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London fashion fights for clout on 25th birthday (19 February 11:18) |
| LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Its designer graduates are some of the darlings of the industry, but does London Fashion Week still have a seat at fashion's top table?
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Study takes step toward erasing bad memories (15 February 11:46) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - A widely available blood pressure pill could one day help people erase bad memories, perhaps treating some anxiety disorders and phobias, according to a Dutch study publis... |
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Uncertain art world eyes key European auctions (02 February 06:52) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Big art sales in Europe this month are a step into the unknown for auction houses, as they seek to gauge how the economic turmoil is affecting wealthy clients' appetite fo... |
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Luxury downturn hits US beaver trappers (17 December 07:05) |
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Downturn hits vacation enclave of New York elite (17 December 08:49) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Just months after he was ousted from Lehman Brothers, Joseph Gregory put his mansion in tony Bridgehampton on the market for $32.5 million.
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Luxury downturn hits U.S. beaver trappers (17 December 08:38) |
| HENDERSON, Texas (Reuters) - Harold Renfro, a stocky east Texan, pulls on a submerged cable and hauls a dead beaver out of a chilly farm pond.
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Nervy investors spur rush at Swiss gold refiners (17 December 08:26) |
| MENDRISIO/ZURICH, Switzerland (Reuters) - Sealed off by grey concrete walls and barbed wire, the workmen in protective glasses and steel-toed boots at this smelter cannot work fast enough to... |
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Catholics and Muslims to fight terror and defend faith (07 November 02:01) |
| VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Catholic and Muslim leaders at unprecedented Vatican meetings vowed on Thursday to jointly combat violence committed in God's name, to defend religious freedom and t... |
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Christian, Muslim leaders vow to combat terror (06 November 10:12) |
| VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Catholic and Muslim leaders at unprecedented Vatican meetings vowed on Thursday to work together to combat violence and terrorism, especially when carried out in God... |
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Pope seeks Muslim help to defend moral values (06 November 06:58) |
| VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict urged Muslim religious leaders and scholars on Thursday to join Christians in defending their common moral values and respect for human rights despite ... |
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Catholics, Muslims open landmark talks at Vatican (04 November 05:48) |
| VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Senior Vatican and Islamic scholars launched their first Catholic-Muslim Forum on Tuesday to improve relations between the world's two largest faiths.
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Muslims seek crisis management plan with Vatican (03 November 02:48) |
| VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Muslim scholars due to meet Pope Benedict and Roman Catholic officials this week hope the Vatican will agree to joint crisis management plan to defuse tensions that ... |
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Bells, chants launch Bhutan's first daily newspaper (30 October 08:00) |
| THIMPHU, Bhutan (Reuters) - Buddhist monks prayed for the success of Bhutan's first daily newspaper, which was launched Thursday but could take a week to reach remote areas of the tiny Himal... |
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Bells chants launch Bhutans first daily newspaper (30 October 08:00) |
| THIMPHU Bhutan Reuters - Buddhist monks prayed for the success of Bhutans first daily newspaper which was launched Thursday but could take a week to reach remote areas of the tiny Himalayan ... |
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Muslim scholars to meet pope, Vatican Islam experts (30 October 06:29) |
| PARIS (Reuters) - Muslim scholars make a rare visit to the Vatican next week to discuss with Pope Benedict and Roman Catholic experts how to overcome mutual suspicion and ignorance between C... |
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Wright-Phillips builds links with Guatemala (05 September 09:28) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Carrying bags of cement and water purifiers up a Guatemalan hillside in the name of charity makes soccer training seem easy, says England international Shaun Wright-Philli... |
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In New York, a socialite goes by any other name (05 September 08:53) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - With her trademark cascade of curled blonde hair pinned to the side, Tinsley Mortimer is a charity ball staple, attends countless fashion shows and is one of the most re... |
