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This is an archive article published on December 17, 2010
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UN leader Ban Ki-moon has revealed one of the secrets that did not come out on WikiLeaks.
Ban Ki-moons secret: Boxers not briefs
United Nations: UN leader Ban Ki-moon has revealed one of the secrets that did not come out on WikiLeaks: he is a boxers not briefs man. The secretary general,who was allegedly the target of US orders to get personal details,mocked the leaked diplomatic cables in a tongue-in-cheek speech to the annual UN Correspondents Association dinner on Wednesday,flashing his credit card number shoe size and ring finger 7.5 onto the screen. Boxers not briefs proclaimed one of the nuggets.
Oldest Facebook user at 103: Report
London: Lillian Lowe,a 103-year-old woman in Britain has reportedly become the oldest Facebook user in the world. She uses her iPad to log on to the social networking site often to keep in touch with her seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren,British tabloid The Sun reported. I love it its very exciting. I recommend it to grandparents to keep in touch with family, the surfing centenarian was quoted as saying.
Judi Dench voted greatest stage star
LONDON: Veteran actress Judi Dench has been hailed as the greatest stage star of all time,ahead of theatre legends Laurence Olivier and Ian McKellen,in a poll by acting publication The Stage,reported Contactmusic.
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