Japan retired couples told cruise may sink marriage

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese couples who celebrate the husband's retirement with a leisurely cruise or overseas trip may find themselves headed for a divorce court when they get home.

Best buys at Popular Book Fair

B>T/B>HOSE looking for reading materials should check out the Popular Book Fair 2005 currently on at Prangin Mall, Atrium A, in Penang.

Family learns more about famed explorer

IT was an informative outing for businessman Nazaran Jumat and his family at the exhibition on Admiral Zheng He in Ipoh.

Sixty children show their creativity

SIXTY children were kept busy putting their ideas into colour- ful images at a colouring compe- tition organised by the Popular Book Co.

Popular opens flagship store

PENANG'S leading book store, Popular, has opened its latest outlet in the state.

‘Muggles’ mob stores to get latest Potter book

She beat off more than 500 'muggles' (a person without magical ability in 'Harry Potter language') in the mad scramble for the launch of J.K. Rowling's sixth instalment of the Harry Potter series, I>Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince/I>.

Event shows off batik’s versatility

Models with flamboyant hairstyles and make-up strutted the catwalk in trendy contemporary batik wear at the I>Batik Design and Fashion Competition./I>

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Book fair to feature 25,000 titles

Some 25,000 titles of English and Chinese books will be featured in the city's biggest book fair at Permata Trade Centre here beginning Friday.

Professionals among thousands flocking to see guru

Thousands of devotees are flocking to this town in the northern Indian farmlands on the outskirts of New Delhi for spiritual fulfilment at the feet of a rustic #8220;saint#8221; who dispenses tea and wisdom.