Scores of angry women have protested against the mayor of their outback Australian town after he said fat and unattractive females often found love and happiness in the remote mining community. Up to 200 people rallied against Mount Isa mayor John Molony late Tuesday, with many demanding his resignation over his call for "beauty-disadvantaged" women to move there to make the most of a gender imbalance.
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Agence France-Presse - 8/20/2008 2:50 AM GMT
The Olympic dress code applies to places never seen, it seems, with the New Zealand hockey manager banished from the field at a crucial men's match because officials objected to his players' underwear. Kevin Marr was ordered to watch the must-win match against Germany from the grandstand as punish...
Agence France-Presse - 8/19/2008 11:45 AM GMT
In an attempt to curb littering, Finland's capital will distribute rubbish bins that say "thank you" in celebrity voices when they are fed trash, city project managers said Tuesday. "We are always thinking about different ways to stop littering. And this idea is great and fun," Helsinki project ma...
Agence France-Presse - 8/19/2008 7:35 AM GMT
A cellphone ringtone that chants "condom, condom!" has been launched in India to promote safe sex and tackle the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic. The "condom a cappella" has been designed to break down Indians' reluctance to discuss condom use and to make wearing a condom more acceptable. Agence France-Presse - 8/19/2008 9:01 AM GMT
Fears were growing Tuesday for the survival chances of a lost baby humpback whale who tried to suckle from an Australian yacht in the belief it was its mother. Wildlife experts used the yacht to lure the calf out of Pittwater bay near Sydney's Palm Beach on Monday, hoping it would link up with other whales passing by on their annual breeding migration. Agence France-Presse - 8/19/2008 5:54 PM GMT
Hackers disappointed with Brazil's paltry medal tally in Olympic Games in China made their displeasure known Tuesday by defacing the website of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, media reported. "Brazil is crap in these Olympics," read the main message inserted in several places on the committee's site, Globo.com and other news outfits said. AP
The Associated Press - 8/14/2008 7:50 AM GMT
Australian authorities announced Thursday a campaign against a burgeoning black market in scrap copper that has seen thieves steal power lines and even school taps and is costing the nation millions of dollars. Surging demand for copper in China and India has doubled the price of the scrap metal in Australia in the past four years and has led to widespread theft of copper wire and fittings. Popular targets are electricity, telecommunications and rail networks. The Associated Press - 8/13/2008 3:14 PM GMT
A stolen bear cub is back with his brother at a South Carolina animal park after being snatched and put on display at a truck stop. The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg reports that 31-year-old John Chadwick Montgomery was charged Tuesday with third-degree burglary and grand larceny. The Associated Press - 8/13/2008 2:55 PM GMT
A stolen bear cub is back with his brother at a South Carolina animal park after being snatched and put on display at a truck stop. The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg reports that 31-year-old John Chadwick Montgomery was charged Tuesday with third-degree burglary and grand larceny. The Associated Press - 8/13/2008 4:47 AM GMT
After the first few days of the Beijing Games, some cracks have appeared in China's perfect party _ empty seats at the venues, disappointing crowds at the Olympic grounds, ticket scalping, a lack of buzz around the city and even official acknowledgment of trickery during the opening ceremony. International Olympic Committee officials urged Beijing organizers Tuesday to let more people into the Olympic Green _ the centerpiece zone of the games where most of the main venues are located _ and find ways to fill up the arenas. The Associated Press - 8/12/2008 10:41 AM GMT
A 7-year-old Chinese girl was not good-looking enough for the Olympics opening ceremony, so another little girl with a pixie smile lip-synched "Ode to the Motherland," a ceremony official said _ the latest example of the lengths Beijing took for a perfect start to the Summer Games. A member of China's Politburo asked for the last-minute change to match one girl's face with another's voice, the ceremony's chief music director, Chen Qigang, said in an interview with Beijing Radio. Other Offbeat Stories
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy flew into Kabul Wednesday and met survivors of an ambush that killed 10 French troops in the deadliest attack on international forces in post-Taliban Afghanistan. Sarkozy touched down at Kabul airport with his Defence Minister Herve Morin and Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and immediately took a helicopter to Camp Warehouse, the base for French troops on the outskirts of the city.
Agence France-Presse - 8/20/2008 5:47 AM GMT
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Actors Ben Kingsley, George Clooney, Peter O'Toole, directors Ethan and Joel Coen, and more star power than ever will be on hand for the upcoming 33rd Toronto International Film Festival, organizers announced Tuesday. The festival, which runs from September 4-13, will showcase 249 feature films and 63 shorts from 64 countries this year, including 116 world premieres.
Agence France-Presse - 8/19/2008 8:21 PM GMT
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To bust a robbery syndicate operating at the Metro Walk Strip mall in Pasig City, elements of the Eastern Police District placed a laptop as bait and waited for their quarry to make their move. After three hours of long wait, elements of the EPD's Special Operations Group arrested Richard Mangunay, 20, and Jeffrey Martinez, 23, both of De la Cruz street, Barangay 130 in Pasay City, moments after they grabbed the bait - a gray ECS Elite Group Laptop worth P30,000.
The Philippine Star - 7/23/2008 12:03 AM GMT
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy flew into Kabul Wednesday and met survivors of an ambush that killed 10 French troops in the deadliest attack on international forces in post-Taliban Afghanistan. Sarkozy touched down at Kabul airport with his Defence Minister Herve Morin and Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and immediately took a helicopter to Camp Warehouse, the base for French troops on the outskirts of the city.
Agence France-Presse - 8/20/2008 5:48 AM GMT
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Tech-savvy South Korea now has 45 million mobile phones, equivalent to 91 percent of the total population, the Korea Communications Commission said Wednesday. The data means each of the country's 15.8 million households has almost three mobiles on average, it said.
Agence France-Presse - 8/20/2008 4:06 AM GMT
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