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China seeks political harvest in Taiwan's orchards
TAINAN COUNTY, Taiwan (Reuters) - Toiling in the tropical summer heat, Chen Yan-hai has made a living for the past 40 years by plucking red and yellow mangoes from the orchard-dotted ...
Immigrants in US new swing voters in Mexico election
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former Chicago businessman and Mexican immigrant Timoteo Manjarrez recently decided to run for mayor in his hometown of Teloloapan, a poor city in the South of ...
Insecurity looms over booming Uganda tourism
BUNYARUGURU CRATER LAKES, Uganda (Reuters) - Serving cold drinks to rich vacationers at a luxurious retreat in the hills of western Uganda, barman George Kaganda says tourism has been ...
Left behind in Tanzania, ANC kin speak of betrayal
MOROGORO, Tanzania (Reuters) - When Monica Mathe married her South African husband, she also married his ideals, embracing the beliefs of an exiled member of the anti-apartheid ...
Cuba's painful transition from sugar economy
JOBABO, Cuba (Reuters) - Mounds of scrap metal, rusting railway cars and abandoned mills pockmark Cuba's countryside as the island abandons much of traditional sugar plantation ...
Artist sees shadow of defeat on Japanese culture
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sixty years after the end of World War Two, memories of atomic bombs and defeat are fading in Japan, but pop artist Takashi Murakami believes the trauma of 1945 ...
British Muslims say they are all under suspicion
LUTON (Reuters) - Abu Hasan was born in Britain. He has never broken the law and was disgusted by the suicide bombers who killed over 50 people in London last month.
Rain-sodden Swedes consoled by mushroom mania
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - When Prime Minister Goran Persson wanted to cheer up Swedes enduring the wettest summer for 13 years, he first tried promising more jobs. Then, he hit upon ...
Fiddling in Feakle: Irish music is cool in Clare
FEAKLE (Reuters) - Wayne Webster wandered along the only street in the tiny village of Feakle in western Ireland, clutching his fiddle and looking for a place to play.
Nun or prostitute? Tibet's women face few choices
SHIGATSE, China (Reuters) - It's evening in Shigatse and the lights are coming on.
Corned beef nostalgia on the menu at Uruguay museum
FRAY BENTOS, Uruguay (Reuters) - The cows grazing peacefully in the pastures of Fray Bentos don't know how lucky they are.
Spelling row highlights German resistance to change
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germans cannot agree on how to spell simple words. What then are the chances they will successfully tackle complex economic and social problems?
TVs, cars, homes: Russians learn to buy on credit
MOSCOW (Reuters) - It's Sunday lunchtime and shoppers in the IKEA furniture superstore in Khimki, a Moscow suburb, are lining up at the cafeteria after a hard morning at the mall.
Israelis strive for common ground over Gaza divide
GUSH KATIF, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Left wing Israelis and Jewish settlers struggled to find some common ground during a heated debate on a sand dune in the Gaza Strip ahead of ...
Christian enclave ties future to life outside Iraq
ANKAWA, Iraq (Reuters) - It looks much like any other Iraqi town, until you notice the number of shops selling alcohol, the young women walking the streets at night in jeans and tight ...
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