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Easy tiger! Remarkable moment baby holds hand to Bengal tiger's paw (but don't worry, they're separated by glass)
London :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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I thought for certain that the little girl would need therapy after the encounter and fear cats for the rest of her life...Ev Steward, Peterborough, 30/10/2011 11:59 Click to rate Rating (0) I would never let any child of mine near to such an
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One million young Brits are 'NEETS'
London :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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There were 979,000 16 to 24-year-olds languishing on benefits in the second quarter of this year, up by 107,000 in just 12 months...But policy watchers are horrified at massive increases in 19 to 24-year-olds...Analysis by the Institute for Public
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March 11: nation transformation?
Yanai :: Japan | almost 2 years ago
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Edited by McKinsey & Company; executive editors Clay Chandler, Heang Chhor and Brian Salsberg. VIZ Media, 2011, 464 pp., $38.99 (hardcover) Read any business report on Japan of recent times and there is a familiar theme: economically eclipsed by
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Regret for a generation's faults
Murakami :: Japan | almost 2 years ago
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Nothing has basically changed in Japan since my youth almost three decades ago...We can read defamations on websites, but can't normally find out who wrote them...In many companies, a few full-time workers dominate many contract workers. In this
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Japan's salarymen learn to save in tight economy
Tōkyō :: Japan | almost 2 years ago
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Most Popular Bloomberg headlines Japanese women have by tradition run the budgets of their nation's households. Each housewife scrupulously tracks her family's spending in her kakeibo , or budget book. They also traditionally stash away secret
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First ever Western geisha leaves the 'sisterhood'
Date :: Japan | almost 2 years ago
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Oxford-educated Fiona Graham, 47, was the only foreigner in 400 years to be accepted into the ranks of the geisha, whose skills in traditional Japanese dance, poetry and music are a revered part of national culture. But now, having gone through
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Mischa Barton: Geisha at Goldberg Sisters Benefit Concert!
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 2 years ago
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20 am Mischa Barton shows off her geisha style at The Goldberg Sisters special benefit concert on Thursday (May 12) at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles. The 25-year-old actress, wearing bright pink makeup, hosted the event, which helped raise funds
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Old Town Group hiring 100 at job fair
Scottsdale :: AZ :: USA | 2 years ago
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The Arizona Republic The Old Town Group is expanding its team, and has 100 positions to fill. So if you can shake up a pretty sake-infused cocktail, serve a tray of drinks around a bustling pool party or cook up some tasty Asian fare, then you'll
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Commentary › 'Hikikomori' disorder could complicate Japan quake recovery
Tōkyō :: Japan | 2 years ago
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Hikikomori' disorder could complicate Japan quake recovery As the crisis due to the radiation leak, earthquakes, and tsunami in Japan deepens and the problems with displacement of Japanese citizens increases, the psychiatric phenomenon in Japan known
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National › Nuclear plant workers at risk of depression, death from overwork: doctor
Tōkyō :: Japan | 2 years ago
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Tokyo Electric Power Co workers engaged in efforts to stabilize the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are at risk of depression or death from overwork, a doctor who recently saw them said Wednesday. The workers are not only undertaking
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