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Russia's Nikolay Sazhin (L) celebrates his victory ...

(AFP) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - Russia's Nikolay Sazhin (L) celebrates his victory over Germany's Frank Stoldt during the Chess-Boxing championships in Berlin. Rarely do brains and brawn come together in this way. A Russian was crowned world champion Sunday in the novelty sport of chess boxing that requires equal skill at moving pawns and throwing punches. Photo:Berthold Stadler/AFP

Gianluca Sirc of Italy competes against Britain's ...

(AFP) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - Gianluca Sirc of Italy competes against Britain's Andrew Costello during the Chess-Boxing championships in Berlin. Rarely do brains and brawn come together in this way. A Russian was crowned world champion Sunday in the novelty sport of chess boxing that requires equal skill at moving pawns and throwing punches. Photo:Berthold Stadler/AFP

Russia's Nikolay Sazhin (L) and Germany's Frank ...

(AFP) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - Russia's Nikolay Sazhin (L) and Germany's Frank Stoldt box during the Chess-Boxing championships in BerlinRarely do brains and brawn come together in this way. A Russian was crowned world champion Sunday in the novelty sport of chess boxing that requires equal skill at moving pawns and throwing punches.. Photo:Berthold Stadler/AFP

This file photo shows wedding couples resting ...

(AFP) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - This file photo shows wedding couples resting on park benches as they wait for their turn to be photographed, in Beijing. Many love-struck Chinese are planning to get married at the start of the Olympics despite a series of disasters that have cast doubt over the auspicious day. Photo:Chai Hin Goh/AFP

Kent Couch lifts off from his gas station in Bend, Ore., in ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:23:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Kent Couch lifts off from his gas station in Bend, Ore., in his lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant party balloons, Saturday, July 5, 2008. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Jeff Barnard

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a mass for the ordination ...

(AFP) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:51:00 GMT

(AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a mass for the ordination of 29 new priests in April 2008 in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. A man posing as a priest was prevented from taking confessions in St Peter's Basilica, Vatican judge Gianluigi Marrone said in an interview published on Saturday. Photo:Christophe Simon/AFP

A wax figure of Adolf Hitler is pictured in a mock bunker at ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A wax figure of Adolf Hitler is pictured in a mock bunker at the German 'Madame Tussauds' during a press preview in Berlin, July 3, 2008. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

Takeru Kobayashi (L) is interviewed as Joey Chestnut ...

(AFP) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:20:00 GMT

(AFP) - Takeru Kobayashi (L) is interviewed as Joey Chestnut (C) celebrates in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Chestnut won the competition in sudden death overtime, eating a total of 59 hotdogs. Photo:Michael Nagle/AFP

Picture of a chicken in a cage. A Swiss court ...

(AFP) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:50:00 GMT

(AFP) - Picture of a chicken in a cage. A Swiss court has ordered that a chicken be locked up in a soundproof box every night so its neighbours can get a good night's sleep, the ATS news agency reported Friday. Photo:Jacques Demarthon/AFP

Tomatoes are offered for sale at Eastern Market ...

(AFP) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - Tomatoes are offered for sale at Eastern Market on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. An international standard for tomatoes has been adopted, ending about seven years of intense debates between countries on what qualifies as a proper tomato. Photo:Saul Loeb/AFP

Dutch truck drivers block the A4 highway near ...

(AFP) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:00:00 GMT

(AFP) - Dutch truck drivers block the A4 highway near Nieuw-Vennep during a fuel protest in June 2008. Photo:Koen Suyk/AFP

The sun reflects in the spokes of a bicycle in ...

(AFP) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:14:00 GMT

(AFP) - The sun reflects in the spokes of a bicycle in Brest, western France. A man deemed to have the shortest and 'most ridiculous commute' in Malmoe has won a bicycle as part of a campaign to reduce car traffic in the Swedish city. Photo:Joel Saget/AFP

This file photo shows a man using a public toilet ...

(AFP) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:39:00 GMT

(AFP) - This file photo shows a man using a public toilet in Beijing. Beijing's notoriously foul-smelling and poorly tended public toilets will feature some rarely seen luxuries during the Olympics -- toilet paper and soap, state media reported on Friday. Photo:Chai Hin Goh/AFP

Competitive eaters Takeru Kobayashi (L) of Japan ...

