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Learning the art of giving, Japanese-style
AFP Relax News, Published on 20/11/2012
» What matters at Christmas time is the spirit, right? For those yet to be convinced, a tiny Japanese pavilion in Paris offers to initiate Westerners to a 700-year-old gift-giving ritual known as Origata.
Meditation may lower heart risk in blacks: study
AFP Relax News, Published on 15/11/2012
» Obese African American heart patients who regularly practice transcendental meditation are 48 percent less likely to suffer a heart attack, stroke or die, a new study found Tuesday.
Africa is world's fastest growing mobile market: study
AFP Relax News, Published on 14/11/2012
» The number of Africa's mobile subscriptions will reach 761 million this year, making the continent once again the fastest growing market in the world, a research group has claimed.
Obama to get reelection gift weighing more than a kilo
AFP Relax News, Published on 13/11/2012
» A small Italian village renowned for its white truffles announced Saturday it would give US President Barack Obama a record specimen weighing in at more than a kilo as a reelection present.
EU looks at easing visas for Russians, Chinese
AFP Relax News, Published on 08/11/2012
» With newly-affluent Russians and Chinese queuing up to tour the EU, Brussels on Wednesday urged European nations to facilitate travel visas to help spur badly-needed economic growth.
Pacific's Tokelau in world first solar switch
AFP Relax News, Published on 08/11/2012
» The remote Pacific islands of Tokelau have become the first territory in the world to generate their electricity entirely from solar energy, in a project hailed as an environmental milestone.
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... the Space Station
AFP Relax News, Published on 05/11/2012
» Galactic tourism may still be a daydream for most of us, but for anyone interested in a glimpse of the International Space Station sooner, NASA is ready to help.
New Zealand out to mine tourist magic from Hobbit movies
AFP Relax News, Published on 05/11/2012
» From a giant, bug-eyed Gollum sculpture looming over passengers at Wellington Airport to promotional banners covering the facades of entire office blocks, the upcoming "The Hobbit" movie is impossible to ignore in New Zealand.