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IT seems incredible that some healthcare providers in this State were allowed to operate unregulated. These included cosmetic surgery and IVF clinics and medical and dental practices that use anaesthetic and laser technologies.

They are now to be targeted under a long overdue mandatory licencing system which will close a legal loophole.

A top-level Government-appointed commissio...

BEIJING - The Chinese government has spent years and billions of dollars to wow the world at the summer Olympic Games.

But they're hoping for a little bit of luck as well. The selection of 8 p.m. on the eighth day of the eight month of the year 2008 as the start of these Games isn't arbitrary.

The number eight is considered lucky in Chinese culture because in Mandarin the ...

Actor Matthew Rhys spoke of his pride at joining a Druidic order of bards.

The Edge Of Love star was back home in Cardiff to be inducted at Wales's National Eisteddfod.

Handed out to those deemed to have made a significant contribution to Welsh culture and the Welsh language, membership of the Gorsedd of Bards is the highest honour bestowed by the annual festival.

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NEW YORK — Soon all those flip-flops will be just a happy summer memory.

Once school begins, out come the closed-toe shoes, an increasingly routine requirement of school dress codes. For many students, the preferred closed-toe shoe is a running shoe.

Running shoes, though, are defined much more broadly than they were when today's parents were kids.

"It used to be that ...

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Those expecting Kismat Konnection to have some of the indefinable magic of Shahid Kapur’s last hit, Jab We Met, will be sadly disappointed. Despite being set in Canada and having a female lead with brains and a social conscience, this new offering fails to inspire.

The movie centres around Raj Malhotra (Shahid Kapur), an architect who spends his time unsuccessfully hustling for work wit...

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Maya Nishikawa (WCCO) August 8, 2008 is considered one of the luckiest days of the year in Chinese culture. That's a big reason for holding the opening ceremonies of the Olympics Friday in Beijing.

Friday was Shanda...

Dressed in brightly coloured batik shirts, many with headscarves, 200 Indonesian nurses and care workers have arrived in Japan, the first of up to a thousand to be employed by short-staffed hospitals and homes for the elderly.

Those backing the recruitment of foreign health workers say this will help bear the burden of care in the world's fastest ageing nation, but the linguistic and cu...

"Basically, people do business with people they like, and knowing good business etiquette is important for relationship management," said Rhonda Hudson, etiquette consultant and executive director of The Treasure Box School of Etiquette in Atlanta. She helps executives and students polish their images.

Hudson knows that being confident and appropriate with customers and co-workers in all ...