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‘Arisan’ much more than a neighborhood flutter 
Mystery and magic exists everywhere in Indonesia: Caves sweating with the musk of seers past. Lofty retreats where gurus meditate to forecast awesome events. Krises charged with paranormal powers.

Japan’s Michito wows the bush 
Japan’s Michito Sakaki in action during the International Cup. Photo: Vince Caligiuri THE bush playing fields of Wodonga in the Ovens and Murray Football League may be far removed, especially in a cultural sense, from the busy city lights of Tokyo but it doesn’t seem to have fazed Japan’s Australian football convert Michito Sakaki.

Life’s a Gymboree in Singapore 
SINGAPORE: Singaporeans are no longer slouches when it comes to sports. One out of two or 2,784,900 people have lifted themselves off the couch to embrace an active lifestyle, according to a Singapore Sports Council survey released on March 29.

Fish mercury spawns questions 
OKLAHOMA CITY Ed Kessler couldnt believe what was happening in his pond. A sample of fish swimming in his pond near Purcell revealed a troubling discovery - mercury.

Green Hydrogen Production: A Work in Progress 
By Parkinson, Gerald For decades, hydrogen has been touted as a “clean” fuel that could be produced around the world from renewable resources. But the dream of its promoters has remained unfulfilled for lack of competitive technology.

Mosquito Intersects 273.4 Meters, 897 Feet, Grading 0.87% Copper Equivalent at Pinetree-Amended 
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA– - In Compliance with TSX Venture Exchange Mining Standard Guidelines, Appendix 3F, section 5.3g, Mosquito wishes to re-issue the march 20,2006 news release with the gross metal values retracted as reporting of such values is not acceptable to the exchange.

Coca, Sugar, Brazil 
Coca. Colombia had a peak 400,000 acres of coca in 2001, but acreage has since plunged by 80,000 because of US-financed coca eradication efforts that have totaled over $3.2 billion since 2000. The US estimates that 835 metric tons of cocaine were produced in the Andes in 2003, down from 2001’s peak production of 1,155 tons.

Form & Fitness Q & A 
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