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Armani, Libeskind team up for Philippines skyscraper

Giorgio Armani Designs for Century Spire by Daniel Libeskind, the architect behind Berlin’s Jewish Museum. Italian fashion legend Giorgio Armani will help design properties in a luxurious new development in the Philippines. Part of the Century Spire development, which is set to open in 2018, the building is located in Century City, a group of skyscrapers in Makati, Philippines which ...

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YouTube clip mocks Saudi Arabian ban on female drivers

Alaa Wardi/via YouTube “No Woman, No Drive,” a satirical tune performed by comedian Hisham Fageeh, lampoons Saudi Arabia’s ban on female drivers while featuring a ‘Brady Bunch’-like visual representing the different versions of Fageeh singing. A controversial law banning Saudi Arabian women from driving is now drawing laughs around the world thanks to a hit new song in both the ...

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1 million demand justice for gang-raped Kenyan girl

SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images Women’s advocate Nebila Abdulmelik, right, and colleague Kenedy Otina examine petition demanding justice for the Kenyan victim. Her attackers’ punishment? Mowing the police station lawn. More than one million people across the world have signed an Internet petition demanding justice for a 16-year-old Kenyan girl who was gang raped and dumped into a deep toilet pit. Her ...

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Running legend Haile Gebrselassie on staying fit at 40

AFP/Alexander Klein Ethiopian distance star Haile Gebrselassie says he steers clear of processed Western foods. For anyone looking for the secret to staying fit into middle age, who better to ask than Haile Gebrselassie – the Ethiopian running legend who’s still giving much younger men a run for their money. Aged 40 but barely slowing down, Gebrselassie says his enduring ...

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Saudi women get behind the wheel to protest ban on female driving

Uncredited/AP In this image made from video provided by theOct26thDriving campaign, a Saudi woman drives a vehicle in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia  — Saudi activists said more than 60 women claimed to have answered their call on Saturday to get behind the wheel in a rare show of defiance against a ban on female ...

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Smartphone gadget lets you smell notifications

www.scentee.com The ‘Scentee’ smartphone plug-in accessory works with both iPhone and Android devices and releases smells like mint and apple when you get a notification. A new smartphone accessory will make it so your nose knows when you get a new text. Scentee, which is made by a Japanese company with the same name, plugs into your phone and releases ...

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Snake Venom: the world’s strongest beer

Brewmeister via Facebook Snake Venom beer is 67.5% alcohol by volume and comes with a warning label. A new brew is on the market, and its makers claim it is the strongest beer out there. Snake Venom, which was created by Scottish brewery Brewmeister, is an astounding 67.5% ABV (alcohol by volume). Budweiser, for comparison sake, is 5% ABV, and ...

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Pete the dog earns an MBA from American University in London

BBC Newsnight Pete the Dog plays with his diploma from the American University of London. It seems higher education is going to the dogs. In just four days, a dog named Pete earned an MBA from the American University of London. He had the help of the BBC’s Newsnight team, which worked up a one-page resume and filled in the ...

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Up to 2 shot near Millington, Tenn. Navy base

WREG Cops gathered Thursday after reports of a shooting near a Navy Recruiting Station in Millington, Tenn. An Army National Guardsman shot two others during a scuffle in a Tennessee recruitment center on Thursday, sources told the Daily News. The gunfire erupted after the three men began to argue in the center, which sits just outside the Millington Navy Base, ...

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