HONG KONG (Reuters) - America\'s top wine seller will host Asia\'s largest ever auction of fine wines in Hong Kong this week, betting on Chinese consumers developing a finer nose for the beverage as the territory aspires to become a global industry hub.
TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Cat caterwauling for cousins? Dog desperate for dad? A new Facebook-style website in Japan can help your pet find their real family, as well as friends.
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - When Jane Coloccia set out to find her soul mate online she had no idea that eight years and 200 dates later she would end up an expert on the topic, writing a book and setting up a course to teach the pitfalls of Web love.
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea\'s \"wild geese fathers\" manage a reunion with their children, and often wives, just once a year after seeing them off for study abroad, invariably to learn in English.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - It is not known if thieves who raided a Canadian museum plan to sell the precious art they stole or simply want to melt the items down for the gold, police said on Monday.
HAY-ON-WYE, England (Reuters Life!) - Award-winning director Paul Greengrass, whose credits include \"The Bourne Ultimatum\" and \"United 93,\" said on Monday Britain needed to do more to nurture its young film-making talent.
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Strong winds forced French parachutist Michel Fournier to postpone plans on Monday to leap from a balloon 40 km (25 miles) above Western Canada, but he will make another attempt at setting the world-record freefall on Tuesday.
LITTLE BREWSTER ISLAND, Boston Harbor (Reuters Life!) - The sole remaining lighthouse keeper in the United States may be the last one but she isn\'t about to disappear.
TOKYO (Reuters) - One of the travelers who arrived at Tokyo\'s Narita airport over the weekend may have picked up an unusual souvenir from customs -- a package of cannabis.
