Archive for September, 2007

Swede crowned ‘oyster-opening champion’ (Ararat Advertiser)

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

A Swede won the world oyster-opening championship after he shucked a shellfish every five seconds with a minimum of blood and grit. Restaurateur Hasse Johannesson opened 30 oysters in two minutes 41 seconds to scoop the coveted award, ahead of Canada’s Eamon Clarke by 13 seconds.

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Final op for sex change woman (Gulf Daily News)

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

A WOMAN fighting for the right to be legally recognised as a man will travel to Thailand in December for her final sex change operation. She now expects to win her legal battle after a medical report concluded that she is neither male nor female.

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Swede crowned ‘oyster-opening champion’ (Tenterfield Star)

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

A Swede won the world oyster-opening championship after he shucked a shellfish every five seconds with a minimum of blood and grit. Restaurateur Hasse Johannesson opened 30 oysters in two minutes 41 seconds to scoop the coveted award, ahead of Canada’s Eamon Clarke by 13 seconds.

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Interest in travel rising with value of dollar (Canada.com)

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Canadians expressed delight and pride on Thursday that their once ailing dollar — mocked not so long ago as the “northern peso” — had finally hit parity with the U.S. greenback after a 31-year interval.

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Swede crowned ‘oyster-opening champion’ (The West Australian)

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

A Swede won the world oyster-opening championship after he shucked a shellfish every five seconds with a minimum of blood and grit. Restaurateur Hasse Johannesson opened 30 oysters in two minutes 41 seconds to scoop the coveted award, ahead of Canada’s Eamon Clarke by 13 seconds.

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Swede crowned ‘oyster-opening champion’ (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

A Swede has won the world oyster-opening championship after he shucked a shellfish every five seconds with a minimum of blood and grit.

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Swede crowned ‘oyster-opening champion’ (AAP via Yahoo!Xtra News)

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

A Swede has won the world oyster-opening championship after he shucked a shellfish every five seconds with a minimum of blood and grit.

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Swede crowned world oyster-opening champion (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

A Swede won the world oyster-opening championship on Saturday after he shucked a shellfish every five seconds with a minimum of blood and grit.

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Smellbound (Hindustan Times via Yahoo! India News)

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

The response to last week’s column about how more and more Indians of my acquaintance were responding to the smell of fish in restaurants has got me thinking about how we react to food and smell.

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Suvit launches Puea Pandin party (Bangkok Post)

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Veteran politician Suvit Khunkitti officially announced the launch of the Puea Pandin political party yesterday at a hotel in Bangkok, with him as the party leader.

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