Topic: NEWS - on March 1, 2007 at 1:33:00 PM CET
Italian woman finds grenade in sack of potatoes
A woman in a town near Naples got an unwelcome surprise when she bought a sack of potatoes at a nearby market, put them into water to peel and discovered one of them was a hand grenade apparently left over from the Second World War.
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Topic: NEWS - on February 28, 2007 at 12:25:00 PM CET
Papa und sein Freund Frank wohnen zusammen
Ein deutschsprachiges Kinderbuch über schwule Väter, allerdings auf einer russischen Witzseite. Nun ja. Das Originalbuch von Michael Willhoite trägt den Namen “Papas Freund” und erzählt aus der Sicht eines Achtjährigen von der Scheidung seiner Eltern und der neuen, schwulen Partnerschaft seines Vaters.
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Topic: NEWS - on February 28, 2007 at 12:19:00 PM CET
German convicted of stealing buffet for 60 people
A jobless German has been handed a five-month suspended jail term for stealing a buffet for 60 people and eating it with friends, authorities said on Tuesday.
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Topic: NEWS - on February 27, 2007 at 2:19:00 PM CET
Eccentric fashion designers defy parody
Movie satires on the fashion industry generally miss the mark for a simple reason: even the wildest spoof pales in comparison to the real-life antics of eccentric designers.
Models carrying scaffolding, dresses worn backward and revolving crinoline skirts were just some of the ideas showcased in Paris.
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Topic: NEWS - on February 26, 2007 at 12:51:00 PM CET
"Open" Outdoor toilets for guys
Three outdoor toilets for males with no walls but equipped with a waist-level filtering a man's buttocks and waist from view have been found on popular Foreigners Street in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, and sparking controversy over their bold design.
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Topic: NEWS - on February 23, 2007 at 12:53:00 PM CET
Ice Jacket for your Vodka
The Ice Jacket is the answer to keep your favorite liquor cool - a nifty mold that wraps around most liquor bottles. Just fill the mold water and then freeze it. As a result, a bottle of Vodka encased in a jacket of ice, ensuring that it will be served at the perfect temperature!
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Topic: NEWS - on February 18, 2007 at 1:16:00 PM CET
Man wins $25,000 lottery two days in row
Raymond Snouffer Jr. won Saturday's Northstar Cash drawing, matching the winning numbers 11-14-23-26-31.
The odds were about 170,000 to 1. On Sunday, he stuck with 11 and switched to 3-7-19-28 -- and won again.
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Topic: NEWS - on February 18, 2007 at 11:14:00 AM CET
Happy Chinese New Year
The Lunar New Year (often called Chinese New Year in the U.S., though it’s celebrated in many Asian cultures) is the first day of a 15-day celebration, culminating in the Lantern Festival on the 15th night. A celebration of good luck and good fortune for the coming year, Lunar New Year is deeply entrenched in traditions the whole family can enjoy. Parades take place throughout Asia and around the U.S., and often feature dancing dragons (a symbol of goodness and strength).
The Chinese lunar calendar is based on the cycles of the moon and is considered highly accurate. The calendar follows a 12-year cycle, with each year represented by one of 12 animals (rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig).
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Topic: NEWS - on February 15, 2007 at 11:40:00 AM CET
Prosecutors Probe Moscow Jet Crash
Russian officials opened a criminal investigation Wednesday into the crash of a corporate jet at a Moscow airport that left one of the plane's three crew members in a coma, a top prosecutor said.
The plane, a Canadair Special Edition, crashed Tuesday after one of its two engines caught fire as it took off in a snowstorm from Vnukovo Airport on a flight to Berlin. A Moscow-based company, Fort Aero, said it owned the plane.
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Topic: NEWS - on February 14, 2007 at 1:21:00 PM CET
$1000 Delicious Japanese Apple
An unnamed couple bought 400 all at once on last Thursday, spending more than 50,000 yuan (US$6,250) in total. They said they will give the apples to friends and relatives as gifts.
Two apples, which are especially large and weigh about 1 kg each, are also for sale at a unit price of 8,000 yuan (US $1,000).
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Topic: NEWS - on February 12, 2007 at 1:25:00 PM CET
Angry German tourist drops pants at airport X-ray machine
A 66-year-old German tourist, annoyed by stringent security at Manila's airport, dropped his pants before walking through an X-ray machine, newspapers said Monday.
Authorities were not amused.
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Topic: NEWS - on February 11, 2007 at 1:55:00 PM CET
10 Largest Diamonds in the World
1. The Golden Jubilee
The Golden Jubilee, with the weight of 545.67 carats, is the largest faceted diamond in the world. Rough stone weighed 755 carats and was discovered in Premier mine, South Africa in 1985.
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