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Offbeat: Russian diplomat 15 times over drink-drive limit

A Russian consul stopped for driving bizarrely on a Polish road was found to be 15 times over the drink-driving limit, but could not be ... Full story

This Day in History: US President Kennedy assassinated

On November 22, 1963, US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy is assassinated during a visit to Dallas, Texas. He was riding in an open car, when ... Full story

Offbeat: Swaziland king’s 12th wife kicked out

Swaziland’s king Mswati III’s 12th wife, who was last year caught in bed with the justice minister, said Sunday she has been kicked out of ... Full story

This Day in History: Ella Fitzgerald wins Amateur Night at Harlem

On November 21, 1934, jazz legend Ella Fiztgerald, then a teenage would-be dancer took to the stage of Harlem’s Apollo Theater to participate in a ... Full story

Offbeat: Medvedev “itches” to kill off corrupt civil servants

Dmitry Medvedev joked that he “sometimes itches” to execute civil servants convicted of corruption, Russian news agencies reported Saturday.“The severity of punishment has never been ... Full story

This Day in History: SALT I negotiations begin

On this day in 1969, Soviet and US negotiators meet in Helsinki to begin the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), aiming to curb the Cold ... Full story

Offbeat: Lebanese politicians come to blows live on TV

Rival Lebanese politicians came to blows live on national television over the crisis in neighbouring Syria, hurling insults – and chairs – at each other ... Full story

This Day in History

Brazil’s last emperor deposedOn November 15, 1889, Pedro II, the second and last emperor of Brazil, is deposed in a military coup, ending a 49-year ... Full story

Offbeat: APEC leaders got no shirt

The global economic crisis reaped yet another victim on Sunday – the storied tradition of normally starchy APEC leaders decked out in gaudy local dress.As ... Full story

Last 7 Days

1 - MYANMAR: Nay Pyi Taw – The Uppatasanti Pagoda, which keeps the Chinese Buddha tooth relic, on Monday. The sacred tooth relic, which is ... Full story