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  • Transport workers in Japan required to take daily smile scans

    Transport workers in Japan required to take daily smile scans

    July 9, 2009

    In an effort to improve “customer relations” a Japanese transportation company is forcing over 500 employees to take a daily smile test measuring the degree and brightness of worker smiles. According to the Mainichi Daily News,...

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  • ‘Slumdog’ child star moves into new Mumbai flat

    ‘Slumdog’ child star moves into new Mumbai flat

    July 9, 2009

    (Xinhuanet) -- The 'Slumdog Millionaire' child star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail and his mother moved from slum shanty into their new apartment in Mumbai, according to media reports Wednesday. 'I was shocked when I saw this house,'...

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  • Former ruling party gains in Mexico elections

    Former ruling party gains in Mexico elections

    July 9, 2009

    In Sunday’s congressional and gubernatorial elections in Mexico, the big winner was the formerly ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which with its ally, the Green Party (PVEM) (a rather conservative party not in good standing with...

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  • Michael Jackson will live forever

    Michael Jackson will live forever

    July 8, 2009

    It was the white sequined glove, the unending zippers on that red leather jacket, the black penny loafers with the white sparkled socks and the famous moonwalk that shocked the world. These are some of many...

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  • Ukrainians seek to rename village after Michael Jackson

    Ukrainians seek to rename village after Michael Jackson

    July 8, 2009

    Residents of a Ukrainian village are seeking to rename it after the late pop singer Michael Jackson, media reports said Wednesday. A lawmaker who represents the village said villagers in Oktyabrskoye, located in the Zaporizhia region...

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