Lifestyle Archives - AFP
- Hollywood's hidden penchant for art
- Poland's Elblag Canal - gravity-defying cruise like none other
- 'Green' Olympic Games point way for China's future
- Haute cuisine battles for place in home of Peking Duck
- Iranians seeking life abroad look east to Malaysia
- Red Cross launches massive Africa AIDS appeal
- Thousands converge on Barcelona for European gay games
- Three men on bikes on dream ride through ...Sudan
- Kremlin youth group seeks new role in Medvedev's Russia
- Heavy security takes the fun out of Sri Lankan weddings
- Beirut's Jewish community faces slow decline
- Finns take karaoke marathon title to 18 days
- IOC to monitor 'abnormal' betting in Beijing
- Record 1.6 million attend Dortmund Love Parade
- Memories come back to haunt elderly Holocaust survivors
- For visitors to the Namib desert, a good wine is no mirage
- Thai teens seeking sex changes grapple with new rules
- Malta's '60s-era buses keep chugging along
- Japan set to give nationality to illegitimate children: report
- Britain grapples with surge of knife attacks
- Pilgrims create sea of candles for papal vigil in Australia
- Seville to change 40 street names in break with Franco era: reports
- New camera dispels darkness around pharaoh's 'solar' boat
- China opens new subway lines for Olympics
- Russian Muslims protest radical literature ban
- Bringing music from Nazi death camps to life
- True Olympic spirit found in those who come last
- New youth hostel opens in Paris
- Slovakia preps isolated Roma for switch to euro
- Almost half of Egyptian women harassed daily: poll
- Amid security threat, questions arise about "No-Fun" Olympics
- Videogames getting more social
- Age no barrier as 70-something Americans cross US on motorbikes
- Germany: all tanked up on adrenalin in Soviet-era toys for boys
- Ubisoft videogame targets girl athletes
- DC Universe players invent their own videogame superheros
- Britain and Ireland worst quality of life in Europe: study
- Iranian goods offer economic lifeline to Iraqis
- Australia unveils online code of conduct
- Russian Orthodox honour last tsar amid dispute on remains
- Videogame console giants jockey for throne
- Sony adds online movies to PlayStation 3 consoles
- 'Spore' computer game's alien population exploding
- Vandals don't spoil party as Paris bike scheme turns one
- Brazilians first to unlock new iPhone: reports
- Nine advance to World Poker Championship final
- Pamplona bull run leaves total of 45 injured
- Tsar's children identified as Russia commemorates killings
- American blacks look to Obama as savior from enemy within
- Apple sells one million iPhones in one weekend
- Russian remains confirmed as last tsar's children
- Russia confirms remains are last tsar's children
- Russian Orthodox commemorate last tsar's execution
- Firms told to stagger working hours in lead up to Games
- Japanese team developing palm-held 3D display
- Miss Venezuela wins Miss Universe pageant in Vietnam
- Treadmill workstation brings exercise to office, slowly
- Video game makers to duel in E3 arena
- For South Africa's gospel musicians, success brings temptation
- Cambodian garment workers worry about future prospects
- Australia brewer launches 60 dollar bottle of beer
- Rooms go begging as Olympics loom
- 120,000 march in Vienna Rainbow Parade for gay rights
- Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 model price
- Injury toll reaches 33 on day 6 of Pamplona bull run
- Couples hope to bring home the bacon in marriage ritual
- Miss Universe pageant starts in Vietnam
- Rome bans picnics in clean-up of historic centre
- In Japan, Miss Universe highlights new idea of beauty
- Videogame makers to duel in E3 arena
- Afghan play raises ghosts of brutal past
- Thai tourists cancel Cambodia trips over security fears
- Airport kite flyers pose dilemma for Indonesia: report
- Gadget lovers flip for iPhone 3G but glitches mar release
- Why waste waste? Going green in southern Lebanon
- Indian cinema draws curtain on poster art
- Injuries at Pamplona bull run up to 28
- SKorea court backs woman teacher over tea service
- Gadget brings back Berlin Wall for tourists
- Franch national pleads guilty to aiding art thieves
- Papier mache pandas invade Paris
- New race for the South Pole this December
- New Zealanders snap up first 3G iPhones to go on sale
- Gadget lovers flip over new iPhone 3G
- 'Introverted' Latvians reassert through song
- Sudan's manna from heaven and strategic weapon
- Beijing moves to stop vice industry staining Games
- Asia queues for new Apple iPhone
- As planet swelters, are algae unlikely saviour?
