HIROSHIMA, Japan AFP — US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won praise Wednesday for becoming the most senior sitting American official to visit Japan's atom bomb memorial at Hiroshima. Pelosi, second in line to the presidency after Vice President Dick Cheney, on Tuesday laid flowers at a memorial in the...
HIROSHIMA, Japan AFP — US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi laid flowers Tuesday at a memorial to the Hiroshima atomic bombing, becoming the highest-ranking sitting US official to pay respects at the site. Pelosi, a Democrat, was in Hiroshima for a meeting of parliament speakers of the Group of Eight...
BEIJING AFP — Jamaica's magical Olympic Games continued with Shelly-Ann Fraser leading a clean-sweep for the Caribbean island in the 100 metres final here on Sunday. Fraser's win, with compatriots Sherrone Simpson and Kerron Stewart dead-heating for second, meant one country had monopolised the podium places in the women's...
TOKYO AFP — A Japanese city has been forced to destroy thousands of flowers grown for a local festival after a police officer noticed they were illegal opium poppies, an official said Wednesday. About 100 officials were mobilised in Shimotsuma City north of Tokyo to pluck and burn the...
KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Malaysian police Saturday fired teargas and water cannons to disperse ethnic Indians clutching flowers and gathered in the capital, in the latest crackdown on public protests, witnesses said. Some 300 people defied a police ban and attempted to gather in Independence Square in downtown Kuala...
WASHINGTON AFP — Help is at hand for anyone who has ever forgotten their significant other's birthday or failed to send them flowers on Valentine's Day, in the form of a website called savemyass.com. The way it works: one-half of a couple goes to savemyass.com, which bills itself as...
PARIS AFP — With only days to go before the haute couture collections for summer 2008, the workrooms of Marcelle Guillet tucked behind the Bastille opera house in Paris are a hive of activity putting the finishing touches to orders for the house's unique speciality: artificial flowers. Whether pinned...
GENEVA AFP — Asterix and Obelix had to scale snow-capped peaks to find it, but Swiss botanists said Monday they have created a variety of the famous Edelweiss flower that is literally more down-to-earth. The silver-starred Alpine flower usually only grows between 1,800 and 3,000 metres above sea level...
MIAMI -- For everyone, it was a day of heartbreak, deep reflection, unspeakable grief and, perhaps, an addendum to the book of life. Fortunately, the mourners who loved and respected Sean Taylor the most summoned the courage to speak and share with the world what the...
SRINAGAR, India AFP — A shortage of rain is threatening the output of Indian Kashmir's prized saffron spice, which is reputed to be the best in the world, officials say. Saffron, the aromatic dried orange petals of the crocus flower, is used in pinches around the globe -- and...
PESCADERO -- When the tall, red-veined Swiss chard stalks poking out of the Garibaldi's vegetable fields appear at a supermarket near you, they will bear the stamp of a certified organic product. To consumers, that stamp may mean paying more for a product they consider safer or...
PESCADERO -- When the tall, red-veined Swiss chard stalks poking out of the Garibaldis' vegetable fields appear at a supermarket near you, they will bear the stamp of a certified organic product. To consumers, that stamp may mean paying more for a product they consider safer or...
Be careful what you say to your bathroom fixtures - at least if you live next door to a police officer. Perhaps Dawn Herb of Pennsylvania should be forgiven for cursing at her overflowing toilet. Her neighbor, a police officer, apparently didn't think so and called law enforcement....
TOKYO AFP — An animal rights group said Wednesday it was sending flowers to Miss Universe, Riyo Mori of Japan, after she pledged to stop wearing fur. Mori told AFP on Tuesday that she would no longer wear fur after a protest campaign by the US-based international People for...
NEW YORK AFP — Newlyweds in New York have filed a 400,000 dollar lawsuit against the florist who supplied the flowers for their wedding, saying they were the wrong color and wilted, press reports said Tuesday. Among things that drew the ire of the bride, Elana Glatt, who also...
KUTA, Indonesia AFP — Teary-eyed relatives and friends of victims of the 2002 Bali bombings held a moment's silence on Friday to honour the 202 people killed in the blasts five years ago. Scores of people, from countries such as Australia which lost 88 people, Japan and New Zealand...
PARIS AFP — A bee trapped by a glob of sap inside a come-hither orchid up to 20 million years ago has rewritten the evolutionary tale of a flower with the most fanatical following of any plant in the world. In a study published Wednesday, biologists say the most...
PARIS AFP — Langoustine and veal in daisy gravy, carnation and herb salad, nasturtium sauce -- Paris' top cooks are into flower-power and petals are on the plate. "Flowers have been used for centuries in the world of cuisine, but only in a very secondary way", culinary historian Patrick...
Kevin Gomez ELIZABETH Moir claims to know her loaders, having worked as a director of Schaffer loaders for the past three years, alongside her son Cameron who is the business manager. Her husband Brett is director of the parent company, Agtech International. The...
Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning Pays Tribute to Young Heroes as part of Four-Day Recognition Events WASHINGTON -- Two Tennessee students, Taylor Cox, 16, of Brentwood and Miles Karro, 14, of Nashville were honored in the nation's capital last night for their outstanding volunteer work during the presentation of...
