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Couple to sue subway over leaked kiss video
BEIJING - An incensed Chinese couple, videotaped hugging and kissing on a subway platform, plan to sue the subway 's operator after the ...

So nobody is watching the movie anymore?
CANBERRA - Two in three Australian travelers are either members of the notorious Mile High Club or would like to be a member, a survey s...

Web plagiarism a serious problem: UK teachers
LONDON - More than half of teachers in a survey said they thought plagiarism from the Internet is a problem. Some students who st...

Customers desert smoke-free restaurant
BEIJING - Beijing 's first smoke-free restaurant chain faces going out of business after its customers deserted it in droves after the b...

Woman filmed killing of lover
BEIJING - A 19-year-old Chinese student recorded the killing and dismembering of her married lover by her boyfriend, local media said on...

More snakes on a plane
HANOI - Vietnam has seized more than a ton of ratsnakes found aboard a Vietnam Airlines flight from Bangkok, the second time in about a ...

Oldest Mexico cantina, a charming dive, closes down
By Chris Aspin MEXICO CITY - Mexico 's oldest cantina, a classic drinking dive patronized by dozens of past presidents and Cuban ...

Stolen boomerang comes back
CANBERRA - Proving boomerangs really do come back, an Australian town was Thursday celebrating the return of a boomerang stolen from an ...

Burglar finds corpse and calls police
BERLIN - A Berlin burglar 's break-in took an unexpected turn when he stumbled upon a corpse and felt compelled to call the police. ...

Army offers to pay as stray rocket hits house
MOSCOW - Russia 's military Thursday offered compensation to a homeowner after a small rocket veered off course and hit his country hous...