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Life Returns to Normal for Countess of Real Downton Abbey
This time last year, Lady Fiona Carnarvon’s British stately home, Highclere Castle, was a beehive of activity as the cast and crew of Downton Abbey filmed one of the top-rated costume dramas.
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Running with the Hyenas of Addis Ababa
If you fancy an early morning run accompanied by hyenas, try the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
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Cliff Divers Leap 30 Metres From Victoria Falls
Two cliff divers have practised their skills near Victoria Falls as they leap 30 metres into the Zambezi River. Report by Cara Legg.
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A New Threat in the Mountains of Transylvania
The tradition of transhumance - the seasonal movement of sheep - is still practised in Romania but shepherds say a new law could threaten their way of life.
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Paris Marathon
Paris Marathon in France April 3, 2016.
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Photographer's Eyes Opened on Epic Road Trip Along Canada-U.S. Border
The line between Canada and the United States is known as the world's longest undefended border and photographer Andreas Rutkauskas wanted to see it for himself. He undertook a cross-country tour to visit obscure border crossings and he learned some unexpected lessons along the way.
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What The Amish Can Teach Us About Modern Medicine
When healthcare is expensive, the Amish culture of autonomy and thrift may be a way to balance communal support and individual responsibility.
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Baker allowed to pay child support in pizza
A court in Italy has ruled that child support can be paid in the form of pizza after a divorced baker supplied his ex-wife with €400 ($664) worth every month. A 50-year-old pizza baker from a small village outside Padua, northern Italy, was acquitted on criminal charges of failing to pay child support after a judge ruled that he had done his best during hard times to provide €400 worth of pizzas, calzone and other goods from the takeaway pizza place where he worked.
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How a good night's sleep became the ultimate status symbol
Sleep deprivation used to be a badge of honor: a sign you were busy and important and very much in demand. Snoozing was losing and sleep was for wimps. Now, however, Arianna Huffington’s The Sleep Revolution, a call-to-bed that promises to transform your life, “one night at a time”, is a New York Times bestseller, and Huffington is crisscrossing the country urging people to “sleep their way to the top”. Meanwhile, the sleep industry has woken up big time and a slew of startups are reinventing where...
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Your friend group shrinks after age 25, study shows
Are you younger than 25 years old? You may want to appreciate this moment in life when your social circle is at its greatest. If you're older, you may relate to what you read next.
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A Dying Japanese Village Brought Back To Life — By Scarecrows
A remote mountain village once was home to hundreds. Now it has just 30 residents. Tsukimi Ayano, 67, is one of the younger ones. She has repopulated the village by making scarecrow-like figures.
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Teen Pilot Claims World Record In Round-The-Globe Solo Trip
When 18-year-old Lachlan Smart touched down in eastern Australia on Saturday morning, he became youngest person to fly around the world solo in a single engine aircraft.
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9 Incredible U.S. Lighthouses to Visit
For scenic views and a look at history, plan to see these amazing American lighthouses
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Like Hot Peppers?
A farmer checks hot peppers laid out on a road to dry under the sun before selling them to factories producing pepper products in Kilis province, Turkey August 29, 2016
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Field Day: Blueberry Harvest School Teaches Migrant Workers’ Kids
September means one thing for most kids in Maine: an end to summer holidays and the start of classes. But for some, the school year isn’t that straightforward, because their parents chase the seasons from Texas to Maine, harvesting vegetables, picking apples and raking blueberries.
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Sandcastle
Sandcastle in Duisburg, Germany, Friday, Sept. 2, 2016. The castle was made of 2300 tons of sand.
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Why Canadians Drink more Coffee than most People in the World
Canadians love their coffee, much more so than most other people in the world. In a 2015 survey of 80 countries, Canada ranked third highest for the amount of brewed coffee.
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From a Bridge in South Africa, Sidewalk Bookseller Believes in the Power to Change Lives
He spends his day on his knees, reverently arranging and rearranging his books on the plastic sheets that serve as his sidewalk shop on a downtown bridge, as thoughtful as a fortuneteller turning over cards.
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Inside Ethiopia’s Sizzling Cauldron
The tribal Afar people have inhabited this arid moonscape for centuries, eking out a living by transporting salt across the brutal desert by camel caravans.
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South Asia's 'Disposable Women'
Women in South Asia are being used and abandoned by the British Asian men who marry them. Should their treatment be classed as a form of domestic violence?
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