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Village re-elects dead mayor
BUCHAREST - The residents of a Romanian village knowingly voted in a dead man as their mayor in Sunday 's municipal election, preferring...

Manners still matter when you're poking on Facebook
By Paul Majendie LONDON - Should you reject a friend on MySpace? How do you ward off an old lover on Facebook? Have no fea...

Leader of body parts ring apologizes in court
By Edith Honan NEW YORK - A New Jersey dentist behind a scheme to steal body parts from corpses, including that of British journa...

Armpit sniffer gets jail and cane
SINGAPORE - A Singapore man with a penchant for sniffing women 's armpits was sentenced to 14 years in jail and 18 strokes of the cane f...

Drivers turn to blow-up dolls to beat traffic rules
WELLINGTON - Drivers in New Zealand 's largest city of Auckland are turning to inflatable passengers to try and beat transit lane rules....

Friday 13th not more unlucky, study shows
AMSTERDAM - Unlucky for some? Dutch statisticians have established that Friday 13th, a date regarded in many countries as inauspicious, ...

Manhole memo prompts Mumbai municipal mutterings
By Jonathan Allen MUMBAI - Mumbai city officials are upset by an American warning about the risks of falling into manholes in Ind...

Jail break foiled by air vent
SYDNEY - A woman who attempted to escape from jail in Sydney had to be rescued by police after she became stuck in an air conditioning d...

Politician ordered to anger counseling
CANBERRA - An Australian politician who told a pregnant rival that her baby could be born a demon was ordered to seek anger counseling o...

Sudoku addicts halt drugs trial
SYDNEY - An Australian drugs trial lasting more than three months and costing taxpayers over A$1 million ($947,000) has been aborted aft...