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Egypt: 96 artifacts missing from museum

CultureJan 5, 2014

CAIRO (AP) ― Nearly a hundred small artifacts, some dating back to the time of the pharaohs, have gone missing from a museum in southern Egypt, officials said Wednesday.The Ministry of Antiquities said 96 artifacts, mostly small figurines and beads, disappeared from the Aswan Museum’s storehouse. Employees noticed a number of artifacts missing, the statement said. A committee looking into the objects’ disappearance checked the storehouse’s inventory and found that the lock on the inner door had
Phil Everly, half of pioneer rock duo, dies at 74

CultureJan 5, 2014

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― There is no more beautiful sound than the voices of siblings swirled together in high harmony, and when Phil and Don Everly combined their voices with songs about yearning, angst and loss, it changed the world.Phil Everly, the youngest of the Everly Brothers who took the high notes, died Friday from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 74. He left a towering legacy that still inspires half a century after The Everly Brothers’ first hit. You could argue that while Elvi
Former pope secretly leaves Vatican to visit brother in hospital: reports

PeopleJan 5, 2014

ROME (AFP) ― Former pope Benedict XVI secretly left his residence in the Vatican to visit his brother in hospital in Rome, Italian media reported Saturday.The 85-year-old, who promised on his retirement to live “hidden from the world,” was escorted in a car with blacked-out windows for an hour’s visit with Georg Ratzinger on Friday in the Policlinico Gemelli hospital in the Italian capital, La Stampa daily said.Ratzinger, 89, who is a priest, was admitted to hospital on Thursday after travelling
Ecuadorean navy airlifts Jeff Bezos for kidney stone

PeopleJan 5, 2014

QUITO (AP) ― An official in the Galapagos Islands says that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was flown by helicopter from a cruise ship on Jan. 1 for medical attention after suffering intense pain because of a kidney stone. Capt. Santiago Rubio, commander of the port of Santa Cruz, tells the Associated Press that Bezos was near the island on the cruise when he felt the stomach pains. Rubio said Saturday the navy sent doctors to examine Bezos on New Year’s Day. The doctors determined that it was a kidne
Saul Zaentz, producer of Oscar winners, dies at 92

PeopleJan 5, 2014

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Saul Zaentz, a music producer whose second career as a filmmaker brought him best-picture Academy Awards for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Amadeus” and “The English Patient,” has died. He was 92.Zaentz died Friday at his San Francisco apartment after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, Paul Zaentz, the producer’s nephew and longtime business partner told the Associated Press.Zaentz was never a prolific movie producer, but he took on classy productions, specializing in co
U.S. senator Cruz hopes to ‘soon’ renounce Canadian citizenship

PeopleJan 5, 2014

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ― Canada-born U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has yet to renounce his birth country’s citizenship as promised ― but a spokeswoman said Saturday the conservative tea party favorite plans to finish the process soon.Catherine Frazier, a spokeswoman for the junior senator from Texas, said lawyers are preparing the necessary paperwork.The 43-year-old Cruz “has been fully focused on fighting for Texans’ values and interests in the Senate for the last year,” Frazier said via email. “He looks forw
Calendar

CultureJan 3, 2014

Classical music“2014 New Year’s Concert”: The famed Vienna Strauss Festival Orchestra will hold a New Year’s concert at the Seoul Arts Center concert hall on Jan. 15 at 8 p.m. Willy Byuhhira will direct the orchestra, formed 36 years ago, in its performances of “Overture Der Zigeunerbaron”; the waltz “Kuenstlerleben”; “Vergnuegungszug,” Polka-schnell, op. 281; and an excerpt from “Ritter Pazman” by Johann Strauss II, among others. Soprano Hong Hae-ran, the first Asian female winner of the 2011 Q
Newest ‘Hobbit’ locations bring action and adventure to travelers

