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   Lost Australian drives 600 kilometres to shops

   AFP - Wednesday, November 18 05:09 pm

   Sent 125 Times

   MELBOURNE (AFP) - An 81-year-old Australian man who became lost on an early morning drive to the shops and ended up almost 600 kilometres (370 miles) away told police he failed to stop because he "liked to drive". More »

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   'Man Butchered And Eaten By Three Tramps'

   SkyNews - Sunday, November 15 02:04 pm

   Sent 44 Times

   Russian police have arrested three homeless men suspected of killing and eating a 25-year-old and selling parts of his body to a kebab and pie kiosk. More »

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   Women run in style in Paris stiletto race

   AFP - Saturday, November 21 04:11 pm

   Sent 39 Times

   PARIS (AFP) - Dozens of shoe addicts have taken part in the National Stiletto Championship on an indoor track in the old stock exchange building in central Paris. More »

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   Moldova feeds soldiers garlic, onion to beat swine flu

   AFP - Friday, November 20 01:42 am

   Sent 25 Times

   CHISINAU (AFP) - Moldovan soldiers have been issued with an extra ration of onions and garlic to ward off swine flu, according to the defence ministry's chief doctor. More »

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   U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry

   Reuters - Wednesday, November 18 01:03 pm

   Sent 17 Times

   PERKASIE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Carin Froehlich pegs her laundry to three clotheslines strung between trees outside her 18th-century farmhouse, knowing that her actions annoy local officials who have asked her to stop. More »

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   Woman divorces husband over soap opera ban: report

   AFP - Tuesday, November 17 03:50 pm

   Sent 17 Times

   MUMBAI (AFP) - An Indian woman successfully divorced her husband after he refused to allow her to watch television soap operas, a report said Tuesday. More »

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   'Thief' Caught With His Trousers Down

   SkyNews - Thursday, November 19 11:58 am

   Sent 14 Times

   A Romanian man who tried to climb through a tiny supermarket window became stuck for 11 hours with his pants out. More »

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   What's in an unusual name? More than you might think

   Reuters - Tuesday, November 17 07:26 pm

   Sent 13 Times

   LONDON (Reuters) - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes might have thought twice about naming their daughter Suri if they'd known that it means "pickpocket" in Japanese, "turned sour" in French, and "horse mackerels" in Italian. More »

9. Odd

   Hong Kong's 'spiders' stick to bamboo scaffolding

   AFP - Tuesday, November 17 05:24 pm

   Sent 13 Times

   HONG KONG (AFP) - Nicknamed "spiders" for their gravity-defying skills in web-like constructions, Hong Kong's bamboo scaffolders have risen above predictions that their trade would disappear. More »

10. Odd

    French Hoteliers Unveil Their Pet Project

    SkyNews - Monday, November 16 11:38 pm

    Sent 10 Times

    French workers tired of the rat race have been offered the chance to live like a hamster for the night instead. More »