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Odd NewsUpdated at 7:15 am, July 6, 2008.This file photo shows wedding couples resting on park benches ...  (AFP/File) - This file photo shows wedding couples resting on park benches as they wait for their turn to be photographed, in Beijing. Many love-struck Chinese are planning to get married at the start of the Olympics despite a series of disasters that have cast doubt over the auspicious day.(AFP/File/Chai Hin Goh)Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a mass for the ordination of 29 ...  (AFP/File) - Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a mass for the ordination of 29 new priests in April 2008 in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. A man posing as a priest was prevented from taking confessions in St Peter's Basilica, Vatican judge Gianluigi Marrone said in an interview published on Saturday.(AFP/File/Christophe Simon)A wax figure of Adolf Hitler is pictured in a mock bunker at ...  (Reuters) - A wax figure of Adolf Hitler is pictured in a mock bunker at the German 'Madame Tussauds' in Berlin, July 3, 2008. (Tobias Schwarz/Reuters)A security guard stands next to the empty mock desk of Adolf ...  (Reuters) - A security guard stands next to the empty mock desk of Adolf Hitler after a 41-year-old man tore the head off from the controversial waxwork figure on the opening day of Berlin's 'Madame Tussauds' July 5, 2008. (Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)A wax figure of Adolf Hitler is pictured in a mock bunker at ...  (Reuters) - A wax figure of Adolf Hitler is pictured in a mock bunker at the German 'Madame Tussauds' during a press preview in Berlin, July 3, 2008. (Tobias Schwarz/Reuters)Takeru Kobayashi (L) is interviewed as Joey Chestnut (C) celebrates ...  (AFP/Getty Images) - Takeru Kobayashi (L) is interviewed as Joey Chestnut (C) celebrates in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Chestnut won the competition in sudden death overtime, eating a total of 59 hotdogs.(AFP/Getty Images/Michael Nagle)Picture of a chicken in a cage. A Swiss court has ordered that ...  (AFP/File) - Picture of a chicken in a cage. A Swiss court has ordered that a chicken be locked up in a soundproof box every night so its neighbours can get a good night's sleep, the ATS news agency reported Friday.(AFP/File/Jacques Demarthon) |
Lifestyle NewsUpdated at 7:15 am, July 6, 2008.US Republican presidential hopeful Arizona Senator John McCain ...  (AFP/Getty Images/File) - US Republican presidential hopeful Arizona Senator John McCain speaks to supporters in front of an A-4 Skyhawk, the type of aircraft that McCain flew during the Vietnam war, at a campaign rally at the Virginia Aviation Museum, in February.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)A photo taken on October 26, 1967 shows US Navy Airforce Major ...  (AFP/HO/File) - A photo taken on October 26, 1967 shows US Navy Airforce Major John McCain (C) being rescued from Hanoi's Truc Bach lake by several Hanoi residents after his Navy warplane was downed by Northern Vietnamese army, during the Vietnam War.(AFP/HO/File)A photo taken in 1967 shows US Navy Airforce Major John McCain ...  (AFP/HO/File) - A photo taken in 1967 shows US Navy Airforce Major John McCain being examined by a Vietnamese doctor. John McCain, current US presidential hopeful, was captured in 1967 at a lake in Hanoi after his Navy warplane was been downed by Northern Vietnamese army, during the Vietnam War.(AFP/HO/File)Mai Van On, 83, shows off a US Congressional keychain that Senator ...  (AFP/File) - Mai Van On, 83, shows off a US Congressional keychain that Senator and US presidential candidate John McCain gave him as souvenir, at his home in Hanoi, in 2000. On was the man who rescued McCain from drowning after his US Navy warplane was shot down over a lake in Hanoi in 1967, during the Vietnam War.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)A motorcyclist rides past a sculpture featuring the arrest of ...  (AFP/File) - A motorcyclist rides past a sculpture featuring the arrest of then Lieutnant-commander pilot John McCain, which was erected next to the Truc Bach lake, downtown Hanoi, on June 13, 2008. McCain was shot down and captured on October 26, 1967 at the lake when he was flying an A4E Skyhawk jet during a mission over Hanoi.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)Tran Trong Duyet, 74, former Hoa Lo's prison director, points ...  (AFP) - Tran Trong Duyet, 74, former Hoa Lo's prison director, points at himself in a photograph speaking in front of captured US pilots before they were released in 1973.(AFP/Frank Zeller)Map of Hanoi showing the sites related to US presidential hopeful ...  (AFP Graphic) - Map of Hanoi showing the sites related to US presidential hopeful John McCain's imprisonment during the Vietnam war(AFP Graphic)File photo of passenger planes of Japan's number two carrier ...  (AFP/File) - File photo of passenger planes of Japan's number two carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. Next time you take to the skies you may find there are fewer pages in your in-flight magazine, your fork is slimmer and your plate feels different. Blame it on soaring oil prices.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi) |
Health NewsUpdated at 7:15 am, July 6, 2008.Children born to a surrogate mother or conceived through donated ...  (AFP/File) - Children born to a surrogate mother or conceived through donated sperm or a donated egg do just as well psychologically as counterparts who are naturally conceived, a study unveiled on Sunday said.(AFP/File/Evaristo Sa)Healthworker gives a child a Vitamin A supplement at a public ...  (AFP/File) - Healthworker gives a child a Vitamin A supplement at a public health centre in Lagos in 2006. Nigerian health workers have begun house-to-house immunization of 4.6 million children under the age of five in the northern state of Kano in a new drive to eradicate the disease.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)File photo shows the front entrance to St. Mary's Hospital, ...  (AFP/File) - File photo shows the front entrance to St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, one of London's busiest National Health Hospitals. Gordon Brown is trying to burnish his record on the 60th anniversary of Britain's National Health Service, but experts say the ploy could misfire as both he and it struggle to get off the sick list.(AFP/File/Martin Hayhow)View of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in Fulham, West London, ...  (AFP/File) - View of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in Fulham, West London, one of London's major National Health Hospitals. Gordon Brown is trying to burnish his record on the 60th anniversary of Britain's National Health Service, but experts say the ploy could misfire as both he and it struggle to get off the sick list.(AFP/File/Martin Hayhow)Prime Minister Gordon Brown is pictured during a visit to the ...  (AFP/Pool/File) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown is pictured during a visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital in central London in 2007. Brown is trying to burnish his record on the 60th anniversary of Britain's National Health Service, but experts say the ploy could misfire as both he and it struggle to get off the sick list.(AFP/Pool/File/Shaun Curry)A boy walks is seen walking in Wase Town in Nigeria's Plateau ...  (AFP/File) - A boy walks is seen walking in Wase Town in Nigeria's Plateau state in 2004. Radioactive materials in abandoned mining fields in central Nigeria's Plateau state pose a serious health hazard to two million people, officials have said.(AFP/File/Pius Otomi Ekpei)British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is pictured during a visit ...  (AFP/File) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is pictured during a visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital in central London in 2007. Brown is trying to burnish his record on the 60th anniversary of Britain's National Health Service Saturday, but experts say the ploy could misfire as both he and it struggle to get off the sick list.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)Former Justice Senator of Hamburg, Roger Kusch addresses a press ...  (AFP/DDP/File) - Former Justice Senator of Hamburg, Roger Kusch addresses a press conference in June 2008. The German upper house discussed on Friday tightening laws on assisted suicide after a former politician caused outrage by helping an elderly woman to die -- and filming her final moments.(AFP/DDP/File/Roland Magunia) |
