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Solar bra brings conservation closer to the heart
TOKYO - Ladies, take your battle for the environment a little closer to your heart with a solar-powered bra that can generate enough ele...

Watchdog raps Skins over "orgy" poster
LONDON - The advertising watchdog has banned a poster for a teenage TV drama series that featured a dishevelled, semi-naked young woman ...

Green aliens, UFOs said to visit
By Jeremy Lovell LONDON - Aliens from outer space have been visiting Britain for years and UFO sightings doubled after the film C...

"Snake man" slithers out of prison cell
VIENNA - A man has escaped from his Austrian jail cell by squeezing through a food hatch in the door, police said on Wednesday. T...

Woman mistook naked thief for husband
KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian woman woke up to a real-life nightmare, discovering that the naked man who had slipped into her bed in the mi...

Man sues airline over flight spent in toilet
NEW YORK - A New York man who says he was denied a seat on a five-hour JetBlue flight and was instead told to "hang out " in the plane ...

Nepal king makes animal sacrifices to power goddess
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU - Nepal 's King Gyanendra, facing imminent ouster from the throne, made perhaps his last royal public a...

Olympics bonuses tailored to prevent squandering
By Martin Petty BANGKOK - Thailand is offering its athletes big cash incentives for Olympic gold medals -- but will pay out in in...

Australian pokes shark in eye during attack
SYDNEY - An Australian swimmer survived a great white shark attack by poking the creature in the eyes as it dragged him through the wate...

A new wrinkle in smoking enforcement...
TOKYO - Cigarette vending machines in Japan may soon start counting wrinkles, crow 's feet and skin sags to see if the customer is old e...