(AFP) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:32:00 GMT

(AFP) - Competitive eaters Takeru Kobayashi (L) of Japan and defending champion Joey Chestnut (R) eat hot dogs as they participate in the weigh-in ceremony for the 2008 Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York. The contest will take place July 4 at Coney Island in Brooklyn. Photo:/AFP

Cheese carver Troy Landwehr brushes oil off a rendition of the ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:23:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Cheese carver Troy Landwehr brushes oil off a rendition of the signing of the Declaration of Independence carved out of 2000 lbs of cheese in New York, July 3, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

A revolt was brewing in Spain's cabinet Thursday ...

(AFP) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:46:00 GMT

(AFP) - A revolt was brewing in Spain's cabinet Thursday as members refused to wear ties in parliament, aiming to save energy and fight global warming by removing the need for the air conditioning to be turned up. Labour Minister Celestino Corbacho, pictured in 2007, took off his tie in front of journalists on Thursday in solidarity with Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian. Photo:/AFP

US President George W. Bush poses with his mountain ...

(AFP) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:00:00 GMT

(AFP) - US President George W. Bush poses with his mountain bike in 2007. Bush has vowed not to repeat one of his previous mistakes as he heads to his last Group of Eight summit -- he will try not to fall off his mountain bike. Photo:Mandel Ngan/AFP

An instructor teaches waitresses working for a newly-opened ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:34:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An instructor teaches waitresses working for a newly-opened karaoke bar at the stadium square in Yiwu, Zhejiang province March 6, 2008. REUTERS/Aly Song

People protest against a planned ban on all hallucinogenic 'magic' ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:30:00 GMT

(Reuters) - People protest against a planned ban on all hallucinogenic 'magic' mushrooms by the government on Dam square in Amsterdam October 27, 2007. REUTERS/Koen van Weel

File photo shows Thai department of Corrections ...

(AFP) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:27:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows Thai department of Corrections security officers standing guard in front of a prison in Bangkok. Thai prison authorities Tuesday banned personal gifts for inmates in a bid to eradicate increasingly bizarre forms of drug smuggling, including stuffed toads, curry and clams. Photo:Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP

Tourists under a sign recording the number of ...

(AFP) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - Tourists under a sign recording the number of days until the Pope's visit to Australia outside St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney in early June. As the country prepeares for the arrival of the head of the Catholic church Australians are increasingly choosing irreverent songs for their funerals, undertakers say Photo:Greg Wood/AFP

Youths sit in the fast food restaurant 'Buns and Guns' in Beirut, ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:21:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Youths sit in the fast food restaurant 'Buns and Guns' in Beirut, Lebanon, June 27, 2008. The military themed restaurant opened this month in the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital. The restaurant's chef wears a military outfit and its customers sit behind a wall of sandbags. Food is served under the slogan 'a sandwich can kill you'. REUTERS/Cynthia Karam

A participant of the Copenhagen Pride Parade dresses up as a ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:21:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A participant of the Copenhagen Pride Parade dresses up as a policewoman in Copenhagen August 25, 2007. REUTERS/Keld Navntoft/Scanpix

Bees are seen in the honeycomb of a hive where organic honey ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:06:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Bees are seen in the honeycomb of a hive where organic honey is harvested in Patones, Madrid, in this December 14, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Susana Vera

A moose nibbles on branches. A gift cow with ...

(AFP) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:52:00 GMT

(AFP) - A moose nibbles on branches. A gift cow with antlers from France to Quebec to celebrate the upcoming 400th anniversary of North America's largest French-speaking community has been sidelined by ridicule, it seems. The hybrid was meant to have the antlers of a caribou, but Quebec officials pointed out that the antlers atop the mascot belonged to a moose. Also, the female had male moose antlers. Photo:Jim Watson/AFP

This file photo shows a rocket being blasted ...

(AFP) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:04:00 GMT

(AFP) - This file photo shows a rocket being blasted off into space. A Japanese firm on Tuesday began accepting reservations for couples who really want to make the big leap -- by blasting into space to exchange their wedding vows. Photo:/AFP

A boy blows out birthday candles. A heated debate ...

(AFP) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:26:00 GMT

(AFP) - A boy blows out birthday candles. A heated debate raged in the Swedish blogosphere on Monday after an eight-year-old boy's failure to invite two classmates to his birthday party resulted in a complaint filed with parliament. Photo:Noel Vasquez/AFP

Ian Usher poses on a beach at Lancelin, about 130 km (81 miles) ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:18:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Ian Usher poses on a beach at Lancelin, about 130 km (81 miles) north of Perth in this undated handout photo made available to Reuters June 18, 2008. REUTERS/Handout

A giraffe licks its face in the Kariega Game Reserve east of ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:14:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A giraffe licks its face in the Kariega Game Reserve east of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, January 5, 2008. REUTERS/Alex Grimm

Lina Renault reads papers on June 30, 2008 at ...

