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Residents fume as smoking banned in parks, near kids
ROME - Naples brought in tough anti- smoking measures Monday, but not everyone was convinced Italians in a city famed for flouting the l...

Chestnut from Anne Frank tree for sale on eBay
AMSTERDAM - An Amsterdam resident has put for sale on eBay a chestnut that he says came from the tree that Anne Frank gazed upon while h...

Poster heats up "paper" tiger debate
BEIJING - Chinese Internet users have pointed to a Chinese New Year poster as proof that a controversial photograph of a tiger purported...

Homemade cocaine-smuggling sub
BOGOTA - Colombian marines seized a makeshift submarine capable of smuggling up to 12 tonnes of cocaine through the Pacific to Central A...

Charity Christmas card Scrooges revealed
By Jennifer Hill LONDON - Well-meaning well-wishers could be donating far less to good causes than they think this Christmas, a s...

Woman sues boxer de la Hoya over racy photos of him
NEW YORK - A New York woman sued Olympic boxer Oscar de la Hoya for $100 million on Thursday, saying she was coerced into agreeing not t...

Hotline for "immature" lottery addicts
BEIJING - China has set up its first help center for lottery addicts that offers counseling and legal assistance, the Beijing Morning Po...

Man seeks to unravel curse with pants and egg
NICOSIA - Having marital problems? Have you tried putting egg in your underpants? A woman in Cyprus is on trial for sorcery after...

Mice, roaches close home of $25,000 dessert
NEW YORK - A Manhattan restaurant that unveiled a record-breaking $25,000 dessert last week has been forced to shut its doors temporaril...

Firemen told to abstain from sexual bribes
BEIJING - China has banned fire department officials from receiving sexual favors as bribes from companies seeking their business, local...