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 | Japanese food: use your noodle
The Guardian, photo: WN / mervin
| Cold noodles are a source of great rivalry and pride in Japan. Jamie Lafferty slurps down 36 bowls and rustles up some soba of his own | • As featured in our Tokyo city guide Jamie Lafferty eating Wanko Soba noodles in Hiraizumi. Photograph: Katy Morrison | Few countries are as passionate and proud of their food as Japan. Each of its 47 prefect...
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 | Extremely cute and incredibly scary
Sydney Morning Herald, photo: Creative Commons / Zootycoon2freak
| Seeing dangerous animals in the wild is a heart-warming experience, unless they're staring back at you, writes Craig Platt. | I'm so glad I asked for a toilet stop, otherwise I'd be in real trouble. | I'm being stared down by a huge lioness, who is only a few metres away. If she wanted to, she could be up on the back of this safari vehicle and ea...
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 | Hilary Duff enjoys baby shower
m&c, photo: Creative Commons / Robin Wong
| Hilary Duff had an 'amazing' time at her baby shower. | Hilary and Haylie Duff | The 24-year-old singer-and-actress - who is expecting her first son with husband Mike Comrie - was overwhelmed with the generosity of friends and family who attended the celebration. | She tweeted afterwards: 'What an amazing day my mommy and @HaylieK threw it down!b...
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» It's not always sunny in Mariposa
National Post By Robert Fulford, National Post February 7, 2012 3:09 AM | Long before Stephen Leacock became famous for his gentle stories about adorable little Ontario towns, he learned just how ugly the life in those towns could be. His adolescence was e... |
» U.S. orders deeper financial sanctions against Iran
LA Daily News By Anne Gearan | The Associated PressPosted: 02/07/2012 12:00:00 AM PST | President Barack Obama | WASHINGTON — Targeting Iran's economy, the U.S. on Monday ordered tough new penalties to further pinch the country's financial system... |
» Iran sanctions hit businesses, consumers the hardest
LA Daily News By Ali Akbar Dareini | The Associated PressPosted: 02/07/2012 12:00:00 AM PST | An Iranian vendor sells pistachio in Tehran's old main bazaar last week. The price tags on many imported goods are double from last year, while Iranian currency ha... |
» U.S. shuts embassy in Syria, cites deteriorating security
LA Daily News By The New York Times Posted: 02/07/2012 12:00:00 AM PST | BEIRUT — The United States closed its embassy in Syria on Monday and withdrew its staff in the face of escalating mayhem that U.S. officials blamed on the Syrian govern... |
» Palestinians agree to Abbas as prime minister in unity gover
LA Daily News By Edmund Sanders | Los Angeles TimesPosted: 02/07/2012 12:00:00 AM PST | Palestinian Prime minister Salam Fayyad will be replaced as head of a unity government. | JERUSALEM — Palestinian factions said Monday they had broken a polit... |
» Georgia law limiting assisted suicide ruled unconstitutional
LA Daily News By The New York TimesPosted: 02/07/2012 12:00:00 AM PST | ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a law aimed at controlling assisted suicide was unconstitutional, a decision that is likely to help shape the n... |
» Heathrow will always struggle with snow airport admits
The Daily Telegraph Heathrow will always struggle to cope with snow because the airport is full, the airport operator has admitted. | The first serious arctic snap of the winter saw 41 per cent of flights cancelled Photo: PA tag --> | By David Millward, Transport ... |
» Wetlands Role in Boosting Tourism Hailed
All Africa [The Herald] LOCAL wetlands have great potential of attracting investment in the tourism industry, Zimbabwe Tourism Authority Masvingo provincial chairperson Dr Fredrick Kasese has said. | ... |
» There’s room at the Inn
Independent online The Inn on the Square in Cape Town has long sat at the heart of city life. | It faces on to Greenmarket Square and the terrace, in many incarnations, has provided the perfect spot for beer-drinking and people watching, | The hotel recently had a R35-... |
» Is the Dreamliner 787 jet cursed?
The Daily Telegraph Australia | IT'S been plagued with so many problems it's tempting to think the Dreamliner must be cursed. | The latest bad news for Boeing is a manufacturing error that means repairs in the fuselage sections of some 787s. It comes just days after a m... |
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