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September 4, 2007

10:32

(AFP/File) - A woman presents ice creams in a variety of different flavors at an ice cream exposition at the Namco Nanja Town in Tokyo in 2002. Soy sauce is such a staple of the Japanese diet that now it's even being put on ice cream.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura )


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08:01

(AFP/HKBU-HO/File) - This handout from Hong Kong's Baptist University taken in August 2007 shows nine-year-old March Boedihardjo at a press conference at the university in Hong Kong. Hong Kong's youngest ever university student said he was already bored with his "very easy" classes as he started his mathematics course on Tuesday.(AFP/HKBU-HO/File)


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07:41

(AFP) - Heart transplant patient Jennifer Sutton comes face to face with her own heart at the Wellcome Collection's Heart exhibition in central London. She hopes the exhibition will increase public awareness about organ donations.(AFP/Shaun Curry)


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06:40

(AFP/File) - A Colombian couple dances the tango. Colombia is considering legislation that would slap adulterers and their partners in passion with hefty fines and community service, in an effort to keep their clothes on and their families in mind.(AFP/File/Daniel Garcia)


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04:25

(Reuters) - A visitor gets on board an Airbus A380 at the Hong Kong Airport during the Asian Aerospace 2007 September 4, 2007. An Australian man has paid S$152,898 ($100,000) for two first class tickets for the maiden commercial flight of the world's biggest passenger plane, Singapore Airlines said Tuesday. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)


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04:21

(Reuters) - Malaysian taxi drivers prepare their taxis for passenger pick-ups in Kuala Lumpur May 21, 2003. Malaysia is cracking down on shabbily dressed taxi-drivers, fining them for not tucking in their shirts or for wearing shoes of the wrong color. (Zainal Abd Halim/Reuters)


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04:18

(Reuters) - Khan, a two-year-old white lion, yawns as he enjoys a crisp and sunny day at Almaty Zoo November 23, 2004. A lion escaped from its cage at a Kazakh zoo over the weekend, the second such incident in a month, news media reported Monday. (Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)


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01:04

(AFP/File) - A hairdresser puts the finishing touches to a model's hair in Paris in 2006. A first-time visitor to the Indonesian capital travelling on one of its pickpocket-prone buses was stunned to find her wallet safe but her hair snipped off during a ride, the Jakarta Post reported. A nearby officer nabbed the culprit, Agus Setiawan, who told police he had intended to use the ponytail to make keychains. He had reportedly been stealing hair from unsuspecting commuters for about a year.(AFP/File/Jacques Demarthon)


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September 3, 2007

14:38

(AFP) - Hollywood megastar Brad Pitt, seen here in Deauville, angered photographers by refusing to remove his sunglasses during a photo call at the Venice film festival, earning him the sobriquet "Pitt Bullo" in the Italian press.(AFP/Francois Guillot)


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08:52

(AFP) - Yeoman Warder Moira Cameron starts work as the first female 'Beefeater' at the Tower of London. Cameron, who joined the Army at the age of 16, has spent the required 22 years serving in the Forces to become eligible for the prestigious position.(AFP/Shaun Curry)


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07:06

(AFP/File) - A commuter negotiates a ride at a taxi stand in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysian taxi drivers have been ordered to pull their socks up or face a fine in an effort to smarten up the image of the country's cabbies.(AFP/File/Tengku Bahar)


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01:47

(AFP/Daily Planet/File) - The Daily Planet brothel in Melbourne. Sydney's brothels are preparing for a business boom as thousands of delegates and journalists descend on the city for a major Asia-Pacific summit this week, local media reported Monday.(AFP/Daily Planet/File)


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01:46

(AFP) - A lifesaver runs on Bondi beach near Sydney. Australian Prime Minister John Howard has assured Asia Pacific leaders Monday that they will not have to parade around Sydney in tiny swimsuits and flip-flops for this week's official APEC photograph.(AFP/Greg Wood)


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September 2, 2007

22:21

(AFP) - File photo shows a Bondi surf lifesaver running on the beach near Sydney. Australian Prime Minister John Howard assured Asia Pacific leaders Monday that they would not have to parade around Sydney in tiny swimsuits and flip-flops for this week's official APEC photograph.(AFP/Greg Wood)


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17:41

(AFP) - A hundred Brazilian surfers ride a wave attempting to set a new Guinness World Record for the most surfers riding one wave simultaneously, at 'Quebra Mar' beach, in Santos, south of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 02 September.(AFP/Mauricio Lima)


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12:01

(AFP/POOL/File) - APEC leaders wave at the end of a meeting in Hanoi in November 2006. Daunting security issues aside, one of the biggest headaches facing Australia's APEC summit organisers is how to clothe 21 world leaders in traditional costume in a country with no national dress.(AFP/POOL/File)


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September 1, 2007

13:56

(Guinness) - Organisers of an event in which almost 7,000 couples kissed simultaneously in a Bosnian town on Saturday said their effort deserved a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.(Guinness)


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13:54

(AFP/DDP/File) - German contestant Willi Chevalier poses in Berlin, during the World Beard and Moustache Championships in 2005. Some of the most stylish fuzzy faces from across the globe gathered in Britain on Saturday to do battle over their beards.(AFP/DDP/File/Marcus Brandt)


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13:33

(AFP) - Number 30 seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland plays against Number 2 seed Maria Sharapova of Russia during their 3rd round match of the US Open at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York. Radwanska was heading for a shopping spree after her shock win over defending champion Maria Sharapova in the third round of the US Open on Saturday.(AFP/Timothy A Clary)


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August 31, 2007

23:08

(AFP/File) - In this file photo, a cat is seen sitting in a cage. An agitated pet cat left in a cupboard overnight turned out to be high on cocaine and benzodiazepines left over from a wild weekend dinner party, a report said Saturday.(AFP/File/Martin Bureau)


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