Puffing on slim metal tubes loaded with pale yellow liquid, two London businessmen say they have between their lips a cure for what the UN calls “one of the biggest public health threats the world...
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7 Mar 2013
Camels ... the ships of the Arctic? That's according to Canadian palaeobiologists, who found evidence that giant camels roamed the High Arctic millions of years ago, when that region was...
3:30AM
28 Aug 2011
Walking for charity has become a habit for Christopher Schrader over the past four years.
Last month he completed a 51-day, 1,600km trek across the Mongolian Gobi Desert,.
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6:02PM
20 Jan 2008
With its rounded hills and dun-coloured sand dunes, the Rajasthani town of Pushkar, in India, seems custom made for the world's largest gathering of camels.
5:00PM
9 Sep 2002
A friend of mine, who happens to be the best ultra-marathon runner in Hong Kong, was going through his paces when he passed a few people hiking. As he flew by, sweat pouring off him, one of the...
2:32PM
6 Mar 2001
It is said that youngsters, nowadays, are too weak to face the harsh realities of life. They are weak because they lack character.
2:59PM
a child enjoys a leisurely ride on a camel in downtown Moscow on the first day of school winter holidays in Russia. The animal was borrowed from a circus to give children rides.
1:37PM
The 'ship of the desert' proved a bit unpredictable when it travelled away from home to take part in Europe's first camel race in Berlin.
6:12AM
MORE than any other colour, camel demands restraint from its wearer, urging designers to abandon their whimsical frills in favour of classic cuts and simple silhouettes. Killer heels rev up an old...
2:10AM
THE controversial Camel cigarette advertisement near the entrance to the Sikh temple in Happy Valley is still there.
Action to remove the hoarding does not appear to be forthcoming...
12:50PM
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