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Venezuelan tribe angry at "sacred" stone in Berlin

BERLIN - Wolfgang von Schwarzenfeld's sculptures in a Berlin park were meant to promote world peace, but the 79-year-old German now finds himself at war with a Venezuelan tribe which accuses him of stealing a sacred pink stone known to them as "Grandmother".

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Spaniards stomp their heels at bailed-out bankers

MADRID - A flamenco troupe bursts into a bank branch in Seville in southern Spain, lampooning bankers in dance and song. Further north, in Galicia, 50 men dressed in prison garb march into a bank shouting slogans against costly state bailouts for lenders.

World, Spain 22 Jun 2012

Pakistan cracks down on pot-bellied police

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is cracking down on portly policemen after only a quarter of the 19,000 officers in the Punjab province passed a fitness test.

22 Jun 2012

Zimbabwe MPs surrender to scalpel in AIDS fight

HARARE - Forty-four members of Zimbabwe's parliament were circumcised on Friday as part of a national HIV/AIDS awareness campaign.

Health, 22 Jun 2012

Breast cancer survivor wins right to swim topless in Seattle

SEATTLE - A woman who survived a double mastectomy and says wearing a bathing suit covering her chest causes searing pain has won a battle to swim topless at Seattle's public pools.

22 Jun 2012

Norway men asked to don condoms for "Sex Hour"

OSLO - A Norwegian sexual health charity has asked the men of the country to don condoms for a "sex hour" on Thursday evening to raise public awareness about safe-sex.

21 Jun 2012

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The last huzzah?

Today, this site freezes in time. You can always revisit it for a little nostalgia, like that old amusement park in the creepy part of town, with all the chains and cobwebs...

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