- Heart of London set for Tokyo-style makeover
- The world is becoming a happier place: study
- More sex please, we're 70
- New Italian museum offers 3D virtual tour of ancient city
- Austrian parliament strengthens anti-smoking law
- New York cabbies seek dollar boost in fares
- Scrabble poised for Facebook face-off with Scrabulous
- Abu Dhabi fund snaps up NY's Chrysler Building
- Eiffel Tower takes steps to slash mega-queues
- California town creates parking havens for homeless
- Anti-Pope fashion parade held ahead of Australian visit
- French UNESCO site: Charity begins at home
- Same boat, new flag: fishing Mediterranean bluefin with impunity
- Ex-US generals want gays to serve openly
- Iran bans sports, film stars from advertisements
- Russia promotes family with Orthodox Valentine's Day
- As gas prices bite, Americans go Roman and eye up Vespas
- Paris to scrap ban on high-rise tower blocks
- Mind games: computer headset lets brain control action
- Cheerleaders prep for Beijing Games
- Soju say you're a pescatarian? US dictionary adds new words
- Kenyan smoking ban due to take effect: official
- In isolated Belarus, unique Jewish culture hangs in balance
- Comoros regime tightens screw on 'un-Islamic' trends
- Coffins are out, diamonds are ... forever
- Rights group condemns Saudi 'slave' treatment of migrant women
- Away from meeting, G8 protesters stun Japanese farmers
- In Egypt suicide and scams overshadow exams
- Church and actors recruited for Slovakia's euro conversion campaign
- One dead as San Fermin bullfighting festival kicks off in Spain
- Beijing skyline rises faster, higher, stronger
- In Vietnam, war veterans follow McCain's White House bid
- Airlines shed weight as fuel costs soar
- Lovable losers - the Olympic ideal or waste of space
- Pole dancing in France: out of the strip clubs, into the gym
- Iraq emerging as key route in global drugs trade
- Ancient royal burial ground found in Egypt: report
- Hundreds of thousands attend Madrid Gay Pride parade
- 10 hurt, 45 detained as gay pride march in Hungary turns ugly
- 1,700-year old remains unearthed in Peru tomb
- Bid for French cuisine as UNESCO heritage to flop: official
- Baghdadis make splash in new pool as temperature soars
- The weird world of Japanese manga comes to Paris
- Age is no barrier for Japanese horseman
- London gallery previews major Byzantine exhibition
- Taiwan rolls out red carpet for Chinese tourists
- Gay pride march disrupted by homophobes in Hungary
- Dresden won't be dropped from world heritage list
- Mostly Muslim Syria marks 'year of St Paul'
- Snail prices expected to go up amid poor harvest
- Moose safari Swedish style, with a green conscience
- Crowd nightmare haunts Beijing Olympics organisers
- Four injured in accident at Danish fairground
- Pope faces lack of faith in Australia: survey
- Traditional fishing lifestyle in south Thailand under threat
- Vietnam's students pray for luck in high-pressure exams
- Buying frenzy lights up the Iranian art market
- Bumper auctions fetch half-billion dollars at Sotheby's
- Ma Ke's anti-fashion couture show
- US ambassador vouches for Italy's scandal-hit Brunello wine
- SKorea invites world architects to draft new 'soul of Seoul'
- Iraq creates task force to probe stolen antiquities
- Bells across Canada ring for Quebec City's 400th anniversary
- Children suffer more in Afghanistan than any other country: UN
- Waiter, waiter there's a cricket in my bread
- Bells ring out for Quebec City's 400th birthday
- China rights lawyer in one-man crusade for fairer future
- Madagascar: Can tourists help save the "Noah's Ark" of wildlife?
