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Starbucks takes on Italy with 'great humility and respect'

Starbucks is to open in Italy where founder Howard Schultz says he got the idea to create the world's biggest chain of coffee shops.

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Postcards from Japan: The sacred Ise-Jingu Shrine

Our postcard this week comes to you from one of Japan's most sacred places, the Ise-Jingu Shrine

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A walk around the ‘spiritual home’ of the Japanese

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Postcards from Japan: Relaxing in traditional hot springs

This week in Postcards from Japan we are in Kagoshima, where there is pleasure to be found in the geothermal activity

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Unwinding in Japan's geothermal wonderlands

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How India's caste system works

The protests in India that severely disrupted water supplies to Delhi have focused attention on the country’s caste system, which although outlawed

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Postcards from Japan: Meditation in a Kyoto temple

Our new series of Postcards begins in Kyoto, Japan, with a mission to find some of the best places for a true zen experience

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A Zen Buddhist temple experience in Kyoto

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Carnival comes to a close

Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival season drew to a close in the early hours of Sunday with this year’s final event, a spectacular parade by Carnival

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Postcards from Uzbekistan: The Ak-Saray Palace, Shakhrisabz

In the last of our Postcards from Uzbekistan we visit the city of Shakhrisabz and the remains of the famous Ak-Saray Palace

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Shakhrisabz: preserving the legacy of ancient ruler Temur

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Hey, hey, it's the year of the Monkey!

It is the Lunar New Year , and across Asia it has been celebrated in style, with China leading the way as only China can, with spectacular fireworks

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Camel Trek: In the Footsteps of our Ancestors

China

China: billions on the move for the Year of the Monkey

The world's biggest annual mass migration gets underway

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Postcards from Uzbekistan: The historic beauty of Rishtan ceramics

Our Postcard this week comes to you from the east of Uzbekistan, with a visit to a famous centre of ceramic production

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Inside a ceramic master's workshop

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Start the dance!

Drums started to echo across Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome on Sunday (January 24) as the technical rehearsals for the world’s most famous Carnival

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Postcards from Uzbekistan: The vibrant colours of Margilan silk

Our Postcard this week is from eastern Uzbekistan and the silk fabrics made in the city of Margilan

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Ancient silk techniques kept alive in Margilan

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Postcards from Uzbekistan: The Tosh Hovli Palace, Khiva

In this episode of Postcards we continue to explore the ancient city of Khiva in Uzbekistan