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| How the comic conquered Japan |
| Ay first glance, the geeky schoolboys, the trendy twenty-something girl with Gucci handbag and sunglasses, the middle-aged woman in a pretty, flowery dress and the two white-haired old men appear to have little in common. But, as they sit alongside one another, in silence, their eyes glued to the pages in front of them, they encapsulate the egalitarian nature of Japan's manga fetish. |
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Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:31 p.m. |
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| New York: Ellis Island immigrants' oral histories go online |
| NEW YORK - Lawrence Meinwald's voice starts shaking when he recalls the first time he saw the Statue of Liberty.It was 1920, and the young Polish boy was on a ship with his family, headed to Ellis Island and a new life in America."It... |
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Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:15 a.m. |
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| Ask Lonely Planet: Options aplenty when exploring Hawaii |
| My partner and I are spending three weeks exploring the West Coast of the United States and flying home via Hawaii. We are basing ourselves at Waikiki Beach for four nights. How easy is it to get to the other islands and what would... |
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Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:45 a.m. |
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| Cool off in Japan's ghost houses |
| Need to escape Japan's worst heatwave since records began in 1898? Try cooling off in haunted houses or "obake yashiki", the traditional summertime venues. |
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Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:53 p.m. |
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| First same-sex wedding in the air |
| Scandinavian airline SAS is planning the world's first same-sex wedding in the air. |
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Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:53 p.m. |
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| Desktop globetrotter: September 2 |
| BURNING MAN FESTIVAL: Right now, in the baking heat of Nevada's Black Rock Desert, an event quite unlike any other is underway. The Burning Man Festival, a week-long celebration of all that is avant-garde and spectacular, is... |
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Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:00 p.m. |
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| Gore: Southern men turn to art and fashion |
| Gore might have one of the least appealing names on the planet, but this pint-sized Southland town is proving a hit with everyone from European art fanatics to Auckland fashionistas.There's certainly a lot more to it than a large... |
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Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:00 p.m. |
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| Silk Road: Monk's quest ends at place of peace |
| A song bird in a cage that hung from the trees trilled a cheerful welcome as I approached the towering Big Wild Goose Pagoda in China's ancient capital of Xian.More birds joined in, several of them also in cages, but many more... |
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Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:30 a.m. |
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| The top 10 tourist scams |
As the weather gets colder and the lure of a mid winter holiday
gets stronger so do the efforts and imaginations of street
criminals looking to take tourists money
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Published: Fri, 28 May 2010 06:02 p.m. |
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| Visitors from Australia help boost arrivals into NZ by 8% |
Visitors from across the Tasman have again helped bump up
short-term arrivals into New Zealand
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Published: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:15 p.m. |
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