- Americans in denial as Starbucks to shut 600 coffee shops
- Quebec City celebrates its 400th anniversary
- Simmering beef row heats up SKorea's vegetarian trade
- Lebanese feast on 'buns and guns' in Hezbollah fiefdom
- Study debunks theory Asian students are top notchers in US
- Elie Saab's Botticelli beauties
- Gaultier snares his exotic birds in cages
- Turning 60, little Longchamp moves to join "It" crowd
- Norwegian chef takes gold in new European championship
- Young blind photographers use 'eyes of the heart'
- Tokyo Disneyland offers chance to be princess
- New toilet technology empowers low-caste Indian women
- Bordeaux St Emilion wines stripped of top classification
- Campaigners gloomy over female numbers in British parliament
- Marimekko, Dolce & Gabbana fight over flower pattern
- Anglicanism faces schism over gay priests, women bishops
- New media turn Beijing Olympics into e-Games
- Nerves hit Korean swim sensation Park
- Lagerfeld predicts a grey winter
- Bacon's portrait of lover fetches 13.7 million pounds at auction
- Moscow closes iconic toy store
- World writers decry censorship at Swedish literary meet
- Exhibition on last days of Tsar Nicholas II opens in Moscow
- One third of EU states still discriminate against gays: watchdog
- 'E-jeepneys' make debut on Philippine capital's roads
- Dutch smoking ban leaves toking option
- Philippine firm brings old WWII jeeps back to life
- Thai government suspends UNESCO temple deal with Cambodia
- Eco-tourism: Carbon 'offsets', a good idea that's not working
- Czar's descendants re-launch Roaring 20s fashion house
- 'Vintage' Pope Benedict XVI, media victim
- Sydney brothels say Pope's visit will give business a leg-up
- Smoking ban goes into effect in Dutch cafes
- Sleeping Beauty Bulgaria awaits EU's kiss to waken from its slumber
- Major delay looms for World Trade Center rebuilding
- Malaysian man finally wins nod for fourth wife: report
- Koons sculpture highlights record-breaking art sale
- Cambodians hope for UNESCO ruling to end Thai temple claims
- Galliano goes Diorissimo
- Royal gate returns to Versailles
- PopTok adds film clips to instant messaging
- Lebanon's eco-tourism dream survives crisis
- Eco-tourism's green brings in the greenbacks
Lifestyle Archives - AP
- Pope apologizes for the 'evil' of clergy sex abuse in Australia
- Taiwanese give thumbs-up to Chinese tourists as direct flights begin
- Taiwanese give thumbs-up to Chinese tourists as direct flights begin
- Thousands of Islamists mark anniversary of Pakistan's crackdown on radical Red Mosque
- As cars take over in booming China, bicycles prove a hardy perennial
- Cluster bombs and anarchists: Summit of powerful draws hodgepodge of activists, causes
- International serial killer Charles Sobhraj engaged to get married with Nepalese woman
- Taiwanese give thumbs-up to Chinese tourists as direct flights begin
- Taiwanese give thumbs-up to Chinese tourists as direct flights begin
- Thousands of Islamists mark anniversary of Pakistan's crackdown on radical Red Mosque
- As cars take over in booming China, bicycles prove a hardy perennial
- Cluster bombs and anarchists: Summit of powerful draws hodgepodge of activists, causes
- International serial killer Charles Sobhraj engaged to get married with Nepalese woman
- Indonesian homemakers turn trash into fashion frills
- Indonesian homemakers turn trash into fashion frills
- With saris and rainbow flags, activists march in India's biggest gay pride parade
- Gay activists to march in India's biggest ever gay pride parades
- Chinese woman leaves career to care for stray dogs _ some left homeless in earthquake
- Japan summer brings hunger for eel, and the usual wave of fraud follows
- Beijing registrar sees wave of couples eager to wed on auspicious Olympics kickoff date Aug. 8
- Cross-dressing students get own bathrooms at rural Thai school
- Hello Kitty rediscovers Japanese roots in growing international merchandising push
- Cross-dressing students get own bathrooms at rural Thai school
- Cross-dressing students get own bathrooms at rural Thai school
- Cross-dressing students get own bathrooms at rural Thai school
- Myanmar bloggers help build 'Budget Huts' for cyclone survivors
- Japan reported cases of child abuse rise to yet another record high in fiscal 2007
- New Zealand phases out old light bulbs to save energy, greenhouse gas output
- New Zealand phases out old light bulbs to save energy, greenhouse gas output
- Nepal's former royal palace to be opened for public viewing soon
- Malaysian firm suspends SMS contest on complains it resembles gambling
- US warning on open manholes and floods in Mumbai rankles local officials
- Stranded scuba divers chase off Komodo dragon on remote Indonesian island
- Stranded scuba divers chase off Komodo dragon on remote Indonesian island
- Consumers protest fuel price hike in India for second day
- Growing number of Japanese offenders unable to pay fines, end up in jail
- Consumers protest fuel price hike in India for second day
- Cirque du Soleil unveils its first permanent Asian show, in gambling enclave of Macau
- Australia police say charges likely over photo exhibition of nude teenagers ordered to close
- Sydney police investigate photo exhibition that portrayed nude teenagers; exhibit closed
- One-fifth of Japanese population aged 65 or older in rapidly aging Japan
- One-fifth of Japanese population aged 65 or older in rapidly aging Japan
- In break with past, China allows bloggers, others to spread quake news and discuss response
- Hong Kong movie company invests in Oliver Stone's George W. Bush biopic
- Malaysia considers sex education in national service for high school graduates
- Report: Drinking age in New Delhi likely to be lowered to 21 from 25
- India's top court upholds government affirmative action plan for lower caste students
- Report: China to extend smoking ban to school campuses
- Japanese mobile phone company to test scent downloading service with handset
- China vows to strengthen 'patriotic education' as continuing protests turn violent
- Protest-hit Tibet tourist industry to reopen May 1
- Top graduates in Philippine gold mining village awarded with real gold medals
- Afghan lawmakers pass resolution aimed at censoring un-Islamic images on TV
- Report: 3 more babies left at baby drop-off in southern Japan
- Olympic Beijing faces big challenge kicking a smoking habit
- Anti-Quran film sparks protests in Pakistan, militant warns of reprisal attacks
- World's top chefs shy from controversy over lavish Asian feast and poverty tour
- World's top chefs shy from controversy over lavish Asian feast and poverty tour
- Blogging turns Japanese singer into star writer who gives voice to solitary women
- South Korea's 'Secret Sunshine' wins big at 2nd Asian Film Awards
- Afghan woman voted off 'Idol' show in 3rd place
- Afghan woman voted off 'Idol' show in 3rd place
- Report: China says no changes to one-child policy for at least a decade
- Turkmen mothers will be rewarded with money, perks for having 8 or more children
- Turkmen mothers will be rewarded with money, perks for having 8 or more children
- Spaceman, singers supply star power to Malaysian government's election drive
- Thai government investigates claims that Buddhist monks are flirting online
- Report: Beijing has more public toilets than any city in the world
- Japan's Cabinet approves energy law revision in efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions
- Thousands celebrate Sydney's 30th annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
- Thousands celebrate Sydney's 30th annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
- Thousands celebrate Sydney's 30th annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
- Myanmar magazine launches counterattack on 'fat' Rambo
- Smoking, drinking Thai health official says he's no model for anti-smoking campaign
- Foreign tourists flock to Japan to shop, take ninja classes as currencies rise vs yen
- China alcohol group calls for end of ban on boozy work lunches
- China lashes out at radio station over sexually explicit shows
- Japan's top court rules American Robert Mapplethorpe's erotic photo book is not obscene
- Japan's top court rules American Robert Mapplethorpe's erotic photo book is not obscene
- South Korean dog cloning firm gets first order for pitbull that saved woman's life
- South Korean dog cloning firm gets first order for pitbull that saved woman's life
- South Korean dog cloning firm gets first order for pitbull that saved woman's life
- Myanmar's junta starts relocating animals to new zoo in the capital
- British author McEwan says he's happy with the film adaptation of his novel 'Atonement'
