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McCartney’s dream wedding
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Saudi bar on boys mixing with girls in
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Bond mementos for London show
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All Beijing cyber cafes closed after
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Women love to flirt with the boss
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Pop
star and former Beatle Paul McCartney married former model Heather
Mills in a ceremony at a 17th century church in Ireland which was
attended by 300 guests including former Beatle Ringo Starr and his
wife and rock singer Eric Clapton. Flowers petals fluttered and bells
pealed as McCartney and his bride left the tiny church in the Republic
of Ireland after their wedding ceremony. The bride wore a lace dress
designed with the help of two London designers, who did not include
McCartney’s designer daughter, Stella. The groom wore a three-piece
brown suit. It was the second marriage for both. The couple turned
down a £1.5 million ($2.2 million) offer from a celebrity magazine for
exclusive coverage of the wedding. Later the couple went for a
honeymoon in the Seychelles.
B
Secret
agent James Bond, 007, is coming to London’s science museum this year
in an exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of the Bond films.
Entitled “Bond, James Bond” the exhibition will feature some of the
trademark vehicles, gadgets and images of the 19 movies, stretching
back to Dr No in 1962. “The exhibition is a behind-the-scenes
exploration of the creative talents that have made Bond an
international phenomenon,” a museum spokeswoman said. Bond’s presence
will be heralded by the Q-boat from The World is Not Enough and the
DB5 Aston Martin model, which Sean Connery drove in Goldfinger. The
Aston Martin marquee will feature in the next James Bond movie Die
Another Day. Aficionados can also see Oddjob’s deadly bowler hat from
Goldfinger and peer into M’s office and Q’s workshop where original
plans and drawings surround film props
Beijing
has closed down the city’s booming Internet cafes until the government
improves safety standards following a fire which killed 24 people. The
crackdown came after the police ordered the arrest of the owner of the
unlicensed cyber café. The customers were trapped inside because of
iron bars over the windows. There are around 2,400 cyber cafes in the
Chinese capital, of which perhaps only 200 would meet all safety
standards. The move will affect students in particular, many of whom
rely on the cafes to access global information necessary for their
studies. Cafes that meet safety and other standards will be allowed to
repply for licenses while those found lacking will be closed
permanently and their property confiscated. Internet cafes, many open
24 hours, are immensely popular in China, which says it has 33.7
million Internet users but where many families can’t afford to buy a
computer. The biggest cafes, especially near universities, have
hundreds of terminals. 
Most
working women in Britain say that flirting is good for their health
and confidence and one in 10 has had a fling with her boss, a new
survey showed.The poll of 5,000 working women for the British edition
of Top Sante magazine and the private health care organisation BUPA
found that three out of four had flirted with a colleague at work, and
28 per cent had a sexual relationship with him. A total of 61 per cent
believed flirting at work was good for their health and confidence.
