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The ghouls who played on the Japanese mind
Fukuoka :: Japan | 16 days ago
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Japanese Ghosts and Eerie Creatures at the Osaka Museum of History is mostly play, with little horror. This is because so much of the genre's visual and thematic core was part of the spectacle of the stage in 17th-century kabuki theater, and among
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Father, brother of girl throw acid on her classmate
Pimpri :: India | 1 month ago
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The father and the brother of a teenage girl have been arrested for allegedly throwing acid on a classmate in junior college...The injured boy, Abhishek Ashok Bhat (17) of Krishna residency, Uttam Nagar, filed a complaint at Bharati Vidyapeeth police
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South Sudan: UNMISS journalists involved in alleged murder-suicide
Jūbā :: Sudan | 1 month ago
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It is unclear what caused the dispute that culminated in the apparent murder-suicide and there were no prior indications that either the husband or wife were suffering from depression or a mental illness. Sudan Tribune was not able to independently
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Did acid victim hurt herself on purpose? Police seize injured woman's laptop amid claims she researched similar incidents before attack
London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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24 February 2013 Police are believed to have seized a computer belonging to a young woman who was badly scarred in an acid attack amid suspicions that she may have caused the injuries herself. But her family fear that detectives are not doing enough
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Wing Luke now part of park service
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 3 months ago
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The Seattle Times One of the Daruma dolls, in foreground, will stay at the Wing Luke Museum; the other will go to the National Park Service after a ceremony Sunday that designated the museum an affiliated area of the park service. Interior Secretary
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Final Tengu Derby on Elliott Bay produces a few hatchery chinook
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 5 months ago
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Very few shakers around in the Bay but now they're approaching keeper size...Week eight results: 1, Justin Wong, 4 pound-7 ounce chinook; 2, Chris Peeler, 4-5; and 3, Gary Wong, 4-4. The biggest fish of the season was caught by Doug Hanada, and
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Good catches in Tengu Winter Blackmouth Derby this past Sunday
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 5 months ago
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This past Sunday, 30 anglers managed to catch five hatchery blackmouth. The winning fish was caught by Ed Vike weighed 6-pounds, 13-ounces. Second place went to Nelson Park with 6-9; third was Gary Dodobara with a 6-6; fourth was Chris Peeler with a
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Tengu Blackmouth Derby sees best fishing of the season this past Sunday
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 5 months ago
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Shakers remain in the Bay but only in certain areas with large bait balls showing up here and there." The winning hatchery chinook was caught by Tim Ratigan and weighed 6 pounds-7 ounces. Second went to Chris Peeler with a 5-11; third was Benson Wong
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Notable negatives, funny titles and other linguistic oddities
Tōkyō :: Japan | 6 months ago
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Special to The Japan Times When I was a wee lad of four or five, I would sneak up on a chair and explore my grandfather's desk, atop of which was situated a curious object: a paperweight featuring the famous three wise monkeys of Nikko. At its base
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The wall of eyeballs that makes you go blind is our new favorite...
Kano :: Nigeria | 7 months ago
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The wall of eyeballs that makes you go blind is our new favorite monster from Japanese mythology We've discussed yokai or supernatural monsters from Japanese mythology on io9 before, namely the disgusting, turtle-like kappa . But the yokai
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