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Sudan Catholics turn to Darfur saint (05 September 07:36) |
| KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - In a dusty church in Khartoum's Jeberona camp for displaced persons, the congregation claps and sings beneath a portrait of a smiling woman who has become a focus o... |
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Turks question what went wrong in Beijing (05 September 06:40) |
| ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey must improve sports facilities and spend less on soccer if it is to recover from a disappointing Beijing Olympics and achieve its ambition of hosting the 2020 Games... |
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British school scheme thrives on a big scale (05 September 06:38) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - An ambitious scheme to boost self-confidence and discipline among British children by reviving competitive cricket in state schools is thriving after three years and its f... |
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Maasai warrior hairdressers break taboos (05 September 06:10) |
| MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Maasai warrior Lempuris Lalasho went to Kenya's tourist haven Mombasa to find a white woman to marry, but he ended up working as a hairdresser, a profession that i... |
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"Uber-prime" real estate still hot in London (05 September 06:06) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - London's housing market may be cooling, but not when it comes to 10-bedroom mansions with designer interiors, indoor swimming pools and private gardens in the capital's mo... |
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Filipino Americans take stock in old country (05 September 06:02) |
| MANILA (Reuters) - Alan Marasigan looks like any other Filipino as he fiddles with his cell phone inside a shopping mall in Manila. But his American accent and perfect English give him away.... |
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Georgians live in fear in Russian "security zone" (04 September 08:32) |
| TKVIAVI, Georgia (Reuters) - Koba Jashashvili's corpse has been lying for three weeks in his cellar because, his neighbors say, his family are too scared of roaming militias to return and gi... |
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Kashmir's "children of conflict" rise in anger (04 September 06:15) |
| SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - The protesters organize with Facebook, YouTube as well as via messages from local mosques. They eschew violence, but are seething with anger.
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Czech city bids to be global biotech hub (04 September 05:52) |
| BRNO, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Just a few steps from the monastery where Gregor Mendel pioneered the field of genetics some 150 years ago, Czech officials hope to nurture their own biotech... |
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Spanish beaches busy, but tourist spending down (04 September 05:37) |
| BENALMADENA, Spain (Reuters) - Few Spaniards would sacrifice their annual summer vacation. But while Spain's beaches are still busy, shops and restaurants at its resorts are ominously quiet ... |
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Russia conflict hits emerging Georgia tourism trade (03 September 05:59) |
| TBILISI (Reuters) - The Adamanti Hotel near Georgia's Black Sea coast was full of tourists in early August when war broke out between Russian and Georgian forces in South Ossetia to the nort... |
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Returning to Russian valuations: Politicophobia (03 September 05:11) |
| MOSCOW (Reuters) - Wine goblets and vodka shot glasses are lined up untouched on long, vacant wooden tables at Genatsvale, one of many Georgian restaurants that pepper the Russian capital.
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Georgia crisis raises hopes in Moldovan rebel region (03 September 04:45) |
| TIRASPOL (Reuters) - Soldiers marched in neat formation while crowds sang boastful Soviet-era songs and waved flags under the steady gaze of a Lenin statue in central Tiraspol, capital of Mo... |
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Christians cower from Hindu backlash in India's east (03 September 05:47) |
| TIKABALI, India (Reuters) - On a starry night last week, as Lal Mohan Digal prepared to go to bed, a mob of raging, machete-wielding Hindu zealots appeared above the hills of his mud house a... |
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Destruction of Kenya forest is national emergency (03 September 05:43) |
| NAROK, Kenya (Reuters) - Maasai goatherd Joseph Nkolia points dismissively at two shallow pools, the only water in a parched stream west of the Kenyan town of Narok.
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Swiss farmers keep tradition of charcoal-burning (03 September 05:39) |
| ROMOOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - In the remote hills and valleys of central Switzerland, mountain farmers are still making charcoal to a centuries-old method.
