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Polish policemen barred from social networking site
WARSAW - Poland 's national police headquarters has banned officers from using a popular social networking site similar to Facebook beca...

Angry, late, tired passengers make computers crash
BEIJING - Scores of Chinese air passengers smashed computers and desks and clashed with police Tuesday after a night stranded at an airp...

Mick Jagger defies years as he hits pension age
LONDON - Starting on Saturday, Mick Jagger will be entitled to a basic state pension of just under $180 a week. But he will have ...

Boy breaks canine tooth biting vicious dog
SAO PAULO - An 11-year-old boy is enjoying a flash of fame in Brazil after biting a pitbull that attacked him as he played in his uncle ...

Unwitting gardener man tends marijuana plants
AMSTERDAM - A 73-year-old Dutch man was astonished to learn from police that the begonias he had lovingly tended on his doorstep conceal...

Peru wants jail for nude woman using flag as saddle
LIMA - A naked model photographed using Peru 's flag as a saddle while mounted on a horse will face charges that could put her in jail f...

Mafia godfather's daughter ties knot in Corleone
By Phil Stewart ROME - When Don Corleone 's daughter got married in the film "The Godfather, " the guests kissed his hand and he...

Three children jailed for armed holdup
BEIJING - Three Hong Kong children have been sentenced to more than three years for the armed hold-up of a jewellery shop, a newspaper s...

Superhero fans, Hollywood execs flock to Comic Con
By Sarah Tippit SAN DIEGO - Like wannabe Dark Knights answering the call of the "bat signal, " throngs of grown men wearing tigh...

Don't ask Olympic tourists' age or wage or . . .
By Gillian Murdoch BEIJING - Don 't ask a tourist 's age or wage, steer clear of sex and avoid religion: what many Chinese consid...