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Pensioner conman posed as Deng Xiaoping relative

AFP - 2 hours 14 mins ago

TAIPEI (AFP) - An 82-year-old man was arrested in Taiwan for allegedly conning people out of thousands of dollars by posing as a relative of the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, police said Wednesday. More »

Chinese rent dates to appease parents
AFP - 4 hours 47 mins ago
BEIJING (AFP) - Single people in China have come up with an innovative way of pleasing their pushy parents during the annual Lunar New Year holiday -- they are renting fake dates. More »
Famed French intellectual cites bogus 'Botulist' philosopher
AFP - Yesterday, 05:21 pm
PARIS (AFP) - French celebrity intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy has been caught red-faced quoting a "Botulist" philosopher who, it turns out, was invented as a joke by a journalist from a satirical weekly. More »
French intellectual caught quoting fake philosopher
AFP - Yesterday, 10:30 am
PARIS (AFP) - Leading French intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy has been caught red-faced for praising the work of a philosopher who, it turns out, was invented as a joke by a journalist from a satirical daily. More »
Palin's note-scrawled hand draws critics' ridicule
AFP - Yesterday, 04:03 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Conservative superstar Sarah Palin came in for ridicule from her critics, after published news photos showed her referring to talking points scribbled on the palm of her hand during a major speech. More »
Lynx provides luge with animal magic
AFP - Yesterday, 12:11 am
WHISTLER, Canada (AFP) - After days fretting over snow and protesters, Winter Olympics officials were confronted with reports of a wild animal on the loose at the Whistler sliding centre here on Monday. More »
Asada proves to be meal deal
AFP - Monday, February 8 07:37 pm
VANCOUVER (AFP) - Japan's figure skating star Mao Asada has captured her first honour at the Winter Olympics by having a hot dog named after her by a street vendor. More »
British PM turns to bananas for poll boost: report
AFP - Monday, February 8 03:36 pm
LONDON (AFP) - Election fever is mounting in Britain, and Prime Minister Gordon Brown is preparing himself for the campaign trail by eating up to nine bananas a day, a newspaper reported on Monday. More »
Topless women in eye-popping Ukraine poll protest
AFP - Sunday, February 7 07:34 pm
KIEV (AFP) - Four young women naked from the waist up barged into a Ukrainian polling station on Sunday and held a rowdy protest just before a candidate in the country's presidential election cast his ballot there. More »
Igloo collapses on Canada's finance minister
AFP - Saturday, February 6 09:14 pm
IQALUIT, Canada (AFP) - Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was felled on Saturday by a block of snow as he toured an igloo on the sidelines of G7 talks in Canada's far north. More »