Bento
The origins of the lunchbox style food service (bento) are contested. The first bento may have been a simple conveyance of foodstuffs for theatergoers during the Tokugawa or Edo Period (1600/160...
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Hundreds of demonstrators temporarily blockaded the last of three Argentine bridge crossings to Uruguay on Wednesday, sealing all major land routes in an environmental protest against a wood-pulp p...
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Sao Paulo (dpa) - Former Colombian football star Freddy Rincon was
freed provisionally after four months in a Brazilian prison and can
await the beginning of extradition pro...
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Discount store chain operator Don Quijote Co. is considering
taking over midsize supermarket chain operator Nagasakiya Co., Don
Quijote officials said Thursday.
Don Qui...
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Aparecida do Norte, Brazil (dpa) - Pope Benedict XVI called
Saturday on Latin Americans to maintain their "sense of belonging to
the church," on the eve of the opening of a ...
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Sao Paulo (dpa) - Pope Benedict XVI held a half-an-hour private
meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on
Thursday in Sao Paulo, in a tense atmosphere ma...
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Madrid (dpa) - Representatives of the Uruguayan and Argentine
presidents were to meet Wednesday evening in the Spanish capital
Madrid to discuss a conflict over a paper mill...
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Madrid (dpa) - Representatives of the Uruguayan and Argentine
presidents met Wednesday in the Spanish capital Madrid to discuss a
conflict over a paper mill which is being b...
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Madrid (dpa) - Spain's King Juan Carlos on Thursday received
representatives of the Uruguayan and Argentine presidents, who were
meeting in Madrid to discuss a conflict over...
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Madrid (dpa) - Argentina and Uruguay did not change their
positions, but agreed to continue talks Friday at a Madrid meeting
seeking a rapprochement in their dispute over a ...
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Sao Paulo (dpa) - Pope Benedict XVI held a private meeting with
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday in Sao
Paulo, in a tense atmosphere marked by a dis...
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Bento
Argentines block Uruguay bridge routes
