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Nisaburo and Hiroko Ohata are unlike most Japanese couples their age. Sure, Hiroko, 58, fusses over her husband's diabetes, while Nisaburo, 60, promises his wife that if she loses 18 pounds (8 kg) they'll take a trip abroad. What makes the Ohatas unique is how they met, through a matchmaking organization for single seniors. "On the second date he asked if I wanted to meet his family," says Hiroko. "I took that as a proposal." A little rushed, perhaps, but after 17 years as a widower, Nisaburo knew he'd found a new wife. The couple just celebrated...
...husband are often reluctant to reveal their relationship blossomed with the help of a matchmaking service. They still tell people they don't know well that they were introduced by friends at karaoke - which is partly true, since they went to karaoke right after they first met at a Taiyo no Kai event. He thought she was a good singer; she liked him because he didn't say much. They argue over petty matters, but they're happy. "People are more independent and live longer than before," Komori says. "If they can be with someone and enjoy life, that...
...Given that all were armed to the teeth, it was only a matter of minutes before they started shooting," continued Tarasov, "It was just like a gangster movie - totally unreal." Tarasov was lucky; he escaped alive. But at the time, such battles were common in Russia, as protection rackets met to hammer out contractual difficulties between the businesses whose interests they protected...
...turned their attention to growing health and security threats in the state, especially escalating economic inequality. Over the last decade, an unstable economic situation has resulted in the influx of revolutionaries, known as Naxalites, who defend the rights of marginalized communities to their land and resources. Increasingly, they are met in these rural communities by Salwa Judum, government-supported militias sent to counter revolutionary violence...
...presidential veto. What matters is that Clinton is seen as the one who wants to help Americans, while Obama (who argues that the measure is a gimmick from which the touted savings would never be passed onto the consumer) is the one who flies above their concerns. "I have met so many people here in Indiana and across America, who feel invisible," Clinton said...