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Sluggish economy leaves many Japanese in the cold

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) – The global economy may be on the mend, but times are still tough for the masses of homeless, jobless people in Tokyo, where the only meal of the day is often a bowl of rice handed out by charities.

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Filipino tribe brings back dead with “clothing” ritual

MANILA (Reuters Life!) – Members of the Hanunuo Mangyan tribe in the Philippines do not leave their dead in the grave for long, digging up the remains of loved ones in an unusual revival ritual that itself is slowly dying out.

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Some facts about hair care

Hair experts say that regular massaging hair rather than keeping hair oiled overnight does wonders. So basic says massage your hair every time you oil it. Even if you don’t oil regularly just a light hand massage in scalp helps you hair to grow.

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Muslim washing rite goes hi-tech with “wudu” machine

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters Life!) – A Malaysian company has invented a machine it says will help Muslims purify themselves before prayers without excessively wasting water.

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Teter uses halfpipe as charity springboard

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hannah Teter has led such a charmed life that the Olympic snowboard champion even has an ice cream flavor named after her: The Maple Blondie.

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Sudoku 1,473 easy

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3×3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9.For a helping hand call our solutions line on 09068 338 228.Calls cost 60p per minute at all times. Service supplied by [...]

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Kakuro 1,070 medium

Fill the grid so that each run of squares adds up to the total in the box above or to the left. Use only numbers 1-9, and never use a number more than once per run (a number may reoccur in the same row, in a separate run).Buy the Guardian on Friday or subscribe to [...]

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Science Weekly podcast: Our Evolutionary Agony Aunt, and aliens

Carole Jahme, the Guardian’s evolutionary agony aunt who writes our weekly ‘Ask Carole column, joins us i…

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Smokers to face doorway ban in new public health policy

• Health secretary Andy Burnham keen to extend 2007 law• Plan to protect non-smokers and reduce UK smokers to 10%Smokers could be forced to light up away from the entrances to public buildings under government moves aimed at ensuring that no more than one in 10 Britons smoke cigarettes.The health secretary, Andy Burnham, now favours [...]

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“Lost” UK Booker Prize from 1970 to be awarded

LONDON (Reuters Life!) – Twenty-two books published in 1970 and not considered for the Booker Prize because of a reorganization of the rules could finally win the prestigious literary award 40 years on, organizers said on Monday….

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