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| Could your next holiday be to Iran? | | | Tour bus driver Rasoul Mousavi has been seeing less and less of his wife this month. Mousavi says a sharp increase in tourists has kept him so busy that for four nights in a row he did something his wife doesn't like very much -- he showed up late for dinner. |
| Phys Ed The Marathon Runner as Couch Potato | | | On an average workday, runners training for a marathon reported sitting for more than 10 hours a day, raising provocative questions about the growing prevalence of sedentary behavior and its accompanying health risks. |
| Germany wants Snowden to give evidence in Moscow, not Berlin | | | BERLIN (Reuters) - German lawmakers looking into secret U.S. monitoring of Angela Merkel's mobile phone said on Wednesday they would try to take evidence from former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden in Moscow without compromising his status there. |
| Asia stocks subdued, euro rebounds to one-week high ahead of ECB | | | TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks got off to sluggish start on Thursday as investors hunkered down to take the latest pulse on the U.S. economy and implications for the Federal Reserve's easy money policy, while the euro perked up ahead of the European Central Bank meeting. |
| Capriles seeks papal mediation in Venezuela politics | | | CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition leader Henrique Capriles held a private meeting in Rome with Pope Francis on Wednesday and sought his mediation in the South American nation's tumultuous internal politics. |
| Did Heinz get it wrong with CEO choice? | | | The fast-food war has intensified as Heinz hires former Burger King CEO to lead the company. But the notion of business success from hiring from former competitors is a myth, writes management expert Lee B. Salz. |
| The 30-Minute Interview Jeffrey I. Brodsky | | | Mr. Brodsky is the president of Related Management, a division of the Related Companies that manages the developers 45,000 rental units, as well as its commercial and retail space in 19 states. |
| The Read Around Nicholas Sparks | | | Nicholas Sparks, author of The Longest Ride, says elements like betrayal, loss and honesty are all needed to make a novel work. |
| Moooove over fossil-fuels - Cow power's coming | | | Oct. 27 - Argentine researchers have demonstrated how methane can be separated from other digestive gases produced by cattle, to power a car. The scientists say that harnessing cow power on an industrial scale could create a new form of sustainable energy while also reducing the carbon footprint produced by cattle ranches. Elly Park reports. |
| 'Fat Albert,' 'He-Man' producer dies | | | Lou Scheimer, a pioneer in Saturday morning and weekday afternoon television cartoons with hit shows such as "Superman," "Fat Albert" and "He-Man," has died at 84, according to his biographer. |
| Opposites attract in brutal 'hobby' | | | Mathias Boe is smiling, like a lot of people do when he explains that badminton is his full-time job. It may seem to many like a hobby, but the Dane has become a national hero with his playing partner Carsten Mogensen -- and their success is proof that opposites do attract. |
| London keeps global edge as top transport finance hub | | | LONDON (Reuters) - London remains the top financing centre for the global transport industry, although it faces stiff competition from New York and capitals in Asia Pacific as companies seek to tap more funding sources, a survey showed on Friday. |
| Your personal underwater 'drone' | | | "Live every week like it's Shark Week." Those immortal words come not from the Discovery Channel's marketing department but from Tracy Morgan on "30 Rock." |
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