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Entertainment

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Travel

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Fashion

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Technology

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• Nokia unveils new metal-body Lumia smartphone
• Google boss sees autocrats’ pushback against Internet

Food

• Top chefs say Latin America will reach food’s zenith
• Grand designs for new Tilda rice
• Sri Lanka sexes up image of Ceylon tea

Community

• Making the gift of life possible
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