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Kathy Bassininski, with Just Born, holds some merchandise available ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:15:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Kathy Bassininski, with Just Born, holds some merchandise available inside the Peeps & Company Store at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Jacquelyn Martin)

A jazz musician playing the saxophone. US jazz saxophonist and ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - A jazz musician playing the saxophone. US jazz saxophonist and composer Lary Ochs says he has 'seen it all' after a spectator disrupted a concert in Spain by accusing him of not playing jazz -- and was backed by a policeman on duty. Photo:Valery Hache/AFP

Former Royal Ballet principal dancer Darcey Bussell poses in ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:06:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Former Royal Ballet principal dancer Darcey Bussell poses in a Valentino black ruffle-edged cocktail gown from 1970-1971, in London, December 7, 2009. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

A vehicle drives on a road in Tokyo July 12, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A vehicle drives on a road in Tokyo July 12, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer

A smoker lights up a cigarette in a public place near the Stade ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:51:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A smoker lights up a cigarette in a public place near the Stade de Geneve in Geneva August 22, 2007. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Chef Rene Redzepi (right) and one of his cooks prepare a meal ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - Chef Rene Redzepi (right) and one of his cooks prepare a meal at the Noma restaurant in Copenhagen. There is a long waiting list for a table at Noma, which is routinely described as one of the world's Top Ten restaurants for taste and inventiveness. Photo:Joe Ray/AFP

This Dec. 7, 2009 picture shows Moses, a Jersey Holstein calf ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:49:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - This Dec. 7, 2009 picture shows Moses, a Jersey Holstein calf mix at Brad Davis and Megan Johnson's farm in Sterling, Conn. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/The Norwich Bulletin, Aaron Flaum)

A taxi is pictured picking up passengers outside a shopping ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:16:00 GMT

(AFP) - A taxi is pictured picking up passengers outside a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur. A top minister slammed Malaysia's taxi drivers on Wednesday, saying they were more of a problem for the tourism industry than the nation's notoriously filthy toilets. Photo:/AFP

Britain's Prince Charles is framed by security men during a ...

(AFP) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:30:00 GMT

(AFP) - Britain's Prince Charles is framed by security men during a two-day visit to the United States. The heir to the throne, who was given three million pounds in 2008 from UK government and taxpayer funds, borrowed nearly 3,000 pounds from his protection officers after he found himself short of cash and needing to fork out for 'travel expenses,' a report has said. Photo:Stan Honda/AFP

Imagine tearing open that large present under the Christmas ...

(AFP) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:52:00 GMT

(AFP) - Imagine tearing open that large present under the Christmas tree with your name on it and finding inside... a fire extinguisher. 'Giving a gift of a fire extinguisher might not be the first thing that springs to mind, but for the guy who has everything, it might be perfect,' FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, pictured in May 2009, told AFP. Photo:Chip Somodevilla/AFP

Mark Healey of Hawaii, takes a spill down the face of a large ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:15:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Mark Healey of Hawaii, takes a spill down the face of a large wave in the second heat of The Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau surf contest at Waimea Bay located on the north shore of the island of Oahu Tuesday Dec. 8, 2009. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Eugene Tanner)

Briton David Ridgway, chief sommelier of the Tour d'Argent restaurant, ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:08:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Briton David Ridgway, chief sommelier of the Tour d'Argent restaurant, holds a bottle in the cellar of La Tour d'Argent restaurant in Paris. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Christophe Ena

About 1,800 people dressed in Santa costumes run down the main ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - About 1,800 people dressed in Santa costumes run down the main street in central Sydney November 29, 2009. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne

A worker holds up robusta coffee beans in a traditional coffee ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker holds up robusta coffee beans in a traditional coffee factory in Toraja, Indonesia's South Sulawesi province, June 22, 2009. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad

Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitted Tuesday he should oversee ...

(AFP) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitted Tuesday he should oversee the family computer more closely, after his young son posted a string of gobbledegook on the Twitter page for his wife Sarah Brown, seen here in September 2009. Photo:Carl de Souza/AFP

Leopard cats in an Indian zoo in 2003. A Malaysian woman has ...

