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No happy returns as school bans birthday cake
WELLINGTON - Children in a New Zealand school have been banned from bringing cakes to share on their birthdays, due to new government he...

Legislator offers his 2 cents: scrap penny
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA - A Canadian legislator formally proposed on Wednesday that the country 's 1 cent coin, or penny, be sc...

Diamond thong shown to the throng
SINGAPORE - A diamond thong worth S$168,000 ($122,000) was the highlight of a lingerie fashion show in Singapore on Thursday. The...

Witchdoctor killings condemned
NAIROBI - Tanzania 's President Jakaya Kikwete has condemned witchdoctors who kill albinos and harvest their body parts in the hope it w...

Another severed hand found on Scottish beach
LONDON - Police investigating the discovery of a woman 's severed head and a hand on a Scottish beach said on Wednesday said they had re...

Professor jailed over sex and money scandal
HANOVER, Germany - A court in Germany sentenced a law professor to three years in prison for giving students better marks in exchange fo...

Man crowded out of home by collecting passion
BERLIN - A German man was such an avid collector of weapons and other paraphernalia that he ran out of space at home and had to sleep in...

Nine-year-olds plotted to tie up, hurt teacher
ATLANTA - Nine-year-olds at a school in the U.S. state of Georgia brought a broken steak knife, handcuffs and electrical tape to school ...

Cosmetic castration banned
BANGKOK - Thailand 's health chiefs barred hospitals and clinics on Wednesday from castrating would-be "ladyboys " amid growing concern...

Russia doomsday cult prays for sign to leave bunker
By Chris Baldwin NIKOLSKOE, Russia - Fourteen members of a Russian doomsday cult on Tuesday abandoned the remote underground bunk...