TravelJan 3, 2014

AUCKLAND, New Zealand ― Bilbo and company are back on the silver screen in the second of director Sir Peter Jackson’s three-part adaptation of the adventure fantasy tome “The Hobbit.” While fans flood to theaters, New Zealand’s tourism machine is pumping out new location tours the way only Kiwis do ― with a dash of down-home and a heaping full of adrenalin. From trekking boulder-strewn meadows in Trollshaw Forest, kayaking the Pelorus River in the wake of barrel-bobbing dwarves to horseback ridi
High spirits on Maui: Take a distillery tour

TravelJan 3, 2014

KULA, Hawaii ― A new tourist attraction here is adding to what you might call, well, the high spirits of visitors.While the sugar-cane industry may be fleeing Hawaii for lands of lower labor costs, one new industry in Maui‘s upcountry is planting fresh fields of the towering, grassy stalks of tropical sweetness. The sugar cane is going into bottles of premium, Maui-made vodka.Ocean Vodka, an 8-year-old company that opened a new visitor-friendly distillery complex last April, is specializing in s
World Cup hotels costlier than Olympics in Brazil

TravelJan 3, 2014

SAO PAULO (AP) ― Hotel rooms are expected to cost almost 50 percent more in Rio de Janeiro during the upcoming World Cup soccer tournament than when the city will host the 2016 Olympics, in part because organizer FIFA’s official accommodations agency hasn’t set maximum room rates like those promised in Rio’s winning bid for the Olympic Games.FIFA is working with the Swiss company MATCH Services as the official accommodations agency for the World Cup. MATCH signed contracts with the vast majority
Gay Whistler Winter Pride 2014 kicks off on Jan. 26

TravelJan 3, 2014

The world’s popular annual gay and lesbian ski week will begin its 22nd run on Jan. 26 until Feb. 2 in Whistler, Canada. The Gay Whistler Winter Pride 2014 offers snow sports and pool parties exclusive for gays and lesbians. Participants will have fun joining a variety of snow activities such as snowshoeing, zip track and more. Other highlights include Mr. Gay Canada contest, a fashion show and the Snowball Dance ‘Till Dawn. “Whistler is the most welcomed by the LGBT community and offers close a
KORAIL to open Lunar New Year ticket sales on Jan. 7

TravelJan 3, 2014

The Korea Railroad Corp. will launch train ticket sales for the Lunar New Year holiday from Jan. 7-10 on its website and at train stations nationwide. In an effort to prevent a ticket purchase rush, KORAIL will begin sales on different days for different routes. Sales will start with North Gyeongbu, North Chungcheong and North Gyeongsang lines on Jan. 7 and 8, followed by Honam, Jeolla and Janghang lines on Jan. 9 and 10. Tickets will be sold from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the website on Jan. 7 and 9.
Around the hotels

Food&BeverageJan 3, 2014

Flight and room package at Lotte Hotel JejuCelebrating the arrival of the New Year, Lotte Hotel Jeju presents flight and room in a package. The New Year’s Airtel (Airline & Hotel) Package consists of a two-night stay in the hotel’s Deluxe Mountain View Room and two round-trip Asiana Airlines tickets to Jeju. Bookings for this package are limited to 10 rooms per day. Reservations are made on a first-come, first-served basis. As part of the Lotte Mega Gift 5 event, guests can also enjoy five addit
Modeumjeon (fish, shrimp and zucchini pan-fried in egg batter)

Food&BeverageJan 3, 2014

Jeon (or jun) is a term that refers to pan-fried battered food in Korean cuisine. There are typically two types of jeon. The first type is pancake-like dishes such as pajeon and kimchijeon. For these, the main ingredients are mixed with a flour batter and then pan fried into a crispy pancake. The other type is what I made for this recipe. The pieces are individually pan-fried in egg batter to create a soft skin. Variations include: saengseonjeon (fish), hobakjeon (zucchini), saewoojeon (shrimp),
Flatties and piccolo lattes at Milestone

Food&BeverageJan 3, 2014

New roaster-cafe specializes in Australian-style coffee