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Blast from the past: UK library receives book overdue by 45 years

The Canadian Press - Fri Mar 19, 4:37 PM

LONDON - It's common to return a library book late - but not by half a century.

  • A local resident holds a frayed Chilean flag in Constitucion, some 300 km south of Santiago,on March 4. A Chilean sailor returned four million pesos (7,600 dollars) in cash he found inside an open safe amid the rubble of a house destroyed by last month's devastating quake and tsunami, local media reported Friday. Photo:Martin Bernetti/AFP
    Chilean sailor returns cash found in collapsed home AFP - Fri Mar 19, 6:44 PM

    SANTIAGO (AFP) - A Chilean sailor returned four million pesos (7,600 dollars) in cash he found inside an open safe amid the rubble of a house destroyed by last month's devastating quake and tsunami, local media reported Friday.

  • This photo courtesy of the Prime Minister's office in Ottawa, Ontario shows US Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson as he gives beer to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) courtesy of US President Barack Obama, for a bet lost by President Obama following the Canadian victory in Olympic hockey against the US. Photo:Deb Ransom/AFP
    Obama sends beer to Canadian PM AFP - Fri Mar 19, 4:05 PM

    OTTAWA (AFP) - A US envoy delivered two cases of beers Friday to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to settle a bet US President Barack Obama lost when Canada beat the United States for Olympic ice hockey gold.

  • Federal tax forms are distributed at the offices of the Internal Revenue Service. Americans who don't pay their taxes face hefty fines, can have their property seized or their wages witheld. Or worse still, they could find themselves named and shamed on the Internet. Photo:Scott Olson/AFP
    US states name and shame tax cheats AFP - Fri Mar 19, 2:39 PM

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Americans who don't pay their taxes face hefty fines, can have their property seized or their wages witheld. Or worse still, they could find themselves named and shamed on the Internet.

  • Former Ukranian Prime Minister and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko during a rally in Kiev on March 9. The glamorous Tymoshenko may now be in opposition but her ghosts are still haunting the government offices in Ukraine. Photo:Sergei Supinsky/AFP
    Ukraine PM exorcises predecessor Tymoshenko's ghost AFP - Fri Mar 19, 1:07 PM

    KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) - The glamorous Orange Revolution princess and former premier Yulia Tymoshenko may now be in opposition but her ghosts are still haunting the government offices in Ukraine.

  • Kerstin Groenemeyer and her newborn son Ben pose with midwife Tanja Bujalla (R) in a delivery room designed in the colors of Bundesliga first division club Hannover 96. The newborns are also offered a pyjama in the colours of the club and a one-year-long club membership for free. Photo:Nigel Treblin/AFP
    Hanover fans can be born supporters, literally AFP - Fri Mar 19, 12:19 PM

    BERLIN (AFP) - Football fans often claim to be born supporters, but a German club has taken this to the next level with a delivery room for births, decked out in team colours, a dummy's throw from the ground.


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