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Japan's ex-PM Koizumi gets a superhero role
TOKYO – Japan's former premier Junichiro Koizumi, known for crooning Elvis Presley songs while in office, is lending his voice to a superhero movie, reports said Tuesday.
Agence France-Presse 10/14/2009 12:11 PM
School fined as girl loses fingers in art lesson
LONDON - A school in eastern England was ordered to pay 19,000 pounds on Monday after a 16-year-old girl lost nearly all her fingers when she put her hands in a bucket of plaster of Paris during an art lesson.
Reuters 10/14/2009 7:59 AM
Matter in hand: Jugglers have rewired brains
PARIS – Neuroscientists have discovered that learning to juggle causes changes in white matter, the nerve strands which help different parts of the brain communicate with each other.
Agence France-Presse 10/12/2009 12:19 PM
Faulty pen delays Polish approval of EU treaty
WARSAW – After holding out against the European Union's Lisbon treaty for more than a year, Poland's President Lech Kaczynski had to delay his signature for a few extra seconds Saturday when his pen ran out.
Agence France-Presse 10/12/2009 12:09 PM
Japanese, SKorean first ladies try kimchi diplomacy
SEOUL – The first ladies of Japan and South Korea engaged in some kimchi diplomacy Friday as their husbands held summit talks on improving relations.
Agence France-Presse 10/12/2009 12:05 PM
French ministers fight fat for Sarkozy
PARIS – Out with the red wine and foie gras: half the French cabinet are fighting the fat to please their clean-living boss President Nicolas Sarkozy and his supermodel wife, a top nutritionist said Thursday.
Agence France-Presse 10/11/2009 3:38 PM
Sorcerers casting spells on Cristiano Ronaldo: reports
LISBON – Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo is at the centre of a sordid battle between sorcerers with one trying to ruin him on behalf of a spurned lover and another to save him, reports said Wednesday.
Agence France-Presse 10/08/2009 8:49 AM
Plane delayed by bird on board
SEOUL - A South Korean passenger jet was grounded just before taking off so that crew members could catch a sparrow that was flying around in the cabin, airline officials said on Wednesday.
Reuters 10/08/2009 8:46 AM
Taiwan man robs stores in fit of 'birthday blues': report
TAIPEI – A Taiwanese man has been nabbed for allegedly robbing three convenience stores, saying he was upset that nobody had celebrated his birthday, a report said Wednesday.
Agence France-Presse 10/08/2009 8:40 AM
Cremated bodies to power air-con in Taiwan
TAIPEI - A Taiwan crematorium plans to use exhaust from its ovens to power its air-conditioning system, officials said Wednesday, in a move critics blasted as insensitive to mourning relatives.
Agence France-Presse 10/07/2009 12:45 PM