Chinese gays, lesbians step out on Valentine's Day

2009-02-16 08:01:51 GMT Reuters For some in Beijing's gay and lesbian community, Valentine's Day is not just a day to celebrate loving relationships, but also a time to campaign for acceptance of homosexuality in society.

Valentine's Day sees thousands of Beijing couples wed

2009-02-15 07:33:03 GMT Xinhua English BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Valentine's Day was hugely popular for marriages in Beijing with 2,689 couples getting spliced on Saturday.

Valentine's Day hot in China

2009-02-15 07:09:46 GMT Xinhua English Lots of lovers bought roses to celebrate the Valentine's Day.

Blue paradise: Valentine's Day underwater

2009-02-14 09:03:37 GMT Xinhua English Filipino divers portraying a couple and a Cupid are seen in a tunnel fish tank beside a couple sitting hand in hand at the Manila Ocean Park facility in Manila, capital of Philippines, Feb. 13 2009. The scene is a featured attraction to mark Valentine's Day at the park.

Panda pair make outdoor debut on Valentine's Day

2009-02-14 09:27:21 GMT Xinhua English TAIPEI, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The pair of pandas sent by the Chinese mainland to Taiwan took their first outdoor steps at the Taipei Zoo Saturday.

NLGX Valentine's Day special promotion

2009-02-13 09:13:53 GMT City Weekend Description

Valentines Day for Lovers

2009-02-13 09:05:26 GMT SINA English Valentine's Day festival holds immense importance for those in love. Lovers around the world anxiously wait for the festival as it gives them an opportunity to express love for their beloved and spend a day in togetherness. Celebrating the festival in a traditional manner lovers go out for date in a park or spend time looking into the eyes of their partners over a candlelight dinner. Indulging sweethearts with fresh flowers mainly red roses, chocolates, cards and other gifts of love is the other most popular custom of Valentine's Day for lovers.

Valentines Day for Singles

2009-02-13 09:04:51 GMT SINA English Romantic Valentine's Day festival is much awaited by those in love but dreaded by singles!! So much is the hype about the festival that some singles even become depressed about not having a partner several days before the festival when they see stores decorated with candies, chocolates and flowers to lure the one's in love. Some times the sense of isolation becomes so strong that many singles tend to “hate Valentine's Day” - the day that is actually meant to celebrate love.

History of St Valentines Day

2009-02-13 09:08:13 GMT SINA English Valentine's Day - the popular festival of love and romances traces its origin to ancient Roman festival and has not been created by card companies as some people believe it to be. There are various legends associated with the festival along with the belief that birds began to mate from this day. Popularity of the Valentine's Day festival stems from the combined effects of all these legends, beliefs and of course the wish to glorify the unparalleled feeling of love.

Legends of St Valentine's Day

2009-02-13 09:07:43 GMT SINA English There are various popular and interesting legends of St Valentine's Day. Some legends trace the origin of Valentine's Day to pagan times while others link it one or more Saints of early Christian Church. Yet another point of view on the origin of Valentine's Day links it to the beginning of birds mating season. Popularity of the festival is perhaps due to the combined effect of all these legends along with the notion that spring is the time for love.

Valentines Day in Middle Ages

2009-02-13 09:07:04 GMT SINA English Valentines Day festival gained much popularity during the Middle Ages. Lovers began to celebrate the day by exchanging love notes and simple gifts such as flowers. The idea of linking Valentine's Day with love in Middle Ages was strengthened by the notion that birds began to look for mate during this time. Various legends related to the festival including that of Feast of Lupercalia and martyrdom of Saint Valentine further lead to the increase in the popularity of Valentine's Day festival.

Valentines Day in Present Times

2009-02-13 09:06:35 GMT SINA English Valentines Day in present times has become a huge craze especially amongst the youth in countries around the world. Those in love start planning for the Valentine's Day celebrations with sweetheart days before the festival while those without a lover start looking for a date so that they are able to celebrate the day in the much-romanticized manner. Hype for the festival is further built up by the media and the rigorous advertising campaign run by the cards and gifts marketers.

You Should Believe In Love At First Sight

2009-02-13 08:37:21 GMT Forbes "It was evidently a case of love at first sight, for she swam about the new-comer caressingly ... with overtures of affection."

Sex is good for you

2009-02-12 09:22:02 GMT China Daily Making love could be one of the few pleasures in life that is genuinely good for you, say researchers.