Greenpeace accuses Barbie destroy the tropical forests of the Indonesia
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Greenpeace said Wednesday that he had evidence that Barbie doll packaging comes from Indonesian rainforests, accusing producers of toys like Mattel and Walt Disney Co to contribute to the rapid deforestation of the country. Tuesday, the Greenpeace activists dressed up as Ken Barbie dolls abseiled down the side of the headquarters of Mattel close to Los Angeles to deploy a banner saying packaging contributes to the destruction of the rainforest.
Academic Oxford is "irresistible" clue of Ophelia
London (Reuters) - An Oxford academic has found a link between the tragic heroine of Shakespeare's Ophelia and a real-life daughter "irresistible" who died at the age of two in 1569, when the Bard would have been about five years. Admitting that its discovery may be pure coincidence, Steven Gunn of the Faculty of history at the University said that it had updated the records of the death of a Jane Shaxspere some 20 miles from Stratford-Upon-Avon, where Shakespeare was raised.
Curfew Cat is purrfect repair for wildlife attacks
SYDNEY (Reuters) - cats in several districts of Sydney will be ordered to curl up in the dusk to dawn curfew to curb on day the day of the attacks on the native fauna. Moving to the area of local administration of Leichhardt, on the West side internal Sydney, was inspired after the son of the Deputy Mayor Michele McKenzie saved a possum brushtail and her baby when they were attacked by a cat.
American released from prison in Dubai after Holster
Dubai (Reuters) - U.S. citizen who initially faced as much as seven years in prison for stealing from police handcuffs was released after spending 28 days in a Dubai prison, a police spokesman said Wednesday. Adam Foster, 30, was arrested in February when customs officers spotted the handcuffs in his luggage at the airport in Dubai he left. Foster said that he found the handcuffs on the parking lot of a shopping centre.
Measure the beloved Korean drink, from smooth blackout
Seoul (Reuters) - hard drinking Korean, some combinations of alcohol also have strong a hold on their hearts that the popular local version of Boilermaker. Somaek, the mixture of soju national alcohol of the Korea - a vodka-like liquor distilled - with beer, is a popular tipple for many people who find straight soju too strong, but are not that keen on beer by itself.
Americans rated more hilarious in global survey
London (Reuters) - the Germans have been voted World "less funny nationality" in a global survey, which appoints the funniest all Americans and the Europeans more fun before Italian and French Spanish. The social network and dating site Web Badoo.com asked 30 000 people in 15 countries in the name plus the two the "funny", or better to make people laugh "and" the less funny "nationality."
The Australia military loses its UFO X-Files - report
CANBERRA (Reuters) - military of the Australia lost his X-Files, detailing the observations of unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, across the country, a newspaper report said on Tuesday. After a search for two months in response to a freedom of Information (faith) newspaper, which forces the Government to publish documents of public interest, the Ministry of defence of the Australia was unable to locate the files, said the Sydney Morning Herald.
Don't expect the e-mail from Lanvin Chief Wednesday
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Andretta Thierry, Chief Executive of the oldest France Lanvin fashion brand, has found a radical cure for the avalanche of emails he gets every day: he declared Wednesday a day free email. In this way, he says, he gives one day a week to focus without being interrupted and that things done.
Sniffer portico could speed up airport audits
Singapore (Reuters) - it could be the answer for each traveller tired air, a high-tech system that filters the passengers according to scans and "sniffs" risk them as they walk through screening, taking a fraction of the time of a routine security check. Customs and immigration may also be combined with the same screening station, stop queues and the increase in the time that the pre-flight navigation very important or duty-free purchases.
Humble cabbage becomes art
BEIJING (Reuters) - Ju Duoqi stocks up on sprouts in the Beijing vegetable market and then transforms the humble vegetable in artwork depicting beautiful women - sometimes leaving very little to the imagination. 38 Year-old said she began to use cabbage in his work five years when she was looking for a way to bring his art with everyday life.
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