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Spanish town wants to grow cannabis to pay off debt

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:00:13 +0800

RASQUERA, Spain - A small town in northeastern Spain believes it has found a novel way to pay off its debt: cultivating cannabis.

Seized typewriters cause friction between police officer, 3 inmates in Crame

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:22:04 +0800

Typewriters, those clunky communication machines that are supposed to be superseded by the computer, may be ignored in the outside world. But in the detention cells in Camp Crame, they symbolize an inmate’s various rights.

Letterman was wrong: Customs official harassed Hollywood actor in Indonesia, not PHL

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:03:50 +0800

US 'Late Show' television host David Letterman mentioned the Philippines in passing during an interview with film and television actor Taylor Kitsch, who said an airport Customs official wanted an iPhone.

Frenchman sues over Google Views urination photo

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:57:52 +0800

NANTES, France - A Frenchman took Google to court Thursday over a photo published online by its Street View application showing him urinating in his front yard which he believes has made him the laughing stock of his village in rural northwest France.

Recyclables + renewables = 'Green' as the new black for London fashion studes

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:59:26 +0800

LONDON��- Could 'green' be the new black? Perhaps only if you can imagine wearing stilettos made from pistachio nuts and coffee beans and clothes from orange peel, fungi and mould.

Nepal pensioner named world's shortest man

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:45:46 +0800

KATHMANDU - A 72-year-old man from a remote valley in southwestern Nepal was on Sunday declared the shortest man ever documented after being measured by Guinness World Records officials.

Heartless thieves pick lovers' padlocks in Germany

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 13:07:11 +0800

German police caught two thieves breaking open 'lovers' padlocks' attached to a bridge over the Rhine River in the city of Cologne.

Tour of corruption in Czech Republic a hit with tourists

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:34:25 +0800

PRAGUE �- Prague has long been a favored destination for its medieval looks and cheap beer, but one travel agency has freshened up the offering with a new type of tourism experience which spotlights graft and sleaze.

Report: Murdered 13-year-old 'possesses' saleslady in Bacolod

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 10:42:13 +0800

A 24-year-old saleslady at a department store in Bacolod City claims to have been possessed by the ghost of a 13-year-old girl who was brutally killed in 2003, a Bacolod-based news site reported over the weekend.

Giant coffins burning issue for German crematoriums

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:25:36 +0800

BERLIN - Crematoriums in Germany are struggling to adapt to an increasingly obese population and a boom in extra-large coffins that has led at least one to widen its oven doors.

India ministers quit after caught watching porn in parliament

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:29:00 +0800

Three Indian politicians from a morally conservative party, including a women's affairs minister, resigned on Wednesday after being caught watching pornography on a mobile phone during a session of state parliament.

Canada's winter so tame, festival buys fake snow

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:06:15 +0800

WINNIPEG, Manitoba� - The usually frigid Canadian city of Winnipeg - often nicknamed Winterpeg - has been so mild and dry this winter that a popular snow-sculpting competition has been forced to truck in 200 loads of fake flakes for this year's annual event.

Report: Spider weaves web inside Taiwanese woman's ear

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:21:59 +0800

For several days, a spider made itself right at home inside a Taiwanese woman's ear, even spinning its web there. The unusual housing arrangement surprised the woman, a resident of the Taichung area, according to a report on Taiwan's Central News Agency late Monday.

Hole lotta fun as Japanese dig for Golden Shovel

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:02:44 +0800

TOKYO - Over a thousand people gathered on the outskirts of Tokyo, shovels and ladders in hand. Their goal: to dig their way to victory in the Japan All-National Hole Digging Competition, and claim the coveted Golden Shovel.

Gamer dies unnoticed inside Internet cafe in Taiwan — report

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:52:10 +0800

A gamer died while playing video games at an Internet cafe in Taiwan last week, but his death went unnoticed for several hours, a UK-based news site reported.