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  • Gambler loses case against Australian casino

    AFP – Tue Dec 8, 12:41 am ET  
    File photo of the Crown Casio in Melbourne. A compulsive gambler... AFP/File

    MELBOURNE (AFP) - A compulsive gambler who wagered close to 1.4 billion US dollars during a 16-month betting spree lost his lawsuit against Australia's largest casino Tuesday when a judge ruled he was not exploited. Full Story »

  • Tourist caught smuggling lizards in pants

    AFP – Mon Dec 7, 9:19 pm ET  
    A German visitor has been caught trying to leave New Zealand... AFP/HO/File

    WELLINGTON (AFP) - A German visitor was caught trying to leave New Zealand with 23 geckos and 20 skinks hidden in his underwear, a court was told. Full Story »

  • Coin tosses can be easily rigged: study

    AFP – Mon Dec 7, 3:54 pm ET  
    A FIFA referee gets ready to toss a coin at the beginning of... AFP/File

    OTTAWA (AFP) - The ubiquitous coin toss is not so random after all, and can easily be manipulated to turn up heads, or tails, a Canadian study has found. Full Story »

  • Fun with fossils

    AFP – Mon Dec 7, 1:35 pm ET  
    A card representing Industrialised Countries is pulled from an... AFP

    COPENHAGEN (AFP) - It began 10 years ago as a small-scale touch of satire: a wee plastic T. Rex and a lump of coal, awarded to the nation deemed to have done most to have held up, diluted or sabotaged world climate talks. Full Story »

  • European socialists hold 'carbon-free' congress

    AFP – Mon Dec 7, 7:30 am ET  
    From right: Poul Nyrup Rasmussen of Denmark, the president of... AFP

    PRAGUE (AFP) - Take a tram instead of a taxi and don't change your towel every day -- such are the rules at a two-day "carbon-free" congress of the Party of European Socialists (PES), which started in Prague on Monday. Full Story »

  • Japan coach Okada slighted by Dutch

    AFP – Mon Dec 7, 2:57 am ET  
    "We shook hands before the friendly match, but he had already... AFP/File

    TOKYO (AFP) - Japan and the Netherlands will battle it out in next year's World Cup, but the Dutch coach has some homework to do after failing to recognise his Japanese opposite number at a Cape Town dinner. Full Story »

  • 'I'm A Celebrity' TV stars charged over rat risotto

    AFP – Mon Dec 7, 12:45 am ET  
    Two stars of hit British TV show "I'm A Celebrity ...... AFP/File

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Two stars of hit British TV show "I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!" are facing animal cruelty charges for killing and eating a rat during filming in Australia, activists said Monday. Full Story »

  • China pays web surfers to find porn: report

    AFP – Sun Dec 6, 1:22 am ET  
    A man uses a laptop computer at a wireless cafe in Beijing. Chinese... AFP/File

    BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese authorities have offered rewards of up to 10,000 yuan (1,465 dollars) to Internet users who report websites that feature pornography, state media reported Sunday. Full Story »

  • Prostitutes to offer free sex to UN climate summit participants

    AFP – Sat Dec 5, 2:45 pm ET  
    An undated photograph showing a prostitute solliciting a client.... AFP/DDP/File

    COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Prostitutes of a Danish sex workers association will offer their services for free to delegates of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, an association official told AFP Saturday. Full Story »

  • Melting polar bear ice sculptures to raise climate awareness

    AFP – Fri Dec 4, 12:13 pm ET  
    Polar bear cub Flocke sits in her enclosure at the zoo in Nuremberg... AFP/DDP/File

    COPENHAGEN (AFP) - A polar bear sculpted out of an 11-tonne block of ice will be unveiled in Copenhagen Saturday, then left to melt to raise awareness about global warming during the UN climate summit, organisers said. Full Story »

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