21.   Keswick is filled with charming stone buildings and cozy tea houses, but for hikers, its appeal is limited.

22.   The streets of Diyarbakir, the largest city in the largely Kurdish southeast, remained quiet as people gathered in tea houses to watch the verdict announced on TV.

23.   Three men were gunned down as they sipped tea at a roadside tea house in east Karachi, police said.

24.   Usually taciturn Afghans have begun speaking out against U.S. troops in traditional tea houses known as samovars.

25.   Seven people were killed and four others wounded following an explosion caused by a gas leak in a tea house in Tehran, the Kayhan daily reported Sunday.

26.   The London tea auction houses, which only open for business on Mondays, remained closed this week because of the New Year public holiday.