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Egypt activist posts herself nude, sparks outrage

Nov 18, 2011

CAIRO (AP) _ A woman activist who posted nude pictures of herself on her blog to protest limits on free expression has triggered an uproar in Egypt, drawing condemnations from conservatives and liberals alike.Some liberals feared that the posting by 20-year-old university student Aliaa Magda Elmahdy
Russian woman keeps 'alien corpse' in fridge

Nov 16, 2011

(MCT)A Russian woman said she kept a frozen alien corpse in her fridge for two years and unveiled five pictures of it to prove its existence.Daily Mail reported that Marta Yegorovnam in the western city of Petrozavodsk said that two men turned up at her home a few days ago and confiscated the c
Ex-porn star reading to LA students causes stir

Nov 13, 2011

COMPTON, California (AP) -- Some parents have filed complaints with the Parent-Teacher Association after a former adult film star said she read to children in a classroom at a Los Angeles County elementary school.Sasha Grey, a 23-year-old ex-porn actress who has appeared in mainstream shows like HBO
Australian cat walks the 3,000 km home

Nov 9, 2011

Sydney (dpa) - A homesick cat walked 3,000 kilometers from far northern Australia to the other end of the continent to be re-united with her sibling, according to news report Tuesday.That is the barely credible story from Sheree Gale, the owner of transcontinental tabby Jessie, who took 15 months to
China hospital disposes of live baby

Nov 6, 2011

BEIJING (AFP) - Health authorities in south China said Friday they were investigating a hospital medical team for mistakenly diagnosing a stillbirth and disposing of a baby that was alive.The probe is taking place at the Nanhai Red Cross Hospital in the Guangdong provincial city of Foshan where the
Judge: Daughter posted beating video out of spite

Nov 4, 2011

McALLEN, Texas (AP) _ A judge who presides over child abuse cases said Thursday that his daughter posted a YouTube video of him beating her several years ago because he told her he was reducing her financial support and taking away her Mercedes.
Fishermen net bag stashed with yen off Japan coast

Oct 30, 2011

TOKYO (AP) -- A fishing boat netted a bag packed with cash worth 11 million yen ($145,000) off Japan's northeastern coast, a catch probably swept away in the tsunami seven months ago.A trawler pulled the bag with more than 1,000 notes worth 10,000-yen ($130) from the bottom of the sea on Oct. 8 near
US government seeks $70M from African official

Oct 26, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The son of Equatorial Guinea's president plundered his country's natural resources through corruption, spending more than $70 million in looted profits on a Malibu mansion, a Gulfstream jet and Michael Jackson memorabilia, the U.S. government said Tuesday. Teodoro Nguema Obi
Armed police kill exotic animals let loose in US

Oct 20, 2011

A sign warning motorists that exotic animals are on the loose rests on I-70 Wednesday, near Zanesville, Ohio. Police with assault rifles stalked a mountain lion, grizzly bear and monkey still on the loose after authorities said their owner apparently freed dozens of wild animals and then killed hims
Environmentalists call for toilets on Everest

Oct 13, 2011

KATHMANDU (AFP) - An environmental group is asking the Nepal government to consider installing portable toilets on Mount Everest for climbers caught short at the roof of the world.Eco Himal says the thousands of trekkers who set off from the South Base Camp in Nepal each year would do a better job o
Exploration company finds sunken ship of silver

Oct 11, 2011

TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- A Florida deep-sea exploration company with a record of finding sunken treasure has discovered a ship filled with silver 8,000 feet beneath the North Atlantic Ocean, the firm said Monday.Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. said it found the remains of the SS Mantola, which sank on
Judge sets $1 million bond in US fetal abduction

Oct 11, 2011

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A woman who faked a pregnancy and panicked as her supposed due date grew near attacked a pregnant mother with a baseball bat and cut her full-term fetus from her womb, killing the mother and baby, according to court documents filed Monday.Annette Morales-Rodriguez, 33, faces one co
Japan donor leaves 10 million yen gift in public toilet

Sept 29, 2011

TOKYO (AFP) - An anonymous donor has left a wad of cash worth $131,000 in a public toilet in Japan, with instructions it be used to help victims of the March earthquake and tsunami, an official said Thursday.A plastic shopping bag, containing 10 million yen, was found on September22 in a toilet for
Ex-porn star aims to clean up Italian politics

Sept 28, 2011

ROME (AFP) - Italy's flamboyant ex-porn star and former politician Cicciolina plans to set up a new political party as the antithesis to her country's corrupt politics, according to excerpts from an interview published Tuesday."We want to set up an optimistic party of the future. Enough with these p
China tax department's yacht sparks outcry

Sept 27, 2011

BEIJING (AFP) - Officials in eastern China have triggered public outrage by claiming that a $425,000 yacht bought with government money was intended for collecting taxes.Images of the 32-metre (100-foot) yacht appeared on social media sites in China, sparking a furious reaction from bloggers who cal