BUCHAREST: "No garlic or garlic-scented items allowed, including perfume," read the house rules of Count Dracula's castle to ensure that Halloween night guests cannot...
HONG KONG: China has wiped the smile off pro-democracy activists' faces by seizing 7,600 rolls of toilet paper featuring Hong Kong's pro-Beijing leader Leung Chun-ying pulling a series of ridiculous expressions.
Written by Irish author Bram Stoker, Dracula is a 1887 horror novel which introduced the famous character Count Dracula. The character’s popularity can be gauged from the fact that more than 200 films have been made that feature him in a major role.
LONDON: Sherlock Holmes never existed but his fictional address of 221B Baker Street still receives a steady flow of letters addressed to the famously intuitive detective.