Chinese New Year today
The Spring festival this year marks the beginning
of the Chinese New Year today which is known as the Year of Dragon,
according to the Chinese Zodiac. People born in the Year of Dragon
are said to be ambitious, adventurous and brave. Most people stay up
late on the eve of the Chinese New Year with family members and
friends.
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Stacy Keibler steals spotlight on her own
‘Without her famous beau George Clooney around’:
She has been on hand to help support her
boyfriend George Clooney at every awards ceremony so far this
season. But last night Stacy Keibler went solo for an appearance on
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to promote a workout game.
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Arabs meet on Syria mission, rebels ‘overrun town’
An Arab League meeting opened yesterday to
decide the future of its heavily criticised observer mission to
unrest-swept Syria, where activists said army defectors briefly
overran a protest hub near Damascus. A League panel began
closed-doors talks to hear a report on the mission ahead of a
decisive meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers.
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Reading habit marred by increasing social networking - Oprah
Winfrey
Television chat show queen Oprah Winfrey
received a rock star’s welcome when she spoke yesterday to a heaving
audience of thousands of fans at the Jaipur Literature Festival in
India. Winfrey, wearing a gold and red Indian outfit, told the
packed crowd that her love of books had helped her education and
enabled her to rise from a poor childhood in Mississippi to become
one of the world’s most influential women.
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