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Issue: June 04, 2008 (Archive)

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A real home from home With home prices beyond the reach of the average Hongkonger, one can't be sure if the living style of an itinerant salesman in the mainland can offer a glimmer of hope to those living in appalling conditions. On top of the world at 80, and beyond Eighty-year-old Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura, pictured with his son Gota, has become the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest. New life for 'haunted' flat Wonders never cease in Asia's World City. A 346 square-foot "haunted" unit at Trend Plaza in Tuen Mun was auctioned yesterday for HK$1.96 million - that's a spooky 20 percent lower than the market price. Sun sets on iSun Affairs print edition Local weekly iSun Affairs is set to suspend publication after the next issue. Ai rocks and mocks in video Dissident artist Ai Weiwei has released a foul-mouthed heavy rock song titled Dumbass, with a video parodying his months in police detention. Critics write off porn star's script Calligraphy by Japanese porn star Sola Aoi, pictured, has sparked a war of words, with purists dismissing the work as "unskilled" after it was reportedly auctioned for US$95,000 (HK$741,000). Hammer time for wife of novelist "Marriage is like a fortress besieged: those who are outside want to get in, and those who are inside want to get out." Woman of the world looks familiar Angela Merkel can't be stopped or topped if you accept the measurements used by Forbes Magazine in compiling its list of the world's most powerful women.

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