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May 8, 2006
Manila's bus and taxi drivers have been given a friendly reminder to bathe and shower on a daily basis, due to an overwhelming amount of complaints by local commuters who are fed up with the smell at the front of buses, taxis, and trains, saying that the city's 30,000 drivers simply stink. Bayani Fernando, chairperson of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, says, "We understand that drivers must earn money to support themselves and their respective families.
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May 7, 2006
There may be evidence to suggest that children as young as three years old may already be "classifying" people. According to Lord Herman Ouseley, the former chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality, children need to "play together right from day one," to avoid becoming racists.
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March 4, 2006
Identical four-year-old twins who have created their own language get sent to school early. Luke and Jack Ryan, of the UK easily communicate amongst themselves to their parents' chagrin.
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December 27, 2005
While customers in India are captive in their barbers' chairs, they may receive advice on preventing AIDS. The country has trained some 10,000 barbers in sterilizing their instruments and promoting condom use. According to the Associated Press, they have been equipped with condoms and pamphlets on AIDS prevention.
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November 3, 2005
Topics pets, radio, advice, lovers, elvis, pictures, angeles, cats, play, internet, dogs, head, dog, world and car
Pet lovers tune in to an internet radio station designed to ease the lives of lonely dogs and cats around the world. Known as "the radio station all pets prefer", DogCatRadio. com goes out live 17 hours each day from a van in the car park of a Los Angeles recording studio.
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