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Speed up bathing and save energy
TOKYO - Speedier family baths could help Japanese cut their burgeoning energy consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a governm...

Couple "divorced without knowledge"
NEW DELHI - A happily married couple in northern India got the shock of their lives when they learnt they had divorced 10 years ago, the...

Britons too busy to peel oranges
By Avril Ormsby LONDON - Britons are too busy to eat oranges in their lunch breaks nowadays and are opting instead for "easy to ...

Man orders father murdered to get his job
PATNA, India - An Indian man, frustrated at failing to find employment, ordered the murder of his father to get his government job, a da...

Ousted Nepal king consults astrologers in house hunt?
KATHMANDU - Nepal 's ousted King Gyanendra is looking for a house and consulting astrologers to find out when to quit the palace after a...

Hitler wax figure sparks controversy
By Kerstin Gehmlich BERLIN - Plans to include an Adolf Hitler figure in the new Berlin branch of Madame Tussauds wax museum are b...

Foreigners reminded to behave during Olympics
BEIJING - The organizers of this summer 's Beijing Olympics Monday reminded foreigners coming to China for the Games to behave, warning ...

Underground drinks party ends in mayhem
By Paul Majendie LONDON - Police arrested 17 people and had to close six London Underground stations after a party involving thou...

Man jailed for faking his death
SINGAPORE - A Singapore man was jailed for three years after he faked his own death in a civil war shoot-out in Sri Lanka in 1987 to esc...

Fox News worker sues over bedbugs in office
NEW YORK - A Fox News employee who says she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder after being bitten by bedbugs at work filed a la...