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File photo shows a couple kissing on the subway in Beijing. ...

(AFP) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows a couple kissing on the subway in Beijing. 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. Photo:Peter Parks/AFP

In this Feb. 4, 2010 photo, Juana Bautista de la Candelaria ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:01:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this Feb. 4, 2010 photo, Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez iis assisted by her granddaughter Martarita Cabrera at her home near the village of Campechuela, where she was born in the Granma region of eastern Cuba. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Ismael Francisco, Prensa Latina)

A member of the Harlem Globetrotters dunks the ball as the team ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:31:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A member of the Harlem Globetrotters dunks the ball as the team took on the Washington Generals during a basketball game on the outdoor ice rink at Lasker Rink in New York's Central Park on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Craig Ruttle)

Leading French intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy, seen here in ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - Leading French intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy, seen here in April 2009, 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. Photo:Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

An ITV satellite dish sits on top of the broadcaster's building, ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An ITV satellite dish sits on top of the broadcaster's building, in London, August 6, 2009. REUTERS/Stephen Hird

Conservative superstar Sarah Palin came in for ridicule from ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:06:00 GMT

(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. Palin was shown to have the words 'Energy,' 'Tax' and 'Lift American Spirits' scrawled on her hand during the question-and-answer session of a speech late Saturday to the Republican Tea Party movement. Photo:Bill Pugliano/AFP

Conservative superstar Sarah Palin, seen here in 2009, came ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - Conservative superstar Sarah Palin, seen here in 2009, came in for ridicule from her critics Monday, after published news photos showed her referring to talking points scribbled on the palm of her hand during a major speech. Photo:Paul J. Richards/AFP

Election fever is mounting in Britain, and Prime Minister Gordon ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:47:00 GMT

(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 has reported. Photo:JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) and Chelsea ...

(AFP) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:33:00 GMT

(AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) and Chelsea Clinton are pictured in New York City in 2009. She's known for making tough decisions, but top US diplomat Hillary Clinton divulged Sunday that she is still trying to decide what to wear to daughter Chelsea's wedding later this year. Photo:Mario Tama/AFP

Activists of the Ukrainian women's movement FEMEN stage a protest ...

(AFP) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - Activists of the Ukrainian women's movement FEMEN stage a protest at a polling station in Kiev. 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. Photo:/AFP

A Boeing 747 jet approaches for a landing in 2009. A car-sized ...

(AFP) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Boeing 747 jet approaches for a landing in 2009. A car-sized panel from a cargo jet fell out of the sky Friday and crashed into a mall parking lot in the US state of Florida, startling shoppers but causing no injuries or damage, the airline said. Photo:Roslan Rahman/AFP

A man checks his mobile phone in Beijing. Chinese authorities ...

(AFP) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:47:00 GMT

(AFP) - A man checks his mobile phone in Beijing. Chinese authorities are trying to reassure amorous couples that sexy text messages will not land them in jail amid a crackdown against pornography on the Internet and mobile phones. Photo:Liu Jin/AFP

File photo of Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr who backed ...

(AFP) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo of Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr who backed a growing campaign to save the job of a banker caught viewing risque shots of her on live TV, in footage that caused an Internet sensation. And, according to the latest from bank, the banker can keep his job after all. Photo:Timothy A. Clary/AFP

Talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, during a live broadcast of 'The ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:04:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, during a live broadcast of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' in Chicago. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Harpo Productions, Inc., George Burns)

Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson(L), seen here ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:29:00 GMT

(AFP) - Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson(L), seen here addressing the press with Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness, joked Friday that if negotiating were an Olympic sport, the province's politicians would win the gold medal. Photo:Juilen Behal/AFP

A man visits one of the barracks at Skrunda-1, a former Red ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - A man visits one of the barracks at Skrunda-1, a former Red Army garrison town deserted since Moscow's troops left the ex-Soviet republic of Latvia a decade ago. Skrunda-1 was auctioned off to a Russian firm for 2.2 million euros(3.0 million dollars), 10 times its list price, authorities said. Photo:Ilmars Znotins/AFP

A rusty sign is seen in former closed military town Skrunda-1, ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - A rusty sign is seen in former closed military town Skrunda-1, some 150 km from Latvia's capital city Rig. The former Red Army garrison town deserted since was auctioned off to a Russian firm for 2.2 million euros(3.0 million dollars), 10 times its list price, authorities said. Photo:Ilmars Znotins/AFP

Drunken pub fights in Britain are set to get safer with the ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:24:00 GMT

(AFP) - Drunken pub fights in Britain are set to get safer with the invention of a strengthened beer glass that health authorities hope will cut the huge bill for treating inebriated brawlers. The traditional pint glass has been redesigned so it is harder to smash, says Design Bridge, the company behind two prototypes. Photo:Leon Neal/AFP

File photo of a Kookaburra sitting on a railing in the Hunter ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:37:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo of a Kookaburra sitting on a railing in the Hunter Valley, Australia. Australian band Men at Work were found guilty Thursday of plagiarising children's ditty 'Kookaburra' in their 1980s hit 'Down Under' after a court battle involving two of the nation's most iconic songs. Photo:Greg Wood/AFP

