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Moldova feeds soldiers garlic, onion to beat swine flu
CHISINAU – Moldovan soldiers have been issued with an extra ration of onions and garlic to ward off swine flu, according to the defense ministry's chief doctor.
Agence France-Presse 11/20/2009 1:37 PM
North Koreans told to keep hair short, tidy
SEOUL – State media in communist North Korea, which is grappling with severe food shortages and a crumbling economy, has taken time out to urge its people to keep their hair tidy.
Agence France-Presse 11/20/2009 1:20 PM
Gold-stuffed chicken smuggler nabbed in S.Africa
JOHANNESBURG – 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.
Agence France-Presse 11/20/2009 12:58 PM
Santa promises swine flu won't cancel Christmas
HELSINKI – Santa promised children on Tuesday he would travel around the world to bring them Christmas presents despite the global swine flu pandemic.
Agence France-Presse 11/19/2009 7:30 AM
Aussie pair caught drink driving 3 times in 3 hours
SYDNEY – An Australian couple were caught drink driving three times in just three hours on Sunday -- each time a little further along the same street, police said.
Agence France-Presse 11/16/2009 10:23 AM
Japan's Obama town ecstatic over presidential mention
TOKYO – US President Barack Obama charmed his Tokyo audience on Saturday with references to green tea ice cream, Japanese traditional hospitality and, of course, the small town that bears his name.
Agence France-Presse 11/16/2009 7:44 AM
Indians pray to 'godly' turtle
NEW DELHI - People in eastern India are flocking to a temple to worship a turtle with natural markings on its shell resembling the eyes of a Hindu deity, the Press Trust of India said Friday.
Agence France-Presse 11/13/2009 11:20 PM
Relief at last as Brussels opens new public toilets
BRUSSELS - Its best-known icon is a fountain running through a statue of a small boy relieving himself, so it shouldn't come as any great surprise that Brussels was desperate on Friday to inaugurate a new wave of public toilets in its city center.
Agence France-Presse 11/13/2009 11:17 PM
Bangkok airport moves 'unlucky' demon statues
BANGKOK – Thailand's main airport is to relocate 12 giant "demon statues" to boost the morale of staff who thought the figures brought bad luck, local media and officials said Tuesday.
Agence France-Presse 11/11/2009 12:22 PM
Peckish bird briefly downs big atom smasher
GENEVA – A peckish bird briefly knocked out part of the world's biggest atom smasher by causing a chain reaction with a piece of bread, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Monday.
Agence France-Presse 11/11/2009 8:05 AM