Telegraph - World's top ten places to live, Jan 07, 2012

"Hong Kong

A dynamic, sometimes frantic city, with apartments that are distinctly small and usually 30 or 40 floors up. That’s the bad news. The good news is that Hong Kong is exciting yet safe, and a 30-minute ferry ride from the city centre will take you to tranquil spots such as Lamma Island.
Hong Kong is not really somewhere to put your feet up, but a city to enjoy while your energy levels are at their maximum.
It is best to get the lie of the land by renting first, advises Mitchell Lewis of Christie’s International Real Estate’s Asia Pacific region. “You’re looking at £5-6,000 for a reasonable place to rent per month. If you’re buying, it is £800,000 for an apartment on a lower floor, and about £1.25 million for a higher floor. But you need to hold your nerve. Hong Kong is renowned for drastic market swings.”
For sale Hong Kong Parkview, Repulse Bay. A four-bedroom duplex apartment with mountain and harbour views. £1.2 million. Sotheby’s International Realty (00 852 3108 2108; hksothebysrealty.com)"
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Honduras Among World's Top Retirement Havens, Jan 07, 2012

"IIn the United States today, the discussion about retirement orbits around how much less of it we’re all going to have. While the cost of everything from healthcare to food swells… incomes, pensions and nest eggs erode, leaving baby boomers fewer and fewer options for retirement at home. But look at the right places beyond our borders today, and you’ll find you have more good choices than ever for a comfortable -- even a pampered -- retirement. In any one of our top 19 havens for 2012, a lifestyle well beyond your reach in the States could be yours for pennies on the dollar. In this, our annual Global Retirement Index, we bring you the top choices available on the planet today. From beachfront hideaways to arts-rich colonial cities, from cosmopolitan capitals to small highland villages, there’s an overseas haven to fit your fantasy… and your budget. For our Retirement Index, we only measure the very best havens against one other. So the country last on our list is still the 19th best in the world."
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LA TIMES - Ruben S. Ayala dies at 89; known as a maverick state senator, Jan 07, 2012

"Former state Sen. Ruben S. Ayala, a scrappy Democrat from Chino who fought for a controversial water project and helped create the California Conservation Corps during a legislative career that ran for 24 years until term limits forced him out, died of natural causes Wednesday in Ontario. He was 89."
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The Juice - Yahoo! OMG! CA - Look twice, because this woman is not Angelina Jolie, Jan 07, 2012

"Angelina Jolie's stunning beauty seems one of a kind, but a YouTube video reveals that Jolie isn't the only actress to possess pouty lips, gorgeous eyes, and amazing cheekbones.
Lina Sands, an aspiring actress from Spain, is featured in a YouTube clip that really highlights how much she looks like the Oscar-winning Jolie. Watching it, it's hard to believe Sands isn't a young Jolie, since the Spanish actress matches Jolie's modelesque figure, brown hair, and beautiful facial features."
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BollySpice - Katrina Kaif to have a super busy 2012, Jan 07, 2012

"Looks like the current blue eyed girl of Bollywood Katrina Kaif is going to have a chock-a-block calendar for 2012. She is currently riding the waves of her latest item number Chikni Chameli which has shown the raw and never seen before side of Kat.
Katrina will be working on the schedule of Yash Raj Production’s Ek Tha Tiger which will see her reuniting with Salman Khan. This Kabir Khan directorial venture is slated to release in June 2012 during Eid and has been listed as one of the most anticipated movies of 2012."
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Beauty: 10 Women Asia's Most Beautiful, Jan 07, 2012

"This beautiful Michelle Yeoh was born with the name of Yang Zi Chong in the city of Ipoh, West Malaysia. Yeoh is the highest-paid actress in Asia. He became famous after membintang movie 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'.
Yeoh been included in the list of '50 Most Beautiful People 'version of People magazine. Miss Malaysia 1983 was able to speak English and Malay, Chinese language as well."
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Blake Shelton invites Miranda Lambert and Kelly Clarkson, Jan 07, 2012

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BBC News - Michael Kiwanuka tops Sound of 2012 list, Jan 06, 2012

"Soul singer Michael Kiwanuka has come top of the BBC Sound of 2012 list, which aims to showcase the best rising music stars for the year ahead.
With a voice that has won comparisons to Bill Withers, the 24-year-old has already supported Adele on tour.
The Sound of 2012 list was compiled using tips from 184 key UK-based music critics, broadcasters and bloggers.
Now in its tenth year, previous winners include Jessie J, Adele, Mika, Ellie Goulding, Corinne Bailey Rae and Keane."
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The Washington Post - British illustrator Ronald Searle dies at 91, Jan 06, 2012

"Ronald Searle, the British illustrator who dreamed up the raucous schoolgirls of St. Trinian’s and inspired a generation of cartoonists with his delicate pen stroke and irony, died Dec. 30 at a hospital in Draguignan, France. He was 91."
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Most Beautiful - 10 Best Female Singers and Most Popular in 2011, Jan 06, 2012

