Hong Kong - The number of seizures involving smuggled cigarettes has soared 127 per cent in Hong Kong since the government increased the tobacco tax by 50 per cent in its February budget, a news report said Friday. A total of 287 cases of smuggling, distribution, selling and storing of illegal cigarettes were detected in March, compared with 126 in March 2008, the South China Morning Post said.
London, Apr 10: A Saudi man divorced his wife by uttering ‘I divorce you’ thrice through a text message.
According to the Arab News, the man was in Iraq to participate in "what he described as ''jihad'' when he sent the SMS telling his wife that he’s divorcing her, reports The Telegraph.
He confirmed the split by telephoning two of his relatives.
A court in the Red Sea city of Jeddah has finalised the split after summoning the two relatives to check they had received word of the husband''s intention, said the paper.
Washington, Apr 10 : Getting a promotion in job can be bad for health, suggests a new study.
The research led by researchers at the University of Warwick has found that job promotion on average produces 10pct more mental strain.
It has long been believed that improvement to a person's job status, through a promotion, will directly result in better health due to an increased sense of life control and self-worth. However, the new study found the contrary.
London, Apr 10: Nearly 60 percent of British men mull over football for more than an hour a day, while less than half ponder romping, a new study has claimed.
The poll was conducted for Sports Interactive and Sega.
Also, the study shockingly revealed that some men would even miss the birth of their first kid for a cup final, reports The Sun.
Spokesman Miles Jacobson said: “We prove that men are more obsessed with the beautiful game than with the fairer sex.”
Athens - Explosive devices were deactivated at three churches, including Athens' main Orthodox cathedral, on Thursday, police reported.
Local news media received a telephone call warning of the bombs and informed the police, who sent bomb experts to disarm the devices located in Athens' busy Plaka district, the main church of Saint Triadas in the port city of Pireaus, and at Saint Sophia in the northern city of Thessaloniki.
Algiers - Three guards working on a foreign construction project in Algeria have been killed by suspected Islamic terrorists, local media reported on Thursday.
The three brothers were traveling in their car near the eastern port city of Jijel when they were confronted by a group of armed men, who shot the victims before slitting their throats.
The incident occurred late Wednesday, on the eve of elections that are expected to return President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to office for an unprecedented third five-year term.
Hong Kong - The number of seizures involving smuggled cigarettes has soared 127 per cent in Hong Kong since the government increased the tobacco tax by 50 per cent in its February budget, a news report said Friday. A total of 287 cases of smuggling, distribution, selling and storing of illegal cigarettes were detected in March, compared with 126 in March 2008, the South China Morning Post said.
London, Apr 10: A Saudi man divorced his wife by uttering ‘I divorce you’ thrice through a text message.
Washington, Apr 10 : Getting a promotion in job can be bad for health, suggests a new study.
London, Apr 10: Nearly 60 percent of British men mull over football for more than an hour a day, while less than half ponder romping, a new study has claimed.
Athens - Explosive devices were deactivated at three churches, including Athens' main Orthodox cathedral, on Thursday, police reported.
Algiers - Three guards working on a foreign construction project in Algeria have been killed by suspected Islamic terrorists, local media reported on Thursday.
