CAPITAL CULTURE: Slinging sweets, sawing gingerbread: White House Christmas no job for sissiesKuwait wedding fire consumed the tent and killed 41 in just 3 minutes, says fire chiefKUWAIT CITY — The fire at a wedding tent in Kuwait that killed 41 women and children consumed the structure in a blazing inferno lasting just three minutes, the fire department chief said Sunday. China’s culture of heavy drinking leaves 1 government official dead, a second in comaBEIJING — One Chinese official is dead and another is in a coma after bouts of excessive drinking, state media said Monday in a report highlighting the dangers of a drinking culture connected with government and business work. |