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Giorgio Armani logo in the window of the Armani store in Milan
Fashionistas in row over trousers
Two doyens of design, Italian fashion houses Armani and D&G;, row over a pair of padded trousers shown during Milan Fashion Week.

Phone in jeans pocket, BBC New phone features 'baffle users'
Handsets that cram in ever more features are making it hard for owners to configure them correctly, research suggests.

Katy Perry at the NRJ Awards Pop star Perry in award blunder
US singer Katy Perry is wrongly handed the award for best international song at France's main music award ceremony.

A close-up of the Entropa installation which shows Bulgaria as a basic toilet, Brussels, Belgium, 13 January 2009 Czechs apologise for hoax EU art
The Czech EU presidency apologises to Bulgaria for an artwork it commissioned that portrays the country as a toilet.

Obama's 'Beast' of a car revealed
Details emerge of US President-elect Barack Obama's custom-made limousine.

Wanted: Paradise island 'caretaker'
For what's described as 'world's best job', applicant must blog and feed fish on tropical Australian island.

Fish market allows tourists back
The world's largest fish market is reversing a month-old ban on tourists at its riotous early-morning auctions.

NY eatery frees ancient lobster
A 140-year-old lobster kept in a tank at a New York restaurant is to be released back into the ocean.

Scots top car number plates list
People who have personalised number plates on their cars are most likely to live in Scotland, a survey finds.

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Guy Bagley building Lego models Lego living
The man who gets his 'kicks from plastic bricks'
Liquorice Allsorts So long Woolies
What do people actually buy in Woolworths?
Underwear model Karolina Kurkova No belly button?
Is a barely-there navel for cosmetic or medical reasons?
Beaming American smile US v UK teeth
Why is there a transatlantic dental divide?
Christina Aguilera Style crime?
Can fake tan ever be seen as sophisticated?
The remains of the two reptiles 'Gator gobbler
Python explodes after swallowing 6ft alligator
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