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• 6-day war begets 50 years of strife for Israel

  29-05-2017 19:21 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  JERUSALEM - It may well be remembered as a pyrrhic victory for Israel: in six days it stunned the world by vanquishing several Arab armies, only to be saddled with ...
  
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• Inside Gaysi: the blog transforming India’s queer scene

  29-05-2017 19:00
  
  Gay sex is against the law in India, but an online zine that also hosts events for LGBTQI people has become a pioneering force for changeThe latest issue of the Gaysi zine sports a simple but striking cover in dark colours: a scattered collage of human forms, with the words “All That We Want” across it. Thumb through the magazine and you will find pieces of fiction, photo-essays, personal narratives, illustrations and how-to guides on the theme of sexual desire, from A Quick Guide to
  
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• As Melania Trump puts focus on high-end luxury, market grows

  29-05-2017 18:26 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MILAN - U.S. First Lady Melania Trump opened a window onto the luxury world over the weekend when she wore a $51,000 designer jacket to a lunch on the sidelines ......
  
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• Check the loos and snack beforehand: golden rules of restaurant dining

  29-05-2017 17:02
  
  Gordon Ramsay says you should haggle over wine and avoid the specials – but there are better way to guarantee a good mealGordon Ramsay has a new TV show to promote, so he’s effing and blinding and pronouncing like his career depends on it (and maybe it does, because Big Sweary, as this paper’s Marina O’Loughlin calls him, is no longer flavour of the month).On Monday we learned his rules for eating out: never order the specials, haggle over wine and be wary of the waiter&r
  
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• Angela Rippon tests positive for opiates in poppy seed experiment

  29-05-2017 16:22
  
  Presenter ate poppy seed bread after a contributor to Rip Off Britain: Food said he had been sacked over failed drug testShe isn’t the first TV presenter you might associate with a drugs test, but Angela Rippon has tested positive for opiates after eating poppy seeds in a loaf of bread.
  The test picked up the presence of morphine, derived from opium, after Rippon ate a loaf of poppy seed bread and a poppy seed bagel over the course of three days for the fourth series of Rip Off Britain: Fo
  
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• National Spelling Bee becoming easier to predict

  29-05-2017 16:18 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON - To the fans watching on ESPN, Nihar Janga's win last year in the Scripps National Spelling Bee was a shock: He was only 11 years old, a fifth-grader ......
  
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• Forget age-appropriate clothes - you’re never too old for cats and flamingos

  29-05-2017 14:46
  
  The fashion industry often ignores older women, but cute isn’t just for twentysomethings. Plus, Tamara Ecclestone is proof you can have too many handbagsIn clothes and accessories, how cute is too cute? (PS, I’m 45)Eleanor, by email Continue reading...
  
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• My pet tortoise is wrecking my career

  29-05-2017 14:27
  
  Think it’s easy looking after a tortoise? Wrong. Mine is fearless and adventurous, with complex needs and a will of ironWe have a tortoise called Parker. Really, he’s the Daughter’s tortoise, but for various reasons he has been staying here for months. Think it’s easy, do you, looking after a tortoise? Think they just crawl about slowly, eat a few dandelions and are no bother? Wrong. Be warned. A tortoise can be an exhausting and difficult pet – fearless and adventu
  
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• A recipe for Slavic pork goulash and beef stroganoff | Guest cook

  29-05-2017 13:00
  
  Serbian cooking may not have the come-hither look of Mediterranean food, but it makes up for it in flavour. Try putting a gentle spin on classics, like goulash made with smoked pork, or creamy stroganoff spiked with cornichonsI’m a second-generation Serb. Even though my Mum was born and raised in London, family life is still punctuated throughout the year by Serbian celebrations, for which religion and food provide a reason. Orthodox Easter is one: we dye eggs red, play a game a bit like c
  
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• 6-day war begets 50 years of conflict for Israel

  29-05-2017 12:12 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  JERUSALEM - It may well be remembered as a pyrrhic victory for Israel: in six days it stunned the world by vanquishing several Arab armies, only to be saddled with ......
  