"Best Female Singers and Most Popular in 2011 – Who is your favorite female singer? There are many best, beautiful and popular female singer who was become a big hit in 2011. So, here are the top 10 best female singers that are very popular in 2011."
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CARE2 - Justice for Women Forced to be Sterilized in Peru, Jan 06, 2012

""Target: Peru President Ollanta Humala, Peru Prime Minister Salomon Lerner Ghitis and United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon
Sponsored by: Concerned Citizens of the World
When Alberto Fujimori was President of Peru from 1990 to 2000, his government sterilised 346,219 women. According to the BBC, this program of birth control was not always done with the consent of the women sterilized. Others were misinformed and did not truly understand what was happening.
Although this program had the support of countries such as the United States and organizations such as the United Nations Population Fund, the aggressive and forceful tactics used by medical staff and police made it clear that this was not a program that allowed women to choose whether or not they were sterilized."
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Top 10 Best Websites - Google and Facebook Kings of the World Web 2011, Jan 06, 2012

"The research is still in first place on the internet, the social network is in second place but it is approaching at an alarming rate. Google beat Facebook as a major Internet destination this year, according to data released today by Nielsen market research. The web giant has registered 153.4 million unique visitors per month on average, compared with only 137.6 million in Facebook.
Yahoo is in third place with 130.1 million unique monthly visitors, while Microsoft’s MSN / WindowsLive / Bing in fourth place. Rounding out the top ten are another Google product, of course we talk about YouTube."
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Bunker Mentality - 2012′s big questions, Jan 06, 2012

"Ever since Tiger Woods fell from golf's good graces, we've seen a strange melange of top-ranked golfers and major winners capturing the headlines, but never at the same time. The reigning world No. 1 hasn't won a major since Woods at Torrey Pines more than three years ago.
That's going to change in 2012. Luke Donald, without a doubt the best player in the world, is going to win his first major this year. Best guess? Either Augusta or the PGA Championship. But it will happen, and Donald will secure his place as the best golfer on the planet."
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EARTH Island Institute - The Developing World’s 10 Best Ethical Destinations: 2012, Jan 06, 2012

"Looking back from a few decades in the future, 2011 may seem like a turning point in social history. This was the year when “people power” became a global phenomenon: from the Arab Spring to the reforms in Burma; from the Occupy movements in North America to the grassroots fight against female circumcision in Africa. In China, thousands of citizens tweeted their solidarity with activist artist Ai Weiwei, while bloggers from Havana to Moscow shared their belief in freedom of expression and social justice."
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BusinessWeek - The World's Best Companies 2009: Global Champions Top 40, Jan 06, 2012

"The past 12 months will be remembered by many investors and executives as some of the most dismal. Yet despite all the doom and gloom, some companies have continued to prosper—such as those on the World's Best Companies/Global Top 40 list compiled for BusinessWeek by management consulting firm A.T. Kearney. (The consultancy expanded its annual Global Champions ranking from 25 companies.) Companies from around the world were ranked using sales growth and value creation—the rise of market capitalization after subtracting any increase in capital—over the past five years. The top companies, with approximately $700 billion in sales and a collective market cap of $1 trillion, have generated sales growth of 27% per year for the past five years. Meanwhile, companies in the S&P 500 have generated average annual sales growth of 7% over the past five years."
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The Globe and Mai - lPenticton makes top 10 best destinations in world, Jan 06, 2012

"Penticton, B.C. is one of the 10 best places in the world to visit, according to a survey of Facebook users by the on-line publication The Huffington Post.
The publication says it analyzed more than 200-million comments and other travel references on the social network site to come up with the list."
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Everyday Health - U.S. News & World Report's Top Diets for 2012, Jan 06, 2012

"ust in time for those New Year’s resolutions, U.S. News & World Report and a panel of 22 experts in diet, nutrition, obesity, heart health, and diabetes reviewed and ranked 25 popular diet plans for the second time. Last year, the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet took home top honors as the best overall diet. This year, U.S. News considered five new diets in addition to the 20 they first reviewed last summer — the Abs Diet, the Biggest Loser Diet, the Dukan Diet, the Flat Belly Diet, and macrobiotic diets."
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HULIQ - DASH Diet Rated Best With Top Ten For New Year According to US News & World Report, Jan 06, 2012

"The DASH diet was rated best the second year in a row by the US News & World Report. As people make New Years resolutions for 2012, the top ten diet plans focus on overall health and well-being."
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BollySpice - Top 10 Magazine Covers of 2011, Jan 06, 2012

"Every year BollySpice likes to celebrate the year that was by bringing you the best of the best in our countdowns. One of Bollywood fans’ most favourite pastimes is enjoying the monthly magazine issues that release with their favourite stars on the covers. Have a look as we count down the most sizzling and memorable filmi magazine covers of 2011!"
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Metro UK - Kerry Washington: I'm so excited about working with Quentin Tarantino, Jan 06, 2012

"What is Mother And Child about?
It is about the relationship between mother and child and the impact it has on different women. It is a complicated relationship, whether it is because we are too enmeshed with our mother, or because we never knew her. "
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