Mystery 'iPhone Girl' generates internet intrigue | Pictures of an Asian factory worker that were found on a British iPhone have sparked internet intrigue. Photo / AP | HONG KONG - Who is the 'iPhone Girl'? | Pictures of an Asian factory worker found on a new ... AMP first half profits dip | Craig Dunn of AMP | SYDNEY - AMP has reported a fall in first half earnings after the wealth manager and insurer battled volatile financial market conditions that cut the value of its investments. | Net profi... Britain is adrift in a 'scary' world without a proper foreign policy | As the Government was on holiday for the Russian invasion of Georgia, the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, has decided to leave nothing to chance when it comes to the Ukraine.Read more from Iain Martin | He... 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Net mob search for iPhone girl's identity | China's "human flesh search engine" is in hot pursuit of an unnamed Chinese factory worker after photographs of her showed up unexpectedly on a new iPhone 3G purchased recently in Britain. | In one of the pho... Teahouse makes it feel like the Drag is a world away. | When you step inside Jade Leaves Tea House on Guadalupe Street, you are instantly transported to an exotic refuge. Visitors are greeted by a clay teapot (from YiXing, a region of China known for its pots) tha... Dalai Lama cancels foreign trips Aug 28, 2008 8:08 AM | The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, is exhausted and has cancelled two foreign trips to rest and undergo medical tests. | The Nobel Peace Prize winner returned to Dharams... People: Boris Johnson; Barack Obama; Tom Cruise | Boris to bloggers: time to button up | The Mayor of London remains unapologetic about the Olympic jacket buttons fiasco that so outraged bloggers in China. | "I saw that my fellow performers all had their jac... David Miliband must stop playing with fire | Russia, according to President Medvedev, is ready for a "new Cold War". If politicians, including our own, want a new Cold War, they will get one. But the fault will be lie as much with us as Russia. | Every ... Let's give today's Lord of the Flies generation a break | When Lord of the Flies was first written it sold only 3,000 copies before going out of print. No one could believe in Jack, Piggy and Ralph and the thought that boys could turn into murderers, lacerating each... Sean Connery, George Steiner, Alfred Brendel: what's the link? | What do these three men - all comfortably beyond the age of retirement - have in common: Sean Connery, Alfred Brendel, George Steiner? | There may seem little to link a Hollywood star, a consummate concert pi... Chinese disease stalks orange groves of Florida | Real estate is not the only industry in Florida to be suffering from an economic blight. While the Sunshine State ranks as one of the foreclosure capitals of America, its huge citrus fruit industry is fightin... Window Watch: Shaun Wright-Phillips, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Philippe Senderos, Lee Young Pyo | Classic Times Fantasy Football is back. Sign up for £3 a team or 3 for £6 | Shaun Wright-Phillips's future at Chelsea became more clouded last night with his agent appearing to rule out a move to Manchester C... British, US activists tortured in China? | 28 Aug 2008, 0100 hrs IST,ANI LONDON: British and American activists arrested by the Chinese for protesting about Tibet during the Olympics have said that they were l... Israelis accuse Bank of China of funding militants | 28 Aug 2008, 0103 hrs IST, Saibal Dasgupta ,TNN BEIJING: The Bank of China has brushed off accusations that it was involved in transferring money to terrorists acting...
Wisdom counts The Star| Common sense should prevail at all times. | IT IS often said that when health and safety rules landed in Bri...
Net mob search for iPhone girl's identity Sydney Morning Herald| China's "human flesh search engine" is in hot pursuit of an unnamed Chinese factory worker after photographs...
Exhausted Dalai Lama axes trips The Guardian| The Dalai Lama is suffering from exhaustion and has cancelled two planned international trips to undergo med...
