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Medvedev sees single currency dream in G8 coin gift

AFP - 4 hours 44 mins ago

L'AQUILA, Italy (AFP) - Even if Russia's call for a global currency failed to gain much traction at a G8 summit, President Dmitry Medvedev took home a coin meant to symbolize that the dream may one day come true. More »

Harper on Berlusconi: I have weaknesses, but not like his
AFP - 6 hours 18 mins ago
L'AQUILA, Italy (AFP) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made light of the sex scandals trailing his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi on Friday, saying the 72-year-old was remarkably "energetic". More »
French paper goes global, risks ridicule with translation
AFP - 8 hours 41 mins ago
PARIS (AFP) - A leading French business newspaper is launching a multi-lingual version of its website using automatic translation, dispensing with journalists but producing often comic results. More »
Pushy French are world's worst tourists: study
AFP - 8 hours 56 mins ago
PARIS (AFP) - Penny-pinching, rude and terrible at foreign languages. More »
Singapore tycoon finds long-lost son: report
AFP - Today, 05:24 am
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - An ecstatic Singaporean millionaire thinks he has discovered his son in Malaysia after putting out an appeal to be reunited with his long-lost family, a report said. More »
Canadian guitarist's anti-airline hit takes off
AFP - Today, 02:52 am
MONTREAL, July 9, 2009 (AFP) - An irked Canadian musician who accused United Airlines of breaking his prized guitar has taken his revenge, writing a song that has become an Internet hit and a public relations disaster for the airline. More »
Chinese group planning Neverland ranch replica
AFP - Yesterday, 03:34 pm
SHANGHAI (AFP) - A group of businesspeople are proposing to build a replica of Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch on an island north of Shanghai as a tribute to the late singer, state media reported Thursday. More »
Lost French hiker survives 11 days on only a picnic
AFP - Yesterday, 02:55 pm
RENNES, France (AFP) - A 62-year-old French woman hiker survived 11 days lost in the Pyrenees mountains with nothing but a picnic to eat, her husband said Thursday. More »
Wafer controversy: Did Canada's PM take communion?
AFP - Yesterday, 03:03 am
OTTAWA (AFP) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper accepted and ate a communion wafer at a Catholic mass and didn't pocket it as critics have alleged, according to his spokesman. More »
Polish radio station protests... with bird-song
AFP - Wednesday, July 8 07:47 pm
WARSAW (AFP) - A public radio station in Poland aired non-stop bird-song for 24 hours in a bizarre protest against plummeting license fee revenues that journalists say are undermining commercial-free programming. More »