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LONDON (Reuters Life!) – Britons think France is the least hospitable country in which to go on holiday, according to a new online survey of 1,412 Britons.

LONDON (Reuters) – British singer Robbie Williams “proposed” to his actress girlfriend, Ayda Field, live on Australian radio on Friday, but his spokesman then said it was a joke.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – French film director Luc Besson, known worldwide for blockbusters like “The Big Blue” and “The Fifth Element,” says his movies face the toughest criticism at home where they are seen as not quite “French enough.”

LONDON (Reuters) – Auction houses are banking on a recovery at next week’s series of big Russian art sales in London, at which they expect to show that the market dominated by new money is through the worst of the recession.

ROME, Nov 27 (Life!) – One of Italy’s greatest chefs has caused controversy in the culinary world by becoming the second of the nation’s top cooks to give back his Michelin stars.

LONDON (Reuters Life!) – Bidders for a naval logbook detailing the first contact with a surviving mutineer from the HMS Bounty on his Pitcairn Island hideaway, drove the price up to 40 times its estimated value at an auction this week.

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) – Think your children are costing you a lot? You’re right, with an Australian study finding that the average child now costs $1 million (US$917,000) to raise, taking into account toys, holidays and other activities.

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters Life!) – In hit TV crime drama show “C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation,” and its two spin-offs, the criminologists use the latest technology to solve grisly murders and other crimes.

SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) – Bangkok’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel and Singapore Airlines were named the best in their sector in an annual Asian business travel survey that also revealed people had become more resigned to no-frills flights.

"Finding your own personal style takes trial and error." DKNY's Ken MacMillan talks Spring 2010 fashion and the 7 essentials you need.