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• Is it time to have trade unions for kids? | Katharine Whitehorn

  29-05-2017 12:00
  
  While we’re on the subject of workers’ rights, should families have protection for their youngest members?
  To those of us who get paid according to the time we give and who work to a deadline, the current discussion about workers’ rights is poignant. And the debate is relevant not just to paid work. The kind of questions being thought about are, of course, pertinent to the self-employed… but they are important in the home, too – for mums, for dads and, perhaps espe
  
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• My girlfriend and I rarely have sex now we’ve moved in together

  29-05-2017 09:00
  
  We are both working and studying and our relationship is no longer exciting or romanticI am 22 years old and have been with the same girl for five years. It used to be a long-distance relationship, but now we live together. It has been quite stressful as we are both working and studying, and we have settled into a rhythm that isn’t particularly exciting or romantic. We very rarely have sex.At a young age, you are experiencing the types of problems more commonly faced by older people in lon
  
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• Crossword roundup: is it extrovert or extravert, and is it nucular or nuclear?

  29-05-2017 09:00
  
  Peculiar spellings take over from more sensible originals, and William Hague finds a glamorous gal pal in the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic cluesA fortnight ago, we looked at Claymore’s splendid clue for a timely phrase; now it’s Knut’s turn, with a surface suggesting a different polity ...Continue reading...
  
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• Is it safe to take magic mushrooms?

  29-05-2017 08:10
  
  Psilocybin mushrooms have been found to have minimal harmful effects and could potentially benefit those with depression. But they remain illegal, and there is a big risk if you eat the wrong typeMagic mushrooms are the safest “recreational” drug to take and those who take them are the most sensible and well prepared, according to the 2017 Global Drug Survey. Out of almost 10,000 people who took them, only 0.2% needed emergency medical treatment. But magic mushrooms, or psilocybin mu
  
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• Short change: 10 of the best women's shorts – in pictures

  29-05-2017 08:01
  
  Skirts and dresses are all very well, but sometimes a pair of shorts is just the ticket. Crochet, gingham, fringed and velvet – here is our pick of shorts for every occasion Continue reading...
  
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• Reading says ‘no’ to council tax discount on a house we can’t live in

  29-05-2017 08:00
  
  Our insurer has deemed it uninhabitable, but the local authority says it stopped offering discounts this yearI live in Reading and have recently bought a property that has started to subside. The insurers have deemed it uninhabitable, so I will have to live elsewhere with my family and two children, most likely in Reading and most likely paying council tax on two properties. I called the council to inquire about getting a discount on the council tax for the house I can no longer live in, but the
  
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• I'm 72 and fear my age is putting off potential employers – what can I do?

  29-05-2017 08:00
  
  I’m an expert in my field with skills that are sought after, but it seems the lines on my face are affecting my chances
  Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy’s own insights.I am 72 and an internationally recognised expert in my field. I am approached regularly by headhunters and also apply
  
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• Giving Melania a hand

  29-05-2017 07:34 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  It has dawned on me that there are two types of people in the world: people who like to hold hands in public and people who’d rather be stung on ...
  
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• After Everest record Indian woman sets sights on unclimbed peaks

  29-05-2017 07:28
  KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A 38-year-old Indian climber who made the fastest double ascent of Mount Everest and became the first woman to reach the highest point on earth twice in five days, says she will...
  
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• How I learned to love my walking stick

  29-05-2017 07:00
  
  When Penny Anderson began using a stick, it made her feel vulnerable. But it taught her a lot about other people – and customising it made it her ownIf you want to learn about life, get a walking stick. I did, when, after a period of denial, I reluctantly accepted that multiple sclerosis was causing me to become unsteady. I felt as if my legs were being operated by somebody else; somebody who wasn’t paying attention.My GP booked me an appointment with a physiotherapist, who observed
  
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