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French police handout of a recent photograph of Tony Musulin. ...

(AFP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:10:00 GMT

(AFP) - French police handout of a recent photograph of Tony Musulin. A suspected bank robber may not be most girls' idea of Mr Right, but women are proposing marriage to a jailed French van driver accused of stealing million of euros, his lawyer said Monday. Photo:/AFP

The door of 10 Downing Street is reflected in a bauble on the ...

(AFP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - The door of 10 Downing Street is reflected in a bauble on the traditional Downing Street Christmas tree in 2008. A hotel chain offered Tuesday to take some of the stress out of Christmas this year with a special room rate in Britain for mother-in-laws. Photo:Leon Neal/AFP

Men dressed as Santa Claus pose in the assembly hall after a ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Men dressed as Santa Claus pose in the assembly hall after a meeting of the rent-a-Santa Claus service organised by the 'jobcafe.de' at Munich's Universitiy November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

A detail of British artist John Collier's 1883 painting of Charles ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A detail of British artist John Collier's 1883 painting of Charles Darwin is displayed as part of an exhibition in Darwin's former home, Down House, in Kent, southern England February 12, 2009. REUTERS/Tal Cohen

Filipino presidential candidate Rigoberto Madera displays the ...

(AFP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - Filipino presidential candidate Rigoberto Madera displays the copy of his 'certificate of candidacy' (COC) after filing his candidacy at the Commision on Elections office. Madera was the first to register as a candidate at the election commission on November 20, waving handouts identifying him as 'Star General Ace Diamond, Commander-in-Chief on Earth... Emparador (Emperor), Ultimate Messiah. Photo:/AFP

The Croatian first division match between Sibenik and Medjimurje ...

(AFP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:37:00 GMT

(AFP) - The Croatian first division match between Sibenik and Medjimurje Cakovec will be remembered for a cat which earned the visiting team's goalkeeper a yellow card, press reports said. Photo:Mychele Daniau/AFP

An overview shows the Hong Kong skyline. An increasing number ...

(AFP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:47:00 GMT

(AFP) - An overview shows the Hong Kong skyline. An increasing number of mainland Chinese migrants to Hong Kong are changing the spelling of their surnames to avoid discrimination in the former British colony, a report said Monday. Photo:Mike Clarke/AFP

Pedestrians walk past the 315-metre-high Bank of China (BOC) ...

(AFP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:47:00 GMT

(AFP) - Pedestrians walk past the 315-metre-high Bank of China (BOC) Tower in the Central district in Hong Kong. An increasing number of mainland Chinese migrants to Hong Kong are changing the spelling of their surnames to avoid discrimination in the former British colony, a report said Monday. Photo:Mike Clarke/AFP

A rogue kangaroo tried to drown a dog and then viciously attacked ...

(AFP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:40:00 GMT

(AFP) - A rogue kangaroo tried to drown a dog and then viciously attacked its owner when he launched a rescue bid, paramedics have said. Photo:Greg Wood/AFP

A copy of Darwin's book the 'Origin of Species' is pictured ...

(AFP) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:32:00 GMT

(AFP) - A copy of Darwin's book the 'Origin of Species' is pictured in front of a life size stone bust of Charles Darwin at London's Natural History Musuem, in 2006. A first edition of Charles Darwin's seminal 'On the Origin of Species' will be sold this week after it was found in a family's toilet in southern Britain, an auction house said Sunday. Photo:Shaun Curry/AFP

A general view of an official banquet on the eve of the 60th ...

(AFP) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - A general view of an official banquet on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, on September 30, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. A Chinese legislator fed up with lavish banquets and official wining and dining has proposed making the 'squandering of public funds' a crime, according to state press. Photo:Feng Li/AFP

Justino Delgado poses in his natural hair store in Madrid. With ...

(AFP) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - Justino Delgado poses in his natural hair store in Madrid. With the economic crisis, more and more Spanish women are selling their hair to make ends meet, delighting Delgado, who exports it for wigs and extensions Photo:Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP

Hair is displayed for sale in Justino Delgado's natural hair ...

(AFP) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - Hair is displayed for sale in Justino Delgado's natural hair store in Madrid. With the economic crisis, more and more Spanish women are selling their hair to make ends meet, delighting Delgado, who exports it for wigs and extensions Photo:Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP

A trio of women called 'Les Cocottes Codec' or 'The Darling ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:15:00 GMT

(AFP) - A trio of women called 'Les Cocottes Codec' or 'The Darling Chicks' swept to the finish line in France's high-heeled relay race. The prizes for the winners were, perhaps unsurprisingly, gift certificates for shoes. Duration: 00:51. Photo:/AFP

A woman takes part in a stiletto race in Paris. Dozens of shoe ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:15:00 GMT

(AFP) - A woman takes part in a stiletto race in Paris. Dozens of shoe addicts took part in the National Stiletto Championship on an indoor track in the old stock exchange building in central Paris. The only rule is to be perched on heels at least eight centimetres (three inches) high -- the prize is boxes and boxes of shoes. Photo:Miguel Medina/AFP