- The Maharishi, meditation master to the West, cremated in India
- China calls for using the Olympics to give Mandarin a global boost
- Thousands attend Maharishi's funeral in India
- Punk rock concert stampede in Indonesian city kills 10, injures dozens, police say
- Concert stampede in Indonesian city kills 10, injures dozens, police say
- Family, celebrities gather for Heath Ledger's memorial service in Australian hometown
- Japanese company pays balding man out-of-court settlement for lack of hair growth
- Young Chinese workers happy not to be home for the holidays
- Japanese official says contamination of Chinese dumplings probably deliberate
- Philippines to phase out incandescent bulbs by 2010, president says
- Japanese official says contamination of Chinese dumplings probably deliberate
- Japanese official says contamination of Chinese dumplings probably deliberate
- Japanese official says contamination of Chinese dumplings probably deliberate
- South Korea's next leader vows to revive tourism industry
- South Korea's next leader vows to revive tourism industry
- Report: Rat-hot panties the rage in Malaysia ahead of Lunar New Year
- Vitamin Beer, anti-car bomb device, invisible gym on display as world's inventors gather
- Vitamin Beer, anti-car bomb device, invisible gym on display as world's inventors gather
- Texas Hold 'em poker hits Macau
- Sanrio unveils big Hello Kitty statue at Tokyo flagship store
- Singapore Airlines' superjumbo A380 to fly to London from mid-March
- Japanese sushi lovers shrug despite high tuna mercury levels
- Japanese sushi lovers shrug despite high tuna mercury levels
- More than 50 people protest in central Beijing over land grievances
- Nepal withdraws fuel price increase after two days of protest
- Protest against fuel price rise shuts down Nepal's capital
- Catholic-communist land dispute highlights progress in Vietnamese church-state relations
- Thai Airways flight attendants object to steamy Thai soap opera about flight attendants
- Thai Airways flight attendants objects to steamy Thai soap opera about flight attendants
- Celebrities in China face heftier fines for having more than one child
- Visiting US actress Mia Farrow says she's 'bewildered' by Cambodian ban on Darfur ceremony
- Visiting US actress Mia Farrow says she's 'bewildered' by Cambodian ban on Darfur ceremony
- China's Ministry of Public Security holds mass wedding for 100 police couples
- China's Ministry of Public Security holds mass wedding for 100 police couples
- Beijing declares quality campaign a success, says "Made in China" label safeguarded
- Beijing declares quality campaign a success, says "Made in China" label safeguarded
- China launches campaign to clean up karaoke parlors, stop use of unlicensed music
- No pesticides in water used by Coca-Cola plants in India, says new study
- No pesticides in water used by Coca-Cola plants in India, says new study
- Malaysian tribe sue Islamic state government over church demolishment
- Stephen Chow hopes new film will pioneer family movie genre in China
- Family of disgraced Macau official in court in gambling enclave's biggest corruption case
- Two men paddle 3,300 kilometers from Australia to New Zealand in a kayak
- Two men paddle 3,300 kilometers from Australia to New Zealand in a kayak
- Two men paddle 3,300 kilometers from Australia to New Zealand
- Two men paddle 3,300 kilometers from Australia to New Zealand
- Report: Malaysia to tighten checks on Chinese food imports ahead of Lunar New Year
- Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealander who first climbed atop Mt Everest, dies
- Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealander who first climbed atop Mt Everest, dies
- Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealander who first climbed atop Mt Everest, dies
- Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealander who was first to climb to top of Mount Everest, dies
- Man's death goes unnoticed for a year in Sydney
- Chinese government battles pollution with ban on free plastic shopping bags
- 3 Americans, 1 Briton drive Trabant cars to raise money for charity work in Cambodia
- Tens of thousands of Filipino Catholics honor Jesus statue in massive procession
- Tens of thousands of Filipino Catholics honor Jesus statue in massive procession