(AFP) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:03:00 GMT

(AFP) - Leopard cats in an Indian zoo in 2003. A Malaysian woman has been arrested for keeping endangered animals including a leopard cat, a honey bear and a slow loris as pets in her apartment, reports said Tuesday. Photo:/AFP

A woman makes a wig in France in 2006. A local politician in ...

(AFP) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:03:00 GMT

(AFP) - A woman makes a wig in France in 2006. A local politician in Taiwan has been charged with defamation after pulling off the wig of a rival lawmaker and then boasting about the incident on his name cards, an official said Tuesday. Photo:Frank Perry/AFP

A view of a baby King Python snake in a German zoo in November ...

(AFP) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:03:00 GMT

(AFP) - A view of a baby King Python snake in a German zoo in November 2009. A Swedish motorist fled terrified from his hire car after a snake suddenly slithered out from behind the dashboard onto the steering wheel, German police said on Tuesday. Photo:Joerg Koch/AFP

A Russian woman walks under the snow-encrusted trees of a Moscow ...

(AFP) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:03:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Russian woman walks under the snow-encrusted trees of a Moscow park in November 2009. Moscow's outspoken mayor on Tuesday blamed meteorologists for failing to predict thick snowfall that paralysed the city's road network this week. Photo:Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP

A German visitor has been caught trying to leave New Zealand ...

(AFP) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:19:00 GMT

(AFP) - A German visitor has been caught trying to leave New Zealand with 23 geckos and 20 skinks hidden in his underwear, a court has been told. Photo:H.Lee/W.Lim/A.J.Kane/AFP

A FIFA referee gets ready to toss a coin at the beginning of ...

(AFP) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - A FIFA referee gets ready to toss a coin at the beginning of a game. The ubiquitous coin toss is not so random after all, and can easily be manipulated to turn up heads, or tails, a Canadian study has found. Photo:/AFP

Flamengo players celebrate after winning the Brazilian championship ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Flamengo players celebrate after winning the Brazilian championship title at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro December 6, 2009. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes

From right: Poul Nyrup Rasmussen of Denmark, the president of ...

(AFP) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - From right: Poul Nyrup Rasmussen of Denmark, the president of the Party of European Socialists (PES), and other European socialist leaders take public transport to a congress venue in Prague. Take a tram instead of a taxi and don't change your towel every day -- such are the rules at a two-day 'carbon-free' congress of the Party of European Socialists, which has started in Prague. Photo:Michal Cizek/AFP

'We shook hands before the friendly match, but he had already ...

(AFP) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:58:00 GMT

(AFP) - 'We shook hands before the friendly match, but he had already forgotten me. It seemed he cared about me only so much,' Japan coach Takeshi Okada said after meeting with Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk who mistook Okada for one of Japan's FA officials. Photo:William West/AFP

Japan's Sapporo Breweries emplyee displays a bottle of 'Space ...

(AFP) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:03:00 GMT

(AFP) - Japan's Sapporo Breweries emplyee displays a bottle of 'Space Barley' beer, the world's first beer brewed from seedlings of bareleycorn that traveled to the Russian space station. Sapporo would sell 250 boxes of the beer, containing six bottles, with a price-tag of 10,000 yen ($115) for a box as a charity to promote science education and the development of space science research. Photo:Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP

Two stars of hit British TV show 'I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me ...

(AFP) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:45:00 GMT

(AFP) - Two stars of hit British TV show 'I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!' are facing animal cruelty charges for killing and eating a rat during filming in Australia. The Italian-born celebrity chef Gino D'Acampo, the competition's eventual winner, served the rat with rice, describing it as 'the best recipe I ever did'. Photo:Munir Uz Zaman/AFP

A man uses a laptop computer at a wireless cafe in Beijing. ...

