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...very good reflection on the state of this country." OZZY OSBOURNE, British rock legend and reality-TV star, on being robbed of an estimated $3.8 million worth of jewelry while he and his wife, Sharon, were in England...
...film crew were accompanied everywhere by official "guides." The royal treatment can be attributed in part to Gordon's previous documentary, The Game of Their Lives. That film assembled the surviving members of North Korea's 1966 World Cup football team, who upset Italy and became underdog heroes in England, the host country. North Korean authorities liked The Game of Their Lives so much that it was shown on state...
Last spring Intel commissioned a surfboard shaper in North Devon, England, to design a board with an embedded tablet PC. Why? So Intel could tout its Centrino processor at beach festivals around the globe. Equipped with wi-fi, the Wireless Technology Surfboard enables the surfer to send e-mail, shoot videos (using the built-in webcam) and, yes, surf...
...trial opened in Lisbon of seven people charged in relation to an alleged child sex ring in state-run children's homes. Revelations by a whistleblower in September 2002 outraged the nation when it emerged that reports of abuse spanning decades were ignored by authorities. Fair Play ZIMBABWE The England cricket team arrived in Harare for a 10-day tour after authorities - in a surprise turnaround - lifted a ban on 13 British journalists. The England cricketers had delayed traveling to the country because of the ban. No Bargaining AFGHANISTAN Officials denied the government had made a deal to secure...
...Saks to buy socks, and we're bored. But let us shop at eBay, with the clock ticking down on an item we really don't need and may not even want, and our sportsman's juices surge: It's the two-minute warning at Super Bowl XXXVI. (New England Patriots 20, St. Louis Rams 17.) For guys at an online auction, it's not just the getting that counts, it's the crushing of another bidder's acquisitive spirit. In the final seconds of an auction, we - all right, I - enter a last, astronomical...