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Shoe-throwing protest spreads to Bosnia
SARAJEVO - A few hundred Bosnians on Saturday vented their spleen at political leaders in a shoe-throwing protest in Sarajevo inspired by an Iraqi journalist's footwear attack on George W. Bush.
Agence France-Presse 01/04/2009 12:43 AM
Vogue fashion guru is Time's biggest fashion flop
NEW YORK - She may be the world's top fashion guru, but Vogue magazine's US editor Anna Wintour still managed to make last year's biggest fashion blunder, Time magazine says.
Agence France-Presse 01/04/2009 12:32 AM
Website saves fashion faux pas at Obama inauguration
NEW YORK - A new website hopes to save guests at president-elect Barack Obama's inauguration balls from the ultimate fashion faux pas -- wearing the same dress as someone else.
Agence France-Presse 01/03/2009 12:49 AM
Peruvian Jesus born to Virgin Mary on Christmas
LIMA – Virgin Mary, a 20-year-old Peruvian woman, gave birth to a baby boy on Christmas day and named him Jesus, Peru's state news agency said on Friday.
Agence France-Presse 01/02/2009 10:21 PM
Scam artists sell 'forest' lands in barren northern China
BEIJING – A pair of Chinese forestry executives cheated thousands of investors out of 160 million dollars by selling off "timber lands" in a barren desert region, according to state-run Xinhua news agency.
Agence France-Presse 01/02/2009 10:19 PM
Alleged crook Madoff given ethics lesson by thieves: report
WASHINGTON – Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff, accused of masterminding a massive investment fraud, has been handed an ethics lesson by thieves who stole a statue from his Florida mansion, and promptly returned it, according to local press.
Agence France-Presse 01/02/2009 10:16 PM
Greek court voids property deal between barman and alcoholic
ATHENS - A Greek appeal court has declared void a deal under which an alcoholic traded his apartment to a bar owner in return for free drink for the rest of his life, a newspaper reported Friday.
Agence France-Presse 01/02/2009 8:43 PM
Glitch leaves man 100 billion pounds overdrawn
LONDON – A man was left reeling in shock Tuesday when his bank statement showed him to be 100 billion pounds (144 billion dollars, 102 billion euros) overdrawn.
Agence France Presse 12/31/2008 8:18 AM
Tourist spends 3 months in Mexico City airport
MEXICO CITY - A distinguished-looking Japanese tourist lingered more than three months at Mexico City's airport, sleeping on the ground and eating in pricey restaurants, until he left with a woman in a taxi, witnesses said.
Agence France-Presse 12/30/2008 2:22 PM
World keeps humor in 2008 despite economic woes
BERLIN - Whether smashing plates in San Diego to relieve frustration or drinking "Bailout Bitter" beer in Canada sold as a "bitter ale for bitter times," people the world over kept a sense of humor in 2008 despite financial woes.
Reuters 12/30/2008 12:47 AM
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