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San Francisco tests its limits on public nudism

“No shoes, no shirt, no service” is a sign you see in a lot of US stores. In San Francisco, restaurateurs might soon have to
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Ugandan sweet tooth threatens precious rain forest

Standing beneath the towering trees of Uganda’s threatened Mabira rainforest, farmer Godfrey Ojambo shrugs in despair and bewilderment at plans to cut down this national ...
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‘Mother’s home’ saves Nepal’s smuggled sex slaves

The unassuming, slight, 62-year-old may look every bit the timid retiree but to the thousands of Nepalese girls she has rescued from a life of ...
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Shanghai’s young high rollers splurge on luxury

Kelly Ying, one of a swelling group of young high-rollers in Shanghai, has just treated herself to a birthday present of a USD 45,000-dollar watch.But ...
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Today’s financial crisis nothing to Renaissance Florence

Banks failing and states overwhelmed by debt - not the panicked headlines of newspapers around the globe today but events dating back to Renaissance Florence, ...
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Good Times: Androgynous legend, tonight’s captain – DJ Boy George

Do you remember the top-charted song “Do you really want to hear me”? How about “Karma Chameleon”? These songs and his androgynous style of dressing ...
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Jazz along in Beishan: Festival kicks-off tomorrow

Music returns to Beishan Village, in Zhuhai, this weekend with the second edition of the International Jazz Festival, whose programme mingles local and international talent ...
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Business thins out at Goa’s traditional barbers

Laxman Arondekar, from the Indian resort state of Goa, has got to a point in life where he knows what he wants from a haircut.Younger ...
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Homes not ‘home’ for India’s elderly - Feature

Ejected from the house of his son and daughter-in-law, Brij Mohan Garg looks around the spartan surroundings of his state-subsidised old age home in Delhi ...
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Car-sharing introducing Canadians to electric vehicles

In a Montreal parking lot, Jean-Francois Beauchamp unhooks a power cable from his loaner car and cheerfully drives away, an enthusiastic user of a new ...
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