Shelf-sharing seeks to save bookstores in Japan
"I'm holding an illustrated book of cheeses," says a delighted Tomoyo Ozumi, a customer at a growing kind of bookshop in Japan where anyone wanting to sell their tomes can rent a shelf.
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Filipinos brave crowds, flooding for All Saints' Day cemetery visits
Devout Filipinos clutching candles and flowers poured into cemeteries across the heavily Catholic Philippines on Friday to pay tribute to loved ones on All Saints' Day.
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Japan cyclists risk jail for using a mobile
Cyclists using a mobile phone while riding in Japan could face up to six months in jail under strict new rules that entered into force Friday.
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Summit to save nature enters final day with disagreement on funding
The world's biggest nature conservation conference enters its final day in Colombia Friday with negotiators at odds over how best to fund plans to "halt and reverse" species loss.
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Fright night: NY marks Halloween parade with political edge
New York's Halloween parade brought out the ghouls and ghosts of the Big Apple on Thursday, with a subversive political theme on show in many costumes days before America picks its next president.
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North Korea says test-fire 'perfected' new solid-fuel ICBM
North Korea's latest weapons test "perfected" its newest and most advanced solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, state media said Friday, as global criticism mounts over Pyongyang's purported deployment of troops to Russia.
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England and New Zealand in search of November flourish
England and New Zealand head into Saturday's clash at Twickenham with both sides having an added incentive for victory.
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Spotlight on half-backs as Springboks eye tour sweep
Who starts at fly-half and scrum-half will command most attention when world champions South Africa launch a three-Test tour of Britain on November 10 against Scotland in Edinburgh.
Read moreUS rapper Young Thug freed after guilty plea in street gang case
Rapper Young Thug was released from jail Thursday after pleading guilty to involvement in a criminal gang as well as drug and firearms charges, an abrupt twist to the longest trial in the history of the southern US state of Georgia.
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Man Utd hope for Van Nistelrooy magic, Arsenal face Newcastle test
Manchester United face Chelsea on Sunday with interim manager Ruud van Nistelrooy at the helm while faltering Arsenal face a potentially tricky trip to Newcastle.
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