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Gory spirit festival lights up Cambodian capital
Spirit mediums in headdresses and lurid make-up, their cheeks pierced by needles and tongues cut by knives, led a striking procession Tuesday through the Cambodian capital to mark the end of Chinese New Year. Hundreds of people poured through an...
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Germany claims the crown for record gathering of smurfs
A group of German friends claimed a world record Saturday for the highest number of smurfs, gathered in one place. Fans of the blue elf-like creatures created in a Belgian comic strip in 1950s, managed to gather 2,762 people dressed and painted...
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Body in Croatian freezer might be woman missing for 18 years
The mystery of a Croatian student who disappeared 18 years ago might have been solved with the discovery of a body in a freezer, press reports said Sunday. The freezer was in a home in Mala Subotica, northern Croatia, belonging to the sister of...
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Lost in China: Thai with dementia returns home after 640 kms detour
A 59-year-old Thai woman with dementia who left home eight months ago to see her son nearby, only to apparently walk 640 kilometres into China, arrived back in the kingdom Friday. Kaeomanee Arjaw, who is from the ethnic Akha hill-tribe, was...
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Valentine's Day not feeling the love in Indonesia
Valentine's Day wasn't getting much love in the world's biggest Muslim majority nation Thursday as Indonesian authorities urged amorous couples to call it quits and carried out raids to quash any wayward gift-giving. About 100 students in the...
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Slovenia MP resigns for stealing sandwich
A Slovenian lawmaker resigned Thursday for stealing a sandwich from a supermarket because he was annoyed about being ignored by staff. Darij Krajcic, a member of parliament for the Marjan Sarec List (LMS) party -- the senior partner in the ruling...
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Dutch unveil furry Brexit monster
What's big, blue, furry and monstrous? For the Netherlands the answer is simple: Brexit. While the British government has had trouble imagining what its exit from the European Union will actually look like, the Dutch government unveiled its vision...
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Zoo in Palestine offers chance to play with a lion
A zoo in the war-battered Palestinian enclave of Gaza is promoting itself as offering the chance to play with a lion, who has been declawed but still has its teeth. The 14-month lioness, called Falestine, is supposed to be placid enough to meet...
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Too tall for basketball? S. Korea scraps lampooned height limit
South Korea's basketball league has scrapped a controversial height limit that kept its tallest foreign players off the court, less than a year after it was introduced, officials said Wednesday. The Korean Basketball League (KBL) was subject to...
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In South Africa, disabled surfers thrill at catching a wave
Pamela Hansford whooped and threw out a thumbs-up as she glided past on a surfboard, propped up by her elbows. A year ago, a steep wave slammed the intrepid 75-year-old into the shore at a Cape Town beach, breaking her neck. Now, a crowd of...
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Gotta grab 'em all: must-snap locations testing Hong Kong's patience
For smartphone-wielding hordes of tourists, Hong Kong boasts a host of must-have Instagram locations - but crowds of snap-happy travellers are testing local patience and transforming once quaint pockets of the bustling metropolis. Tony Hui recalls...
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Groom asks waitress for sexual favours at his own wedding
A groom who allegedly groped a teenage waitress and asked her for sexual favours at his own wedding has been granted bail. Foreign media outlets reported that after saying “I do”, the groom, US citizen Matthew Ronald Aimers, 31, propositioned the...
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Fried, steamed or toasted: here are the best ways to cook insects
For thousands of years people from all over the world have eaten insects. Today about 2.5 billion people – many of whom live in Africa – eat insects. To date, 470 African edible insects have been scientifically recorded, with grasshoppers and...
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Visitors waiting with bated breath for Japan's cherry blossom forecast
As spring approaches in Japan, the country's weather forecasters face one of their biggest missions of the year: predicting exactly when the famed cherry blossoms will bloom. Japan's sakura or cherry blossom season is feverishly anticipated by...
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Tipping the scales of justice: Indonesia police probe snake interrogation
Indonesian authorities on Monday launched an investigation after a police force chief admitted an officer wrapped a live snake around a terrified suspect in a bid to force a confession. Shocking viral footage emerged online showing an alleged...
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Salvini unimpressed by Sanremo winner Mahmood
Italian singer Mahmood won the Sanremo Music Festival on Saturday, but his country’s interior minister is clearly not among his fans.Matteo Salvini took to Twitter as the song contest ended to voice his preference for the second-placed finisher...
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Greek hooligan will keep police company during matches
Not only will a 19-year-old Greek hooligan have to keep away from attending a match with his favourite team, but he'll also have to be in the local police precinct at the time of the contest. A court in the northern Greek city of Volos ordered the...
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Croatia arrests two South Koreans for eel smuggling
Two South Koreans were arrested at Croatia's main airport as they tried to smuggle 252,000 live baby eels, an endangered species, out of the country, police said Thursday. The two men, aged 38 and 57, were arrested on Wednesday after customs...
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Anger as 'Hitler' paintings to go under hammer
Five paintings attributed to Adolf Hitler will be auctioned off Saturday in the German city of Nuremberg, sparking anger that the Nazi memorabilia market is alive and well. Nuremberg's mayor Ulrich Maly has condemned the upcoming sale as being "in...
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Watch: Mini mice architecture draws crowds in Sweden
With a grin spreading across his face, a man bends down to take a photo of a miniature rubbish bin and street sign at the foot of a building in the southern Swedish town of Malmo. Lost items from a dollhouse? No, the Lilliputian objects are the...
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