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POPSJapan arrests anti-whaling activist He obviously would have known what would happen when he boarded the murderers boat. International spotlight is not usually what the Japanese want, especially when it is bad. Wouldn't want anyone to call for a boycott of Japanese goods.
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POPSHere Lays some ones darling For more on this article visit the said address Thank you. A lovely kind story of a man whom done a very polite quester for an dead person unknown to him.
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POPSWhy is the Post Office Failing? Great Britain, Finland, New Zealand and Sweden, for example, have given up on the government-enforced monopoly on mail delivery and have exposed their former monopoly mail providers to competition. Germany and the Netherlands, meanwhile, have privatized their main postal companies, which have subsequently expanded into foreign markets and diversified their businesses. And the 27 member nations of the European Union have agreed to end their mail monopolies in the near future.
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POPSBoks crumble 21-6 to Aussie Machine The Springboks showed their hand three minutes in when Steyn looked to draw level with a drop goal, but his rare miss saw the Australians cling to their slender advantage. In contrast, the Wallabies went in search of the try-line and looked to have scored when livewire scrum-half Genia caught the visitors napping off a free-kick, only to be denied by a desperate goal-line tackle from Fourie du Preez. The hosts were again denied on the line in the 61st minute when Jaque Fourie forced Giteau into touch. SHOOT: Grim.
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POPSThe World’s 10 Messiest Food Festivals 8. Greece’s Clean Monday Flour War Many parts of the world go crazy during Carnival, but in the Greek seaside town of Galaxidi, it’s all about the day-after festival, known as Clean Monday. That’s when locals pummel each other with bags of multicolored flour, powdering the entire town like a doughnut. 9. The Mame-Maki Ritual For centuries, the Japanese have marked the beginning of spring as a time to drive evil spirits out of their homes. The most common method for achieving this is the mame-maki ritual, during which families toss roasted soybeans around their houses and chant “bad luck out, good luck in!” At the end of the ritual, participants pick up and eat a bean for each year of their lives, assuring good fortune for the year ahead. 10. Shepherd’s Shemozzle Leave it to the Kiwis to out-weird us all. Hunterville, New Zealand, is home to the Shepherd’s Shemozzle, a 2-mile race in which shepherds and their dogs trek through an obstacle course ..
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POPSSCIENTIFIC CONTROVERSY vs "CONSPIRACY" 1. The 9/11 issue is increasingly framed not as conspiracy theories versus hard science, but as a legitimate controversy resting on unanswered questions and a search for truth. 2. News reports and television programs examining these controversies have become longer and more balanced. 3. Major media outlets have begun to present the claims of the truth movement first, followed by counter-arguments from defenders of the official story. 4. Major media outlets have begun to include, and even to introduce, extensive evidence to support the claims of the 9/11 truth community. 5. The media treatments increasingly suggest the possibility of a re-investigation into the events of September 11, 2001.
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