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Young girls perform a hula dance in Wailea, Hawaii. A New Zealand judge has ordered a name change for an embarrassed nine-year-old girl called Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii, a local newspaper has reported.

Name change for Talula Does The Hula from Hawaii

AFP - 2 hours 5 minutes ago

WELLINGTON (AFP) - A New Zealand judge has ordered a name change for an embarrassed nine-year-old girl called Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii, a local newspaper reported Thursday. More »

  • A pet rabbit in Australia was credited with saving its owners Thursday after scratching at the door of their bedroom as their home burned, emergency workers said

    Pet rabbit saves Australian couple from fire

    AFP - Thursday, July 24 04:21 am

    SYDNEY (AFP) - A pet rabbit in Australia was credited with saving its owners Thursday after scratching at the door of their bedroom as their home burned, emergency workers said. More »

  • After her notorious backrub at the hands of US President George W. Bush, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, seen here addressing the press in Berlin, said she would be ready to work out any kinks in transatlantic ties with either of his potential successors.

    Merkel bracing for more presidential backrubs

    AFP - Wednesday, July 23 07:20 pm

    BERLIN (AFP) - After her notorious backrub at the hands of US President George W. Bush, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday she would be ready to work out any kinks in transatlantic ties with either of his potential successors. More »

  • A penguin-shaped hot air balloon flying over Germany in 1993. Two balloons shaped like penguins sparked a major air and sea search when they were mistaken for a crashed microlight, Scottish coastguards said Wednesday.

    'Penguins' trigger air-sea rescue off Scotland: coastguard

    AFP - Wednesday, July 23 06:19 pm

    LONDON (AFP) - Two balloons shaped like penguins sparked a major air and sea search when they were mistaken for a crashed microlight, Scottish coastguards said Wednesday. More »

  • Performers at the 2006 Gay Games closing ceremony in Chicago. More than 5,000 athletes, gay and straight, from across Europe are converging on Barcelona for the Eurogames which get underway on Thursday in the Spanish port city, organisers said.

    Thousands converge on Barcelona for European gay games

    AFP - Wednesday, July 23 05:47 pm

    BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - More than 5,000 athletes, gay and straight, from across Europe are converging on Barcelona for the Eurogames which get underway on Thursday in the Spanish port city, organisers said. More »

  • A Japanese man who took out a classified advertisement to find his lost dog wound up instead with an ulcer after being pestered by hundreds of nuisance calls, police said Wednesday.

    Japanese man barks up wrong tree with lost dog advert

    AFP - Wednesday, July 23 05:18 pm

    TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese man who took out a classified advertisement to find his lost dog wound up instead with an ulcer after being pestered by hundreds of nuisance calls, police said Wednesday. More »

  • A Santa Claus from Washington DC, wearing a white costume, sits next to Mols, a Santa Claus from Denmark, during the annual World Santa Claus Congress at the amusement park Dyrehavsbakken, north of Copenhagen.

    Skinny Santa in white suit draws looks at Santa convention

    AFP - Wednesday, July 23 05:10 pm

    BAKKEN, Denmark (AFP) - "A Santa in white!" screams a wide-eyed Danish boy as he catches a glimpse of a Santa Claus who ditched his traditional red garb for a white suit at a Santa convention winding up in Denmark on Wednesday. More »

  • A view of the Canadian WWI memorial in Vimy, France. A French couple were given a four-month suspended sentence and made to pay one euro in damages to the Canadian state for making a porn video at a World War I memorial, officials said Wednesday.

    French couple rapped for sex video at Canada WWI memorial

    AFP - Wednesday, July 23 05:08 pm

    LILLE, France (AFP) - A French couple were given a four-month suspended sentence and made to pay one euro in damages to the Canadian state for making a porn video at a World War I memorial, officials said Wednesday. More »

  • A climate change protester unsuccessfully tried to superglue himself to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, pictured in May 2008, at an event in the leader's residence, a government spokesman said Tuesday.

    Climate protester tries to glue himself to Brown

    AFP - Tuesday, July 22 11:01 pm

    LONDON (AFP) - A climate change protester unsuccessfully tried to superglue himself to Prime Minister Gordon Brown at an event in the leader's residence, a government spokesman said Tuesday. More »

  • Greek-American Paul Thymou (C), resident of the Aegean island of Lesbos, holds a banner, reading:

    Greeks islanders on Lesbos lose 'lesbian' case: source

    AFP - Tuesday, July 22 05:13 pm

    ATHENS (AFP) - An Athens court on Tuesday rejected a complaint by inhabitants of the Greek island of Lesbos who had wanted gay women to stop monopolising the term 'lesbian', a justice source said. More »

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