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Aid agencies plan CO2 offsets that also help poor (02 September 12:41) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - From fuel-efficient stoves for displaced Congolese families to drought-resistant cashew trees in Brazil, some aid agencies offering carbon offset schemes want to marry emi... |
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Rage in Kashmir meets India's brute force (02 September 11:57) |
| SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - The world's largest democracy locks up protest leaders without charge, shoots dozens of demonstrators dead, beats and intimidates ordinary citizens and raids home... |
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South Korea military objectors say don't jail pacifists (02 September 07:48) |
| SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean Go Gong-ju had a choice of serving in the army or doing a stint in jail. He chose jail and became one of the country's several hundred conscientious objectors ... |
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Mexico's makeshift coal pits try to boost output (02 September 07:42) |
| NUEVA ROSITA, Mexico (Reuters) - A steel bucket holding two men lowers into a pit, suspended on a cable wound by an old truck engine.
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Reality TV show stirs business spirit in Afghanistan (01 September 12:38) |
| KABUL (Reuters) - A reality TV show broadcast in Afghanistan has encouraged Afghans to start their own enterprises, stirring entrepreneurial spirits in a country that has been ravaged by thr... |
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Speculators and water an uneasy mix (01 September 10:54) |
| CANBERRA (Reuters) - On the cracked grey clay of an ancient lake bed on the edge of Australia's outback, Guy Kingwill is at the frontier of a global rush to commercialize water.
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A ray of hope for Algeria's crumbling Casbah? (01 September 05:50) |
| ALGIERS (Reuters) - From cutlass and canon to earthquake and flood, powerful forces have long done damage to the Algiers Casbah, fabled bastion of Barbary pirates who plied the Mediterranean... |
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"Enabling aid" turns peasants into export farmers (31 August 03:09) |
| DJILAKH, Senegal (Reuters) - Less than a year ago, the land around this small Senegalese village was parched bush pasture, studded with thick-trunked, knobbly baobab trees.
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Like oil, speculators and water an uneasy mix (31 August 01:14) |
| CANBERRA (Reuters) - On the cracked grey clay of an ancient lake bed on the edge of Australia's outback, Guy Kingwill is at the frontier of a global rush to commercialize water.
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Iraqi Kurdistan still a tough sell to investors (31 August 01:12) |
| ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan has been primed for a wave of foreign investment for years, but officials say the grand goals of a relatively peaceful northern enclave are frustrated... |
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S.Korea steps up defense of disputed islets (31 August 01:11) |
| ABOARD THE SAMBONG COAST GUARD SHIP (Reuters) - On a South Korean coast guard patrol ship chugging towards desolate islands at the centre of a bitter territorial row with Japan, academics an... |
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Risk matches reward for urban freerunners (31 August 01:10) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Yusuf Yirtici is a proud young father who extols the virtues of discipline, hard work and a responsible attitude to risk.
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Curator hides Stalin mementoes from Russian bombs (31 August 01:09) |
| GORI, Georgia (Reuters) - When Russian bombs began falling on Gori, Robert Maglakelidze took a desperate decision: he loaded his car with a precious consignment and fled along the dangerous ... |
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Remember your loved one - as a diamond (29 August 10:22) |
| CHUR, Switzerland (Reuters) - Diamonds really are forever. Algordanza, a small company based in the mountainous southeast of Switzerland, uses the ashes of dead people to make diamonds as a ... |
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Miami undertaker ships dead exiles back to Cuba (29 August 03:02) |
| That's the last wish that Miami funeral director Rafaiy Alkhalifa says he has heard time and again from many of his "Cuba-bound" clients or their loved ones since 1994.
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Merkel's likely challenger faces rural image test (29 August 02:58) |
| BELZIG, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's foreign minister strolls through an organic farm, buys an apple from smiling children -- and then turns from the idyllic scene to call his counterpart i... |
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Angola elections bring change to farm sector (29 August 10:55) |
| VALE DO CAVACO, Angola (Reuters) - For the past 30 years, Jose Vilomba, 47, has walked barefoot on one of Africa's most fertile valleys using his hands and a shovel to plant vegetables to fe... |
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