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February 18, 2008
Topics airport, bomb, police, man, seattle, soldier, clothing, travel, army, led, charges, people and security
Authorities at Yakima airport in Washington evacuated the terminal and temporarily closed the airport Sunday when they found two training grenades inside a passenger's travel bag. However, mo one was hurt from the incident. About 35 people inside the terminal were evacuated before bomb experts from the U. S. Army called in by police arrived to defuse the bomb, which contained no explosives.
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February 12, 2008
A yearlong study by Spain's Health Ministry reveals that the standard for clothing sizes for women may need to be adjusted to more accurately reflect the body type of a normal person, and not a fashion model. By measuring over 10,000 female volunteers aged between 12 and 70 years old using laser scans, the study cited that Spanish women fall into three main body types namely hourglass-shaped, pear-shaped, and cylinder.
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January 14, 2008
Men's clothing company Kale Miles announced the availability of a belt with an $18,000 price tag. The staggering cost of what is nothing but a strip of leather comes from the seven- to eight-ounce buckle, made entirely of platinum - a compound that, as of Friday, was determined to be priced at about $1,560 per ounce.
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December 5, 2007
Around 20 riot police were summoned to help pacify angry tourists in Macau, China who claimed they were being forced into shopping by being led to shops instead of being shown the country's cultural heritage. The tourists complained their guides were pressuring them to buy foods and other goodies instead of showing them more of the former Portuguese colony's historic sites.
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December 2, 2007
After seeing their king leaving a hospital last month in a pink shirt and blazer, Thais are rushing in to stores to get their own pink apparel in what appears to be the latest fashion craze in Thailand. According to Phufa fashion chain, they have sold more than 40,000 pink shirts last month alone.
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