(AFP) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:24:00 GMT

(AFP) - A man uses a laptop computer at a wireless cafe in Beijing. Chinese authorities have offered rewards of up to 10,000 yuan (1,465 dollars) to Internet users who report websites that feature pornography, state media reported Sunday. Photo:Frederic J. Brown/AFP

An undated photograph showing a prostitute solliciting a client. ...

(AFP) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:45:00 GMT

(AFP) - An undated photograph showing a prostitute solliciting a client. Prostitutes of a Danish sex workers association will offer their services for free to delegates of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, an association official told AFP Saturday. Photo:/AFP

The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games crest is shown in Sydney on July ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games crest is shown in Sydney on July 18, 2000. REUTERS/Will Burgess

United States Ambassador David Jacobson presents a letter of ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:06:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - United States Ambassador David Jacobson presents a letter of congratulations from President Barack Obama to Sister Constance Murphy at the Convent of Sisters of St. John the Divine on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009 in Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

A pair of North Korean produced NoKo Jeans is pictured during ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:30:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A pair of North Korean produced NoKo Jeans is pictured during the launch of the line of designer jeans at PUB department store in Stockholm December 4, 2009. Designer jeans labelled 'Made in North Korea' will go on sale this Friday at a trendy department store in the Swedish capital, marking a first foray into Western fashion for the reclusive communist state. The jeans, marketed under the 'Noko' brand, carry a price tag of 1,500 Swedish crowns ($215) and will share shelf space at Stockholm's PUB store with brands such as Guess and Levi's. REUTERS/SCANPIX SWEDEN

Polar bear cub Flocke sits in her enclosure at the zoo in Nuremberg ...

(AFP) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - Polar bear cub Flocke sits in her enclosure at the zoo in Nuremberg in October 2009. A polar bear sculpted out of an 11-tonne block of ice will be unveiled in Copenhagen Saturday, then left to melt to raise awareness about global warming during the UN climate summit. Photo:Timm Schamberger/AFP

This video grab from 1999 shows a ball of fire trailing across ...

(AFP) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - This video grab from 1999 shows a ball of fire trailing across the sky. The British government has shut a unit which has investigated UFO sightings for more than 50 years, judging its resources better spent on more earthly threats. Photo:/AFP

A child touches a statue of Baby Jesus in the Church of the ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A child touches a statue of Baby Jesus in the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 25, 2006. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun

John Ziegler, the pastor of the 'First Church of Tiger Woods' ...

(AFP) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:17:00 GMT

(AFP) - John Ziegler, the pastor of the 'First Church of Tiger Woods' -- www.tigerwoodsisgod.com -- has announced in a statement on the blog that the organization is being dissolved because of the golfer's 'personal sins.' Photo:/AFP

The 242-year-old Swinford Toll Bridge, Oxfordshire, seen here, ...

(AFP) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - The 242-year-old Swinford Toll Bridge, Oxfordshire, seen here, whose owner can earn tax-free income was sold at auction Thursday for 1.08 million pounds (1.2 million euros, 1.8 million dollars). Photo:Leon Neal/AFP

33-year-old Orangutan Nonja looks at a camera in her enclosure ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - 33-year-old Orangutan Nonja looks at a camera in her enclosure in the Vienna Tiergarten zoo in Vienna, November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Thomas Licht/Handout

Combination of images of US actresses Reese Witherspoon, seen ...

(AFP) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:15:00 GMT

(AFP) - Combination of images of US actresses Reese Witherspoon, seen in June 2004, and Renee Zellweger, seen in October. One Oscar-winning Hollywood actress looks much like another when you're the British prime minister facing hostile MPs at the weekly question time. In a bungled attempt to thank Witherspoon for her campaign against domestic violence, Gordon Brown appeared to mix her up with Zellweger. Photo:/AFP

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (pictured in November) ...

(AFP) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (pictured in November) gave new opposition leader Tony Abbott's tight-fitting swimming briefs the big thumbs-down, declaring he would vote against them in a referendum. Rudd urged Abbott, who was pictured posing in his 'budgie-smuggler' Speedos and lifesaver's cap on a Sydney beach this week, to opt for the less revealing 'boardies' or board shorts. Photo:Pablo Sanchez/AFP

A New Year's eve fireworks are seen exploding over Sydney Harbor ...

