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Don't streak, get drunk or sleep outside
By Paul Majendie BEIJING - Do not sleep outdoors to save money at the Olympics. It is banned to "maintain public hygiene and the...

Staff urged to dress down, stay cool as U.N. heats up
By Megan Davies UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations is encouraging its New York staff to trade wool business suits for cooler att...

Punishing airlines whose passengers misbehave
By Ben Blanchard BEIJING - China will punish airlines whose passengers refuse to disembark or misbehave in protest over problems ...

World's oldest joke traced back to 1900 BC
LONDON - The world 's oldest recorded joke has been traced back to 1900 BC and suggests toilet humor was as popular with the ancients as...

Body of ballooning priest found at sea
RIO DE JANEIRO - The body of a Brazilian priest who floated out over the ocean suspended by hundreds of helium-filled party balloons, ha...

A vote on banning new minarets
ZURICH - Switzerland will hold a referendum on whether to ban building any more minarets in the Alpine country, the government said on T...

Court upholds flogging researchers
RIYADH - A Saudi appeals court upheld a jail and flogging verdict against a biochemist and his female student whose research contact was...

Man wins appeal in bizarre gasoline suicide case
SEOUL - A South Korean man won his appeal against a one-year jail term for assisting in a suicide by throwing a lighter to his gasoline-...

Police hunt stolen rare shark
By John Joseph LONDON - A rare shark was being hunted by police on Tuesday after it was stolen from an aquarium. Imported ...

New York subway romance hits end of the line
By Belinda Goldsmith CANBERRA - A modern-day love story of a man spotting the girl of his dreams across a New York subway train a...