Women competing in a high-heel race in January 2009. A total ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:25:00 GMT

(AFP) - Women competing in a high-heel race in January 2009. A total 96 shoe addicts, a common condition with fashionistas, have signed up for Friday evening's National Stiletto Championship, taking place after office hours on an indoor track in the old stock exchange building in central Paris. Photo:Jose Cabezas/AFP

Debbie Rijvers from The Netherlands is seen in front of a painting ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:41:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Debbie Rijvers from The Netherlands is seen in front of a painting of a young girl with red hair during the 'Redhead Day,' in Breda, Netherlands, Sunday Sept. 7, 2008. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/ Ermindo Armino)

A forensic scientist displays human bones found in the jungle ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:23:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A forensic scientist displays human bones found in the jungle of Huanuco in this undated picture provided by the police. Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang suspected of killing dozens of people and selling their fat to buyers to be used for making cosmetics. Four Peruvians were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, murder and trafficking in human fat. REUTERS/Handout

In this image provided by Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:12:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this image provided by Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze shows a finger attributed to Galileo Galilei. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze/ho)

A view of the Marigny theater in Paris on the first of four ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - A view of the Marigny theater in Paris on the first of four auction days led by Christie's of Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Berge collection, which profit will fund campaigns against HIV-AIDS. A humble if eye-pleasing umbrella stand once owned by YSL fetched an amazing 134,000 dollars Friday at the close of a sale of the last belongings of the late couturier and his partner Pierre Berge. Photo:Jacques Demarthon/AFP

This undated illustration shows the DNA double helix. Suspect ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:17:00 GMT

(AFP) - This undated illustration shows the DNA double helix. Suspect your significant other might be cheating on you? In Mexico, numerous laboratories are now offering a way to find out for sure -- DNA tests. Photo:/AFP

Nepal's former king Gyanendra Shah, pictured in 2008, has been ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:17:00 GMT

(AFP) - Nepal's former king Gyanendra Shah, pictured in 2008, has been given his first passport aged 63, a year-and-a-half after stepping down from the throne, the government said Friday. Photo:Prakash Mathema/AFP

Bandages cover the face of a 20-metre (66ft) tall statue of ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Bandages cover the face of a 20-metre (66ft) tall statue of Santa Claus in downtown Auckland November 19, 2009. The 49-year-old statue, which is placed on the busy corner every year, has undergone a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) makeover which will be revealed on Sunday. REUTERS/Fairfax NZ/John Selkirk

Cartons of contraband cigarettes are put on display at the Finance ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:21:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Cartons of contraband cigarettes are put on display at the Finance Ministry in Paris on September 4, 2008. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Then President-elect Senator Barack Obama is pictured live on ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:27:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Then President-elect Senator Barack Obama is pictured live on a giant screen as he addresses supporters at his election night rally in Chicago November 4, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed

From the collection of Wall Street executive, William H. Gross, ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:09:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - From the collection of Wall Street executive, William H. Gross, this 1851 Canadian 12 Pence denomination postage stamp, shown in this handout photo, sold for a record $260,000 (US) in a public auction conducted by Spink Shreves Galleries in New York City on Thursday, November 19, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Spink Shreves Galleries

A basket of garlic at a market. Moldovan soldiers has been issued ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - A basket of garlic at a market. Moldovan soldiers has been issued with an extra ration of onions and garlic to ward off swine flu, the defence ministry's chief doctor said Thursday. Photo:Saul Loeb/AFP

Doug Collins, who is reputed to have the most contagious laugh ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:50:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Doug Collins, who is reputed to have the most contagious laugh in the world, and Jennifer Philbrook, a Toronto laughercize instructor are shown in a handout photo. Vancouver may be priming for the 2010 Winter Games, but Toronto is about to be the site of a dry run for the World Laughter Games. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Elevator Films

A flesh model of the head of PancakeCroc (above) and its fossil ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:21:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A flesh model of the head of PancakeCroc (above) and its fossil lower jaw are seen in an image courtesy of National Geographic. PancakeCroc was a fish eater with a 3-foot-long, pancake-flat skull. It likely rested motionless for hours, its open jaws waiting for prey. REUTERS/Mike Hettwer, courtesy National Geographic/Handout

A spa outside Tokyo celebrates the arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - A spa outside Tokyo celebrates the arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau wine by pouring red wine into outdoor pools and inviting the adventurous in for an invigorating bath. Duration: 01:56. Photo:/AFP

Sommelier Masahiko Mori (left) serves the new 2009 Beaujolais ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - Sommelier Masahiko Mori (left) serves the new 2009 Beaujolais Nouveau wine to visitors in the wine spa at the Hakone Yunessun spa resort facilities in Hakone town, Kanagawa prefecture, some 100 kilometres west of Tokyo, November 19. Japan's craze for Beaujolais nouveau has beaten the global recession, with tourists taking a dip Thursday in a hot mountain spring coloured red with the fruity wine. Photo:Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP

Gold necklaces are seen at a jewellery shop. A worker at a South ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT

(AFP) - Gold necklaces are seen at a jewellery shop. A worker at a South African jewellery retailer was arrested this week for trying to smuggle gold from his workplace by stuffing it into a cooked chicken, according to local media. Photo:Roslan Rahman/AFP

'To keep your hair tidy and simple... is a very important matter ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:18:00 GMT

(AFP) - 'To keep your hair tidy and simple... is a very important matter for setting the ethos of a sound lifestyle in the country,' Rodong Sinmun, the ruling-party newspaper, reportedly said in its Saturday edition Photo:Mark Ralston/AFP

A wild turkey walks across the toll booths at exit 14B of the ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:29:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A wild turkey walks across the toll booths at exit 14B of the New Jersey Turnpike in Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2009. The turkey, who toll workers named Tammy, was caught Wednesday by New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife biologists after spending about two months in the area. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Mel Evans)

Charles, a male silverback gorilla, picks a piece of fruit from ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:30:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Charles, a male silverback gorilla, picks a piece of fruit from the 'Nassir' station on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2009 at the Toronto Zoo in Toronto. The zoo set up piles of fruit at stations with five different name choices, deciding whichever fruit pile the dad ate from first would be the baby's name. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

A Twitter page is displayed on a laptop computer in Los Angeles ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:27:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Twitter page is displayed on a laptop computer in Los Angeles October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

A German police van. After a life of crime stretching back 53 ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:05:00 GMT

(AFP) - A German police van. After a life of crime stretching back 53 years, a 70-year-old German woman was finally behind bars on Wednesday after pickpocketing a woman 10 years her senior at the bus stop, police said. Photo:Clemens Bilan/AFP

Actor Johnny Depp arrives for a Museum of Modern Art tribute ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:48:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Actor Johnny Depp arrives for a Museum of Modern Art tribute to director Tim Burton in New York November 17, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Cast member Johnny Depp poses at the premiere of the movie 'Public ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Cast member Johnny Depp poses at the premiere of the movie 'Public Enemies' at the Mann Village theatre in Westwood, California in this June 23, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

A view of the Melbourne skyline with the Westgate Bridge in ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - A view of the Melbourne skyline with the Westgate Bridge in the foreground. An 81-year-old Australian man became lost on an early morning drive from a town near Sydney to the shops and ended up almost 600 kilometres (370 miles) away to end up in Melbourne. He told police he failed to stop because he 'liked to drive'. Photo:Mark Smith/AFP

Brazilian freshmen university student Geisy Arruda gestures ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:19:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Brazilian freshmen university student Geisy Arruda gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in her lawyer's office in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Andre Penner)

A baby panda born at the San Diego Zoo has been named Yun Zi ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:31:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A baby panda born at the San Diego Zoo has been named Yun Zi - Chinese for 'Son of Cloud.' (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/San Diego Zoo, Ken Bohn)

High rise buildings are seen behind a slum in Mumbai April 28, ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:10:00 GMT

(Reuters) - High rise buildings are seen behind a slum in Mumbai April 28, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta

Actor Tom Cruise (R) waves to fans upon his arrival with his ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Actor Tom Cruise (R) waves to fans upon his arrival with his wife Katie Holmes (C) and their daughter Suri at Narita International Airport March 8, 2009. REUTERS/Issei Kato

A prostitute in a German brothel. A German orchestra announced ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - A prostitute in a German brothel. A German orchestra announced plans on Tuesday to play a concert in a brothel in a novel effort to bring classical music 'out of the concert hall and to where people are.' Photo:Axel Schmidt/AFP

Santa Claus riding his Reindeer and sled in Rovaniemi, Finland, ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - Santa Claus riding his Reindeer and sled in Rovaniemi, Finland, in 2008. Santa promised children on Tuesday he would travel around the world to bring them Christmas presents despite the global swine flu pandemic. Photo:Olivier Morin/AFP

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, seen here in Rome on November ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, seen here in Rome on November 16, has hired 200 young Italian women for another evening of political and religious discussion on the margins of the UN food summit, reports said Tuesday. Photo:Alessandro Di Meo/AFP

Indian children watch a Hindi film on television in New Delhi. ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - Indian children watch a Hindi film on television in New Delhi. An Indian woman has successfully divorced her husband after he refused to allow her to watch television soap operas, a report says. Photo:Manpreet Romana/AFP

Santa Claus with his Reindeer and sledge in Rovaniemi's Christmas ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:32:00 GMT

(AFP) - Santa Claus with his Reindeer and sledge in Rovaniemi's Christmas theme park in Finnish Lapland. Santa has promised children he would travel around the world to bring them Christmas presents despite the global swine flu pandemic. Photo:Olivier Morin/AFP

The social networking site Facebook login webpage is seen on ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:26:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - The social networking site Facebook login webpage is seen on a computer screen in Ottawa in this August 27, 2009 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld