A year on, only brief home visits for Japan nuclear evacuees OKUMA, Japan (Reuters) - Back home for just three hours, a tearful Miyoko Takeda sorted through her belongings. She left behind the kimonos she once wore as a traditional dancer, fearful they might be contaminated by radiation. Nearly a year has passed since a massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit Japan, Okuma town, but the site of the reactors at the centre of the Fukushima nuclear crisis ...
A mix of leather, mesh, and African prints at Edun Fashionistas shivered visibly on Sunday in a makeshift event space along the blustery Hudson River, where the Edun fashion label, founded by U2's Bono and wife Ali Hewson, was displaying its Fall 2012 collection. But the models wore bright, African prints that made one feel, at least momentarily, in a much warmer clime.
Palestinian unity deal a mistake: Gaza Hamas leader Senior Hamas official Mahmud Zahar slammed a Palestinian unity deal as a "mistake" that has thrown the Islamist movement into crisis, in an interview with Egypt's official MENA agency published on Sunday.
At least your money can live like a millionaire's Movie super spies James Bond and Jason Bourne use them. So do real-life presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who says he pays his taxes, and untold numbers of Americans who don't. Swiss banks and their secretive counterparts around the globe may sound like the exclusive province of the wealthy, the mysterious or the shady, but anybody can legally open an offshore account.
A.J. Walker: ‘Trolley Square doesn’t define who I am’ (video) A.J. Walker: ‘Trolley Square doesn’t define who I am’ (video) By Jeremiah Stettler The Salt Lake Tribune Published Feb 13, 2012 08:15AM MDT There are some labels A.J. Walker doesn’t mind. Like student: Although his mind hasn’t completely recovered from a shotgun blast that left more then two dozen pellets in his head, he’s now studying international business at Westminster College. Or ...
Rebranding Sarkozy: Too sullied a sell for 2012? PARIS (Reuters) - In February 2007, a fiery Nicolas Sarkozy had millions convinced that he - a go-getter abandoned as an infant by his Hungarian father - would break with the past, end chronic unemployment and restore a sense of pride to France. His luster began fading within hours of his May 6 election win, as he celebrated with corporate chiefs and pop stars at a gaudy nightspot and set a ...
'Linsanity' a marketing dream in Asia As the first ripples of "Linsanity" hit Asia, ethnic Chinese-American Jeremy Lin's fairytale rise has marketing men rubbing their hands with glee.
As Xi visits, China's U.S. crop demand a balm for tensions DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - China is half a world away from the 2,300-acre family farm in east-central Iowa where John Weber and his son plant corn and soybeans. But 62-year-old Weber is among a number of Iowa farmers who are benefiting as rising incomes in China lead to demand for billions of dollars of American farm goods. "There are huge opportunities," said Weber, who in addition to his ...
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