Russians prefer their Lay's potato chips dusted in caviar and crab flavors. The Chinese like their Oreos stuffed with mango and orange cream. And in Spain, Kellogg's All-Bran cereal is served floating in hot coffee instead of cold milk.Americans might get squeamish at the thought of their favorite snacks being tweaked. But what works in the U.S. doesn't always work everywhere.In other words, Lee L

 한국중독정신의학회는 6일 “국내 맥주 광고에 국민 피겨스타 김연아 선수가 출연하고 있는 데 대해 우려를 표명한다”며 대중 광고 중지를 촉구하는 내용의 성명을 발표했다.학회는 국민 스타로서 청소년에게 큰 영향력을 행사하는 김연아가 맥주 광고에 출연함에 따라 음주 문화를 조장하는 결과를 낳고 있다고 지적했다. 한국중독정신학회는 현재 주요국가별 술 광고 규제현황을 보면, 미국은 연방 알코올음료 관리법을 토대로 메이저리그 선수 등 스포츠 선수의 주류 광고 출연을 금지하고 있고, 영국도 독립방송협회의 윤리규정에 따라 ‘어떠한 주류 광고도, 젊은층에 인기있는 유명 인물을 등장시켜서는 안된다'라고 전면 금지시키고 있다’고 예를 들었다. 하지만 현재 한국은 운동선수들의 음주광고 규제가 없으며, 이에 대한 정부의 조치가

A motorcyclist was injured after a plane had to drop its banner to avoid crashing into a crowded Houston baseball field, officials say.The incident began about 3:45 p.m. Saturday when the plane started to make its descent above the Diez Baseball Fields, KHOU-TV, Houston, reported.The plane's engine sputtered and umpires directed people away from the field in case the plane had to make an emergency

A heavy metal band front man is suing over the alleged tainted tuna he ate at a Louisiana sushi restaurant.Chris Fronzak, 22, of Portland, Ore., and members of his band Attila were in Metairie April 10, to play a show and decided to eat lunch at a sushi restaurant, The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune reported."Everything tasted great," Fronzak said Friday. "The amount of sushi I got was insane. Littl

The photos taken by a tourist from Scotland show his wife on the ground, hair flying, blood on her neck, with two cheetahs nearby.The Port Elizabeth Herald reported Friday that Violet D'Mello of Aberdeen, Scotland, was attacked by cheetahs on April 28 while in a petting pen with the animals at a game reserve near Port Elizabeth in southeastern South Africa.It says she was attacked while trying to

South Korea has strengthened customs inspections to stop smuggling of pills made of dead human fetuses or infants from China as such pills could pose serious health hazards, officials said Sunday.Smuggling of the so-called "human flesh capsules" has increased since the first case was caught in August last year. Customs authorities have so far uncovered 35 attempts to bring in such pills, totaling

Adele's 2011 album "21" has sold more copies than Michael Jackson's iconic 1982 record "Thriller" in the United Kingdom, the Official Charts Co. reported."21" has now sold 4,274,300 copies in the United Kingdom -- 500 more than "Thriller," NME.com said.The Top 10 best-selling albums of all time in the United Kingdom are "Queen's "Greatest Hits" at No. 1, The Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Cl

Japan switched off its last working nuclear reactor Saturday, leaving the country without atomic-generated electricity just over a year after the world's worst nuclear accident in a quarter of a century.As technicians closed down the No. 3 unit at Tomari in Hokkaido at 11:03 pm(1403 GMT), the debate over whether Japan needs nuclear power has been reignited, amid increasingly shrill warnings of sum

Clusters of balloons exploded Friday during a political rally in the central square of Armenia's capital, injuring at least 144 people, authorities said.The Emergencies Ministry said 104 of them had to be hospitalized with burns after the explosion in Yerevan, which it said was caused by a smoker who lit a cigarette near the balloons.Health Minister Artyom Pushkian said no one had life-threatening

 (Heraldbiz.com)Financial regulators Sunday suspended operations of four savings banks for their failure to meet the capital adequacy ratios recommended by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) standards.They are Solomon Savings Bank, Mirae Savings Bank, Korea Savings Bank, Hanju Savings Bank, the Financial Services Commission(FSC) said.It is the second time since September that the financi

The case of a tortured Afghan child bride whose treatment shocked the world has led to three members of her husband's family being jailed for 10 years, an official said Saturday.Afghan child bride Sahar Gul, 15, speaks to Afghan Minister of Women's Affairs Husn Banu Ghazanfar, as she recovers at the hospital in Kabul (AFP)Sahar Gul, 15, who was burned and beaten and had her fingernails pulled out

Officials say a soldier has fatally shot himself while standing guard at the front gate of Taiwan's presidential office building in downtown Taipei.he Defense Ministry said the 22-year-old soldier, surnamed Kao, shot himself in the chest before dawn Thursday. It said fellow guards witnessed the incident but were not able to intervene.Officials said President Ma Ying-jeou was not at the office buil

Cutting back on calories is a good idea to protect the heart, and U.S. researchers say eating less also may reduce a person's risk of memory loss. Yonas Geda of the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., and colleagues looked at the association between eating and those with mild cognitive impairment.The researchers compared eating habits and diagnosis of memory loss in 1,000 participants, ages 70 and o

South Korea will formally start greenhouse gas emission trading in 2015 as part of its contribution to stem global warming, the government said Thursday.The Ministry of Strategy and Finance said regulating emissions could allow the country to deal with moves by advanced industrialized economies to use "green protectionism" to block trade, and overhaul the country's energy-intensive structure.Green

The UN Security Council on Wednesday put three top North Korean state firms on a sanctions black list over the country's failed rocket launch.But the assets freeze against three enterprises said to have financed and organized the North's missile and nuclear programs could soon be followed by a new UN sanctions battle if the North carries out a feared nuclear bomb test.The United States, European U

A New Jersey woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a child endangerment charge, denying she allowed her 6-year-old daughter to tan at a salon.Patricia Krentcil, 44, of Nutley, appeared in Superior Court in Newark, WCBS-TV, New York, reported. Patricia Krentcil"My client is 150 percent innocent," John D. Caruso, Krentcil's attorney, said. "That child was never in that tanning booth."Krentcil did no

Two young Britons who stole a penguin from an Australian theme park paid a large fine Wednesday after pleading guilty.Rhys Owen Jones, 21, and Keri Mules, 20, were fined $1,000 Australian ($1,034 U.S.) each for trespassing, theft and keeping a protected animal, The Courier-Mail of Brisbane reported.Dirk, a Fairy penguin, was stolen from Sea World, a popular theme park on the Queensland coast, Apri

Sleeping too much does not make one fat -- in fact, sleeping more than 9 hours a night may suppress genetic influences on body weight, U.S. researchers say.Principal investigator Dr. Nathaniel Watson of the University of Washington and colleagues said the study looked at 1,088 pairs of twins and found sleeping less than 7 hours a night was associated with both increased body mass index and greater

South Korea and the United States began on-site consultations Tuesday on the latest case of mad cow disease here.A team of eight South Korean government officials and civilian experts arrived in Washington Monday for discussions with U.S. authorities and inspections of related facilities.Their visit comes amid unrelenting public concern over the safety of American beef in South Korea. The Seoul go

Research In Motion (RIM) on Tuesday unveiled a revamped BlackBerry platform that discards the smartphone's trademark keyboard to embrace apps, touchscreens and other trendy features.The long-promised platform was shown to software developers at the Canada-based company's annual BlackBerry World conference in Florida.RIM also released kits for tailoring programs for the new BlackBerry 10platform an