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| UPDATE 2-Mexico president to present energy reform next week | | | MEXICO CITY, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Thursday his sweeping energy reform, which is expected to include constitutional changes to lure private investment and boost output, will be presented to Congress next week. |
| Haiti's 'Garden of Eden' | | | Living amid the garbage-strewn sewage canals, residents of Haiti's Cite Soleil endure a grim battle for survival every single day. But now, one man is transforming a garbage dump into a vibrant urban garden. |
| China curbs building excesses | | | Some state-run enterprises in China have opulent headquarters more suited to the court of Louis XIV of France, while other local government-owned buildings even replicate the home of the President of the United States. |
| Mermaid school makes a splash | | | July 25 - Mermaid swimming lessons gain popularity in Manila, with women and girls getting the chance to fulfill their underwater dreams. Tara Cleary reports. |
| Behind Sesame Street's Muppets | | | Since the 1960s, Sesame Street's puppets have been running, singing and dancing their way across our TV screens as if possessed of a life of their own. |
| Why urban gardens can cut obesity | | | What's better than fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables? How about fresh, locally-grown, free fruits and vegetables, all within an easy walk of your home or office? |
| Wagner birthday "Ring" booed will clan go up in smoke? | | | BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - Richard Wagner made hand grenades for the 1849 Dresden uprising, so maybe he would have cheered the tumultuous end of his 200th birthday "Ring" cycle in Bayreuth, a production that has raised questions over his heirs running the festival. |
| UPDATE 1-Strike snarls bus lines near Phoenix | | | PHOENIX, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Striking bus drivers in the Phoenix area walked off the job and onto picket lines early on Thursday in a dispute over job security and conditions, leaving some 57,000 weekday commuters scrambling to find rides to work during the morning rush hour. |
| Shirtless Goes the City | | | Is a heat wave enough of an excuse for a man to leave his shirt at home? For some New Yorkers, the answer was yes. |
| Five texts you should never send | | | We're texting more than ever, and, like society, the texts themselves are getting worse and worse. Read on to learn just how terrible silent cell phone users are these days. |
| Australia grapples with asylum | | | Reinstalled Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd recently announced his Papua New Guinea or "PNG Solution" in an effort to halt the escalating number of unauthorized boat arrivals of asylum seekers to Australia shores. |
| Snedeker profits from Mahan's new arrival | | | It was a weekend that Brandt Snedeker and Hunter Mahan will never forget. Snedeker won his second PGA Tour event of 2013 as Mahan celebrated the birth of his daughter. |
| Poland picks advisers for listing of power company Energa | | | WARSAW, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Poland has hired advisers for this year039;s listing of power supplier Energa - the country039;s last fully state-owned electricity utility, the ministry overseeing the privatisation of state assets said on Thursday. |
| Turkish police muzzle victim's parents | | | Turkish riot police used batons, water cannons and chemical sprays to prevent the parents of a wounded 14-year-boy from making a public statement about their comatose child. |
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