- Two Malaysian teens charged with selling sex video of former minister
- Tens of thousands of Filipino Catholics honor Jesus statue in massive procession
- Slum residents welcome US celebrity Madonna during visit to Indian city of Mumbai
- Japanese makeup artist and cosmetics guru Shu Uemura dead at 79
- Hong Kong racing club threatened by booming Macau casinos as gamblers switch their bets
- P.K. Sethi, Indian inventor of low-cost prosthetic foot, dies at 80
- P.K. Sethi, Indian inventor of low-cost prosthetic foot, dies at 80
- Tokyo taxi passengers breathe freely as smoking ban goes into effect
- China launches crackdown on 'vulgar' video and audio products
- Japan's PM debuts on YouTube in bid to raise international profile
- Japan PM debuts on YouTube in bid to raise international profile
- Tainted vodka kills 11 in Mongolia New Year's celebrations
- Fireworks and Asian bomb explosion casualties mark New Year
- Fireworks and Asian explosion casualties mark New Year
- Tens of thousands gather ahead of Sydney's New Year fireworks spectacular
- Tens of thousands gather ahead of Sydney's New Year fireworks spectacular
- Hello Kitty products target fashionable young males
- 89-year-old woman dies after dozens of hospitals in western Japan refuse to admit her
- Malaysian church sues government for banning use of word 'Allah'
- Malaysian church sues government for banning use of word 'Allah'
- As Army choir sings Christmas carols in Afghanistan, US soldiers remember family back home
- As Army choir sings Christmas carols in Afghanistan, US soldiers remember family back home
- As Army choir sings Christmas carols in Afghanistan, US soldiers remember family back home
- Japan halts plan to kill humpback whales in Antarctic hunt
- Japan halts plan to kill humpback whales in Antarctic hunt
- Japan halts plan to kill humpback whales in Antarctic hunt
- Japan halts plan to kill humpback whales in Antarctic hunt
- Japan to drop humpback whale hunt
- Japan to drop humpback whale hunt
- Japan to drop humpback whale hunt
- Report: Japan to drop humpback whale hunt
- Report: Japan to drop humpback whale hunt
- Hollywood bribery scandal takes spotlight in Thailand, with prime minister vowing justice
- 90 people trapped on ski lift for up to 12 hours in Japan; police investigating
- Indian girl leaves hospital after successful surgery to remove four extra limbs
- Hong Kongers want tea shops to be listed as part of their cultural heritage
- Japanese monks try to promote Buddhism through fashion, rap music
- Chairman of ant aphrodisiac company arrested in connection with protests
- China approves plan to restore traditional holidays, shorten weeklong breaks
- China says Tibetan beauty must be called Miss Tibet China
- China says Tibetan beauty must be called Miss Tibet China
- Philippine 'Santa cops' take to Manila streets to ward off crime during holidays
- Ethnic Indian anger shakes Malaysia's foundation of racial stability
- New shock-photo warning rule on cigarette packs sparks industry opposition, officials say
- Myanmar concludes gems auction attended by foreign merchants despite calls for a boycott
- Myanmar concludes gems auction attended by foreign merchants despite calls for a boycott
- Putting the 'toque' in Tokyo: Japanese capital seeing stars _ of the culinary kind
- Tiger killed by four other cats at animal park in China, officials blame food shortage
- Tiger killed by four other cats at animal park in China, officials blame food shortage
- Michelin crowns Japan world's culinary capital
- Feng shui master, charity in court over fortune of Asia's richest woman
- French climber nicknamed 'Spiderman' scales Chinese mountain with his bare hands
- Number of reported bullying cases rises sharply in Japan
- Beijing zoo to house some animals under elevated highway
- Hollywood studio plans movie based on Japanese comic book series 'Dragonball'
- Japan emperor grieves infested Bluegill he brought back from US 50 years ago
- Chinese publishers issue 1.8 million copies of last Harry Potter book
- Brunei's prodigal prince faces uncertain future after order to surrender hotels, homes
- SKorea's 'Mr. Toilet' builds commode-shaped house in campaign to bolster worldwide hygiene
- Muslim Indonesia considers building its first casino on island near wealthy Singapore