British Home Secretary Alan Johnson holds two prototype pint ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:03:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - British Home Secretary Alan Johnson holds two prototype pint glasses designed not to break up into dangerous shards on impact, in London, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The British government wants pubs to try out shatterproof pint glasses as a way to cut back on beer-related violence. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/PA, Stefan Rousseau)

This image taken from the Heart Attack Grill website shows part ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:18:00 GMT

(AFP) - This image taken from the Heart Attack Grill website shows part of their menu (R). The owner of the 'Heart Attack Grill' in Arizona is suing 'Heart Stoppers Grill' in Florida, accusing the outlet of plagiarizing his death by burger brainchild, lawyers said Thursday. Photo:/AFP

Xiaoqing gives an interview to Reuters in the Time Plastic surgery ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Xiaoqing gives an interview to Reuters in the Time Plastic surgery clinic in Shanghai February 4, 2010. The 21-year-old, who would only give her name as Xiaoqing, is seeking extensive plastic surgery to look like U.S. actress Jessica Alba, mainly because she hopes to win back her boyfriend who she said always wished she looked more like the Hollywood star. The hospital has agreed to do it for free to showcase their surgery skills. REUTERS/Nir Elias

In-laws in Germany will be able to reclaim gifts made to their ...

(AFP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - In-laws in Germany will be able to reclaim gifts made to their children's spouses if the couple's marriage ends in divorce, following a landmark ruling Thursday by a top court. Photo:/AFP

A man holds a buffalo to symbolise Indonesian President Susilo ...

(AFP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:15:00 GMT

(AFP) - A man holds a buffalo to symbolise Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as 'Big, slow and stupid like a buffalo' during a protest against the government in January 2010. Indonesia said Thursday it will enforce a ban on buffalo at street protests after Yudhoyono expressed his hurt at being compared to one of the bucolic beasts. Photo:Dewira/AFP

A vendor is seen selling sets of red envelopes ahead of a Lunar ...

(AFP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:08:00 GMT

(AFP) - A vendor is seen selling sets of red envelopes ahead of a Lunar New Year celebrations. According to Chinese customs, grandparents and parents usually give 'red envelopes' stuffed with clean and fresh bank notes to children for good luck in the upcoming year. Photo:Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP

Handlers keep racing camels at a race track in Kuwait. An Emirati ...

(AFP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - Handlers keep racing camels at a race track in Kuwait. An Emirati splurged a whopping 24 million dirhams (6.47 million dollars) for three camels, including one which cost 2.72 million dollars, at an auction in the desert near Abu Dhabi, an AFP photographer said. Photo:Yasser al-Zayyat/AFP

A British farmer who built a castle and then kept it hidden ...

(AFP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:32:00 GMT

(AFP) - A British farmer who built a castle and then kept it hidden behind straw bales for four years while he lived there was told to demolish it Wednesday because he had not received planning permission. Photo:/AFP

The home of Robert Fidler at Salfords, England, Wednesday Feb. ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:50:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - The home of Robert Fidler at Salfords, England, Wednesday Feb. 3, 2010, which may have to be demolished after a High Court ruling.(THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Gareth Fuller-pa)

Two people go for a walk on the beach by the Wadden Sea near ...

(AFP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:37:00 GMT

(AFP) - Two people go for a walk on the beach by the Wadden Sea near the northern German town of Dorum-Neufeld in 2009. A German man who lost his way in the dark while wandering around on sea ice off the coast was saved by a woman 500 kilometres (300 miles) away who spotted him on a webcam, police said Wednesday. Photo:David Hecker/AFP

Foreign tourists wear sarongs as they visit the Borobudur temple ...

(AFP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:37:00 GMT

(AFP) - Foreign tourists wear sarongs as they visit the Borobudur temple in Yogyakarta on February 2. Visitors flashing their knees at Indonesia's number-one tourist attraction, the ancient Borobudur temple, will have to wear government-issue sarongs under a new plan to protect the site's dignity. Photo:Tarko Sudiarno/AFP

A therapy cat named Oscar is pictured at the Steere House Nursing ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:33:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A therapy cat named Oscar is pictured at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island, in this undated handout picture. REUTERS/Al Weems/Handout

A British supermarket was left with egg on its face after insisting ...

(AFP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:39:00 GMT

(AFP) - A British supermarket was left with egg on its face after insisting a woman shopper show proof of age.. for buying a slice of quiche. Photo:Mychele Daniau/AFP

Australia's Macquarie Bank headquarters in Sydney. The Australian ...

(AFP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:16:00 GMT

(AFP) - Australia's Macquarie Bank headquarters in Sydney. The Australian bank is investigating an employee caught red-handed viewing pictures of a near-naked model on his computer during a live TV broadcast. Photo:Greg Wood/AFP

In this Jan. 28, 2010 photo, Gregory Holm sprays water on an ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:19:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this Jan. 28, 2010 photo, Gregory Holm sprays water on an abandoned house in Detroit. The two artists who are encasing the home in ice are hoping their effort inspires and helps draw attention to the housing crisis that has battered the nation. Photographer Gregory Holm and architect Matthew Radune spent weeks spraying water on the home for the Ice House Detroit project. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Paul Sancya)

Defending champion Thomas Dold of Germany crosses the finish ...