(AFP) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - A New Year's eve fireworks are seen exploding over Sydney Harbor bridge. As the 'Noughties' draw to a close, an Australian competition has found a new tag for the coming decade: the One-ders. Australia's news.com.au website sifted 3,500 entries for its online contest, rejecting 'Tentions', 'Decnos' and 'Tweens' in favour of One-ders' 'bright-eyed optimism'. Photo:Andrew Taylor/AFP

Muntazer al-Zaidi (R) reacts as a shoe is thrown at him during ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:44:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Muntazer al-Zaidi (R) reacts as a shoe is thrown at him during a news conference in Paris December 1, 2009 in this video grab obtained December 2, 2009. Zaidi, an Iraqi reporter imprisoned for throwing his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush, found himself on the receiving end of a similar footwear attack in Paris on Tuesday. French media said the attacker was an exiled Iraqi journalist who spoke in defence of U.S. policy, accusing Zaidi of siding with a dictatorship, before throwing his shoe. REUTERS/Reuters TV

Michael Tolson, a conceptual artist who goes by the name tENTATIVELY, ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:29:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Michael Tolson, a conceptual artist who goes by the name tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE, or Tent for short, shows one of the pieces of mail he received at his home in the Polish Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Keith Srakocic)

Brazilian striker Ailton, seen here in 2007 and who was the ...

(AFP) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - Brazilian striker Ailton, seen here in 2007 and who was the Bundesliga's top-scorer in the 2003-04 season, has signed an 18-month deal for German sixth division side KFC Uerdingen - at the age of 36. Photo:Juergen Schwarz/AFP

A pedestrian walks in front of the Real Madrid shop at the Santiago ...

(AFP) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - A pedestrian walks in front of the Real Madrid shop at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. The world's richest football club in terms of income, will launch its first lingerie line for women next year, sports daily Marca reported Wednesday. Photo:Pedro Armestre/AFP

Indonesia's tallest man Suparwono(C) is measured by officials ...

(AFP) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - Indonesia's tallest man Suparwono(C) is measured by officials of the Indonesian Museum of Records during an awards ceremony in Jakarta. The Indonesian labourer who hoped to be named the world's tallest man is actually five centimetres (almost two inches) shorter than record-holder Sultan Kosen of Turkey, an official said. Photo:Adek Berry/AFP

A man buys a Christmas tree from a shop in California. Going ...

(AFP) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:52:00 GMT

(AFP) - A man buys a Christmas tree from a shop in California. Going 'green' has never been so festive as in westernmost Canada where two start-ups are offering an eco-friendly Christmas tree rental service for the holiday period. Photo:Justin Sullivan/AFP

A shimmering tree top star. For about 100 dollars, Evergrow ...

(AFP) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:52:00 GMT

(AFP) - A shimmering tree top star. For about 100 dollars, Evergrow Christmas Trees and Carbonsync Christmas will drop off a potted tree at your home or business and pick it up three weeks later after all the presents have been opened and Santa has parked his sleigh. Photo:Greg Wood/AFP

WEBCLIP - A traditional toll bridge at Swinford near Eynsham ...

(AFP) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - WEBCLIP - A traditional toll bridge at Swinford near Eynsham in Oxfordshire is set to be auctioned. The privately-owned structure over the River Thames, which was built in 1767, will go under the hammer at London's Park Lane Hotel on December 3 with a guide price of 1.0-1.25 million pounds. Duration: 00:56. Photo:Leon Neal/AFP

A driver pays the toll as she crosses Swinford Toll Bridge near ...

(AFP) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - A driver pays the toll as she crosses Swinford Toll Bridge near Eynsham, Oxfordshire. The auction of the 242-year-old toll bridge in London this week has whipped up emotions as disgruntled motorists step up demands to end the ancient toll and keen international buyers are said to be lining up to make their bids for a tax-free investment. Photo:Leon Neal/AFP