"The maker of the shoes that an Iraqi journalist hurled at US President George W Bush has had to take on 100 extra staff to cope with a surge in demand for his footwear."
"Researchers at Harvard University have discovered that our experience of pain depends on whether we think someone caused the pain intentionally. In their study, participants who believed they were getting an electrical shock from another person on purpose, rather than accidentally, rated the very same shock as more painful. Participants seemed to get used to shocks that were delivered unintentionally, but those given on purpose had a fresh sting every time."
"News of high-achieving children, exotic holidays and pay rises are being dropped through letter-boxes across the nation, tucked inside a Christmas card. But is the annual round-robin letter a welcome way for busy people to stay in touch, or an unsolicited irritation, asks Tom Geoghegan."
"A pony so tiny her owner can pick her up in her arms is laying claim to the title of Britain's smallest horse."
"Hafana, her new album, springs from the same combination of rock attitude and folk melody, the lure of the wide world and the inescapable draw of home. ‘The title's a play on words’ explains Elin. ‘I'm fascinated by Havana, the place – but in Welsh, it also means a place to escape to, a haven. Many of my lyrics are about escaping from things – even escaping from reality, especially the realities that hit you when you leave home and go out into the world by yourself.’"
"During the last 35 years people around Pharping in the southern part of the Kathmandu Valley have noticed that an area of a cliff began to slowly bulge out. It began to look more and more like Tara, the female buddha. At the same time the form of Ganesh also appeared. The place is just below the Asura Cave, sacred to followers of Padmasambhava.
"Tibschol (Tibetan Scholarship Bibliography) has today been made available to the public for the first time ever. This is a bibliography of works (primarily journal articles, but also books, etc.) about Tibet primarily in English (and Western European languages)."