(AFP) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:24:00 GMT

(AFP) - Defending champion Thomas Dold of Germany crosses the finish lineon the 86th floor of the Empire State Building to win the men's division of the 33rd Annual Empire State Building run. It was a fifth straight win in the oddball contest for the Stuttgart native. Photo:Timothy A. Clary/AFP

Black Eyed Peas' (from L to R) will.i.am, Taboo, Fergie and ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Black Eyed Peas' (from L to R) will.i.am, Taboo, Fergie and apl.de.ap pose with their Grammy awards at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles January 31, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Tourists enjoy South Korean foods at a Korean restaurant in ...

(AFP) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - Tourists enjoy South Korean foods at a Korean restaurant in 2001. Astronauts could soon be eating seaweed soup and spicy, garlic-laden meat dishes after South Korea won approval to send several national dishes into space. Photo:Choo Youn-Kong/AFP

Punxsutawney Phil, the celebrated rodent at the center of America's ...

(AFP) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:09:00 GMT

(AFP) - Punxsutawney Phil, the celebrated rodent at the center of America's quirky Groundhog Day festivities, has seen his shadow, presaging six more weeks of winter. Photo:Mark Wilson/AFP

An Indonesian tobacco company has agreed to pay the medical ...

(AFP) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:11:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Indonesian tobacco company has agreed to pay the medical expenses of a man who lost six teeth when a cigarette mysteriously exploded in his mouth. Photo:/AFP

Performers enact a commemorative ceremony to mark birthday of ...

(AFP) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:31:00 GMT

(AFP) - Performers enact a commemorative ceremony to mark birthday of Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher, politician and educator of the 6th and 5th centuries B.C., at the Confucius temple in Qufu, northeastern China's Shandong provincein 2004. Lottery tickets bearing Confucius's image and proverbs went on sale last week in his hometown of Qufu, with the top prize set at 300,000 yuan ($44,000). Photo:/AFP

Antonio Trillanes, a jailed Philippine senator, has claimed ...

(AFP) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:20:00 GMT

(AFP) - Antonio Trillanes, a jailed Philippine senator, has claimed thousands of dollars in travel expenses while languishing in prison on rebellion charges, making him one of the most expensive lawmakers in the country. Photo:Romeo Gacad/AFP

British anti-jargon campaigners were celebrating Monday after ...

(AFP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:04:00 GMT

(AFP) - British anti-jargon campaigners were celebrating Monday after forcing a supermarket chain to change the labelling on a sausage snack which had been described as 'ambient'. Photo:/AFP

A man smokes a cigarette in central London, February 1, 2010. ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A man smokes a cigarette in central London, February 1, 2010. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

A US pilot hired to make traffic reports for a local radio station ...

(AFP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:39:00 GMT

(AFP) - A US pilot hired to make traffic reports for a local radio station became the news himself Monday when he made an emergency landing on the busy New Jersey Turnpike. Photo:/AFP

Sheep block a road in the mountainous North Ossetian town of ...

(AFP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:37:00 GMT

(AFP) - Sheep block a road in the mountainous North Ossetian town of Alagir in 2007. Ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan is preparing to roll out a new system under which the millions of sheep residing in the mountainous state will receive their own high-tech passport, state television reported Monday. Photo:Kazbek Basayev/AFP

A Russian woman was caught at a border checkpoint in Russia's ...

(AFP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:41:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Russian woman was caught at a border checkpoint in Russia's far east attempting to smuggle 50 lovebirds from China under her coat, officials have said. Photo:Yuri Cortez/AFP

A German woman has hired a lawyer after being shocked to discover ...

(AFP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - A German woman has hired a lawyer after being shocked to discover that not only did police deliberately run over her beloved dog, they have now sent her a hefty bill, according to a report in the Bild daily. Photo:/AFP

Photo illustration of a bee. An Indonesian schoolboy was cleared ...

(AFP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - Photo illustration of a bee. An Indonesian schoolboy was cleared of serious abuse charges Monday for stinging a female classmate with a bee, a 'crime' that took the country's legal system a year to resolve. Photo:Michael Urban/AFP

A beggar takes a nap with street dogs while souvenir sellers ...

(AFP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:58:00 GMT

(AFP) - A beggar takes a nap with street dogs while souvenir sellers rest in the Hanuman Dhoka tourist area in Kathmandu. The Nepal Red Cross Society has voted to pay a monthly 'salary' to a wounded stray dog that has taken on the job of guarding its office. Photo:Devendra Man Singh/AFP

A little egret stands atop a water buffalo. A tribal court in ...

(AFP) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:10:00 GMT

(AFP) - A little egret stands atop a water buffalo. A tribal court in Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo island has fined a man and his lover four buffalo and a pig for having an extramarital affair, a report said Sunday. Photo:AFP/AFP