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JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli chefs on Monday attempted to create a new world record for the largest ever "Jerusalem mix," a local speciality of grilled meats. Full Story »

PARIS (AFP) - Fifty dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet astounded museum-goers Sunday when they suddenly emerged from the crowd under the Louvre's glass pyramid entrance and started strutting their stuff. Full Story »

PHNOM PENH (AFP) - The gold-coloured convertible turns heads on impoverished Cambodia's roads -- not least because of creator Nhean Phaloek's outlandish claim that it can be operated telepathically. Full Story »

ROME (AFP) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi would like to "strangle" people who write books or made films about the mafia, he told young supporters of his Forza Italia party on Saturday. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The two aspiring reality TV stars who gatecrashed a state dinner this week met President Barack Obama at the event, a White House photograph released on Friday showed. Full Story »

BUCHAREST (AFP) - Men convicted of murder, drug trafficking and robbery lined up on the stage of the prestigious Bucharest theatre to be given a standing ovation. Full Story »

BELGRADE (AFP) - Serb authorities fined a right-wing lawmaker 350 euros after she hurled a shoe at parliament's deputy speaker in a protest that echoed the infamous footwear attack on George W. Bush in Iraq. Full Story »

WARSAW (AFP) - Warsaw's zoo has opened a new display where two volunteers dressed as cavemen will spend time in a former monkey-cage, to remind visitors that humans are animals too, organisers said Friday. Full Story »

PORT VILA (AFP) - Vanuatu's prime minister lost his seat in parliament on Friday due to a simple paperwork error, officials said, throwing the tiny Pacific nation's politics into turmoil. Full Story »

MILAN (AFP) - A computer glitch left Italian Post Office customers in the red by processing card transactions at 100 times their value, Italian press reported Thursday. Full Story »