(AFP) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:09:00 GMT

(AFP) - Lina Renault reads papers on June 30, 2008 at her home in Rouvray, central France, after a French court ruled today that she and her two brother Pierre and Michel were not the owners of Fouquet's, an iconic Paris restaurant on the Champs Elysees for which they have been battling for half a century. The three pensioners were told by a court a year ago they were the legal owners of the building. Photo:Jeff Pachoud/AFP

The Swedish flag flies over the finish area at the Alpine Skiing ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The Swedish flag flies over the finish area at the Alpine Skiing World Championships 2007 in Are February 10, 2007. REUTERS/Pascal Lauener

Ian Usher (seen here earlier this month), a British ...

(AFP) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - Ian Usher (seen here earlier this month), a British immigrant in Australia, has sold his 'life' over the Internet -- including his home, job and the chance to meet his friends -- for 399,000 dollars (383,230 US). Photo:Tony Ashby/AFP

An erotic dancer performs at the opening of the ...

(AFP) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - An erotic dancer performs at the opening of the 14th Barcelona International Erotic Film Festival in Barcelona in 2006. Spain's success at Euro 2008 hurt attendance at an erotic film festival which wrapped up Saturday in Madrid as its target audience -- men -- were glued to their television screens, organisers said. Photo:Cesar Rangel/AFP

Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator ...

(AFP) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama during an economic competitiveness summit at Carnergie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Obama played a word association game when interviewed on Fox Business channel on Thursday, responding in a rapid-fire manner to words thrown at him. Photo:Emmanuel Dunand/AFP

A football table with players substituted by ...

(AFP) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:58:00 GMT

(AFP) - A football table with players substituted by replicas of Swiss Franc notes in Lausanne, as part of an exhibition, on the sideline of the UEFA EURO 2008 European Football Championships. Photo:Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

A car's license plate. In North Carolina, WTF ...

(AFP) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:54:00 GMT

(AFP) - A car's license plate. In North Carolina, WTF plates were issued to some 9,999 drivers last year, including elementary school teacher Mary Ann Hardee, who teaches computing and technology, the News and Observer newspaper reported earlier this month. Photo:Patrick Kovarik/AFP

Students taking year-end exams in the Netherlands. ...

(AFP) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:25:00 GMT

(AFP) - Students taking year-end exams in the Netherlands. Dutch parents sneaking their children off on holiday two days before the official close of school were chided at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport Thursday in a sting by 'compulsory education officials.' Photo:/AFP

A Christie's specialist holds a life jacket from the Titanic ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Christie's specialist holds a life jacket from the Titanic next to the model of the ship at Christie's auction house in New York June 18, 2008. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

A couple walks as they get married under the patronage of Saint ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A couple walks as they get married under the patronage of Saint Antonio during a parade in Lisbon June 12, 2008. The Church of Sweden will carry out drive-in weddings lasting about seven minutes at a car rally next month in a bid to make marriage more accessible, it said on Thursday. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

The bed used by China's giant basketball star ...

(AFP) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:11:00 GMT

(AFP) - The bed used by China's giant basketball star Yao Ming at the Olympics will be among millions of items of memorabilia auctioned off after the Beijing Games Photo:Stephen Dunn/AFP

A plane is silhouetted by the sun in New Delhi December 30, ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:24:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A plane is silhouetted by the sun in New Delhi December 30, 2005. REUTERS/B Mathur

US tennis ace Andy Roddick shooing a pigeon on ...

(AFP) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - US tennis ace Andy Roddick shooing a pigeon on Center Court at Wimbledon in 2004. An animal rights group said on Wednesday it had gained assurances from Wimbledon organisers that they will stop using marksmen to shoot down pigeons. Photo:Odd Andersen/AFP

London's Mayor-elect, Boris Johnson, speaks after signing the ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:26:00 GMT

(Reuters) - London's Mayor-elect, Boris Johnson, speaks after signing the 'Declaration of Acceptance of Office' for the Mayor of London, at City Hall in central London May 3, 2008. Johnson is fuming after police took possession of a cigar case he removed from the looted home of former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz shortly after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor