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Japanese cuisine makes the cut in New York Michelin guide

AFP - Tuesday, October 7

NEW YORK (AFP) - - Japanese restaurants bubbled up through the French-dominated ranks of New York's top kitchens listed Monday in the new 2009 Michelin guide to the city. More »

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  • 'Rickshaw Idols' ride to glory in Bangladesh

    'Rickshaw Idols' ride to glory in Bangladesh

    AFP - Tuesday, October 7

    DHAKA (AFP) - - On the busy streets of Dhaka, Omar Ali snakes his way through the city's gridlocked traffic, pedalling passengers around town on his cycle rickshaw. More »

  • Tina Brown goes online with The Daily Beast

    Tina Brown goes online with The Daily Beast

    AFP - Tuesday, October 7

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Tina Brown, the high-profile former editor of Tatler, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, unveiled a new website on Monday, a collection of news, opinion, blogs, links and video known as "The Daily Beast." More »

  • Greek tragedy or a new kind of art? Graffiti hits Athens monuments

    Greek tragedy or a new kind of art? Graffiti hits Athens monuments

    AFP - Tuesday, October 7

    ATHENS (AFP) - - The authorities call it a Greek tragedy, but the graffiti artists who have increasingly left their mark on this ancient city and its monuments say they are simply responding to a different sort of muse. More »

  • French vintners fear worst sales since post 9/11

    French vintners fear worst sales since post 9/11

    AFP - Tuesday, October 7

    BORDEAUX, France (AFP) - - French wine merchants fear the growing world financial crisis could cause their worst end-of-year sales squeeze since the aftermath of the attacks of September 11, 2001. More »

  • Former financier helps stressed City workers

    Former financier helps stressed City workers

    AFP - Monday, October 6

    LONDON (AFP) - - Having himself suffered a total breakdown at the office, former corporate finance specialist Jonathan Naess is well-qualified to run a charity helping stressed-out workers in London's City district. More »

  • 'Wake up Lisbon!' Graffiti museum divides locals

    'Wake up Lisbon!' Graffiti museum divides locals

    AFP - Monday, October 6

    LISBON (AFP) - - To some they are eyesores fit only to be painted over, to others they are legitimate works of art: a new 'museum' of graffiti has divided the residents of Lisbon's fashionable Bairro Alto district. More »

  • Squeezed by financial crisis, Americans shift back to thrift

    Squeezed by financial crisis, Americans shift back to thrift

    AFP - Monday, October 6

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - With US financial institutions foundering and credit tightening, Americans are rediscovering thrift as they shop more wisely, forego holidays and even barter in shops to live within their means. More »

  • Modern culture is destroying faith, pope warns

    AFP - Monday, October 6

    ROME (AFP) - - Pope Benedict XVI attacked the Godless character of modern culture as he celebrated mass Sunday in a Roman basilica to mark the opening of a synod of Catholic bishops. More »

  • Australians bid farewell to 'g'day mate': report

    AFP - Monday, October 6

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australians who sound like crocodile hunter Steve Irwin or Crocodile Dundee actor Paul Hogan could soon be a relic of the past, a report said on Sunday. More »