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Two German children, six and seven, elope for Africa
BERLIN - Two childhood sweethearts, aged six and seven, eloped from Hanover in northern Germany on New Year's Eve, determined to tie the knot under the African sun, police said Monday.
Agence France-Presse 01/07/2009 10:13 PM
Shoe-throwing protest spreads to Bosnia
SARAJEVO - A few hundred Bosnians on Saturday vented their spleen at political leaders in a shoe-throwing protest in Sarajevo inspired by an Iraqi journalist's footwear attack on George W. Bush.
Agence France-Presse 01/04/2009 12:43 AM
Vogue fashion guru is Time's biggest fashion flop
NEW YORK - She may be the world's top fashion guru, but Vogue magazine's US editor Anna Wintour still managed to make last year's biggest fashion blunder, Time magazine says.
Agence France-Presse 01/04/2009 12:32 AM
Website saves fashion faux pas at Obama inauguration
NEW YORK - A new website hopes to save guests at president-elect Barack Obama's inauguration balls from the ultimate fashion faux pas -- wearing the same dress as someone else.
Agence France-Presse 01/03/2009 12:49 AM
Peruvian Jesus born to Virgin Mary on Christmas
LIMA – Virgin Mary, a 20-year-old Peruvian woman, gave birth to a baby boy on Christmas day and named him Jesus, Peru's state news agency said on Friday.
Agence France-Presse 01/02/2009 10:21 PM
Scam artists sell 'forest' lands in barren northern China
BEIJING – A pair of Chinese forestry executives cheated thousands of investors out of 160 million dollars by selling off "timber lands" in a barren desert region, according to state-run Xinhua news agency.
Agence France-Presse 01/02/2009 10:19 PM
Alleged crook Madoff given ethics lesson by thieves: report
WASHINGTON – Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff, accused of masterminding a massive investment fraud, has been handed an ethics lesson by thieves who stole a statue from his Florida mansion, and promptly returned it, according to local press.
Agence France-Presse 01/02/2009 10:16 PM
Greek court voids property deal between barman and alcoholic
ATHENS - A Greek appeal court has declared void a deal under which an alcoholic traded his apartment to a bar owner in return for free drink for the rest of his life, a newspaper reported Friday.
Agence France-Presse 01/02/2009 8:43 PM
Glitch leaves man 100 billion pounds overdrawn
LONDON – A man was left reeling in shock Tuesday when his bank statement showed him to be 100 billion pounds (144 billion dollars, 102 billion euros) overdrawn.
Agence France Presse 12/31/2008 8:18 AM
Tourist spends 3 months in Mexico City airport
MEXICO CITY - A distinguished-looking Japanese tourist lingered more than three months at Mexico City's airport, sleeping on the ground and eating in pricey restaurants, until he left with a woman in a taxi, witnesses said.
Agence France-Presse 12/30/2008 2:22 PM
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