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    Cross-cultural communiqué: Drugging yourself in Japan

    6:20am EDT

    (This is an edited excerpt from "Culture Shock! Japan" by P. Sean Bramble, published by Marshall Cavendish International. Any opinions expressed are the author's own.)

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    New SARS-like virus found, man critically ill in UK

    12:14pm EDT

    LONDON - A Qatari man struck down with a previously unknown virus related to the deadly SARS infection and the common cold is critically ill in hospital in Britain, the World Health Organisation said on Monday.

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    Lucky escape of Italian climbing duo in Nepal avalanche

    12:18pm EDT

    KATHMANDU - Italian climbers Christian Gobbi and Silvio Mondinelli on Monday told of their lucky survival after being caught in an avalanche that killed at least 11 people on a Himalayan peak in Nepal in the early hours of Sunday morning.

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    48 hours in Cadiz, Spain

    12:13pm EDT

    CADIZ, Spain - Not as famous perhaps as other cities in the south of Spain such as Seville, Granada and Cordoba, and not as frequented by foreign tourists, the coastal fortress city of Cadiz is one of the country's most attractive destinations boasting a history of almost legendary proportions.

    Fake Italian pilot travelled in cockpit, police say

    6:48am EDT

    ROME - A man who posed as an airline pilot and travelled in the cockpit of at least one plane was arrested in Turin Airport using forged identity cards and wearing a pilot's uniform, Italian police said on Saturday.

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    Senate votes to shield US airlines from EU's carbon scheme

    6:45am EDT

    WASHINGTON - The Senate unanimously passed a bill on Saturday that would shield U.S. airlines from paying for their carbon emissions on European flights, pressuring the European Union to back down from applying its emissions law to foreign carriers.

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