BERLIN��- Isabelle Huppert stars as an aid worker snatched by Islamic extremist group Abu Sayyaf in Filipino director Brillante Mendoza's 'Captive', which premiered at the Berlin film festival Sunday.

Obama to meet China VP at White House

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:39:57 +0800

WASHINGTON��- China's Vice President Xi Jinping will meet US President Barack Obama on Tuesday in a key early test for Washington's relations with the man on course to lead the Asian power for the next decade.

Police turn to France, Facebook in Norway gunman probe

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:32:56 +0800

OSLO��- Norwegian police have requested assistance from France and Facebook to cast light on the personality of the man who killed 77 people in twin attacks last July, the police prosecutor in charge of the probe said Tuesday.

Anti-Assad forces in Homs use carrier pigeons to communicate

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:10:30 +0800

BEIRUT�- Cut off by a relentless barrage of government shelling, activists in the besieged Syrian city of Homs have reverted to the age-old practice of using carrier pigeons to communicate with each other.

Kate spends Valentine's solo with William in Falklands

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:09:34 +0800

LIVERPOOL��- An eight-year-old boy stood in for Britain's Prince William on Tuesday, presenting his wife Catherine with Valentine's Day roses while the royal is deployed to the Falkland Islands.