German 'Heavenly Gate'opens for Christmas post
Himmelpfort, Germany - Six weeks before Christmas, Santa Claus opened his seasonal post office Tuesday in the eastern German village of Himmelpfort - Heaven's gate - bracing again for a deluge of children's letters. The post office, a good 4,000 ki...
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2009-11-10 ] Category : [
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More than 500 clowns meet in Mexico for laughing convention
Mexico City - More than 500 clowns gathered Monday in Mexico City for an international convention including a five-minute, non- stop laughing binge. The four-day Laughing Fair, organized by the Brotherhood of Latino Clowns and supported by Mexican ...
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2009-10-20 ] Category : [
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Australians claim clunky dancing record
Sydney - Australians, who like to be world champions in everything, Tuesday got in the record books for dancing around like robots. Melbourne University dance group the Robogals got 318 people together for a mass robotic dancing session. Some got int...
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2009-09-29 ] Category : [
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Lucky lottery winner bags France's biggest ever payout
Paris - A French lottery player beat about 40 million other hopefuls, and odds of 1 in 76 million, to win 100 million euros (147.1 million dollars) in a European jackpot, the largest lottery payout ever made in France. The unnamed winner, who hails f...
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2009-09-19 ] Category : [
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Taiwan student seeks to kiss 100 men in Paris
Taipei - A Taiwan woman studying music in Paris has created a sensation in Taiwan after she launched a project to kiss 100 men in the City of Lights, press reports said Sunday. Yang Ya-ching, 27, came upon the idea of kissing 100 strangers three year...
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2009-09-13 ] Category : [
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Dutch man takes world record for uninterrupted TV watching
Amsterdam - A 28-year-old Dutch man on Sunday finished 86 uninterrupted hours of television watching to become the world record holder, according to Dutch broadcaster NOS. The time Efraim van Oeveren, from the town of Tilburg, spent awake in front of...
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2009-09-06 ] Category : [
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Italy's European record lottery jackpot cracked - Summary
Rome - After going uncollected for almost eight months, the 146.9-million-euro (209.5-million-dollar) jackpot prize in Italy's state lottery was finally won Saturday. The winning six number combination was 10 - 11 - 27 - 45 - 79 - 88. ...
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2009-08-22 ] Category : [
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Italy's European record lottery jackpot cracked
Rome - Italy's state lottery 146.9-million-euro (209.5-million-dollar) jackpot prize was won Saturday, after going uncollected for almost eight months. The winning six number combination was 10 - 11 - 27 - 45 - 79 - 88. ...
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2009-08-22 ] Category : [
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Lotto Mia! - Italian lottery approaches 200 million dollars
Rome - Italy's national lottery was unbroken again in Monday drawing, raising the prospect of a 200-million-dollar jackpot at the next drawing. The jackpot stood at 136 million euros (193 million dollars) on Monday after the lottery - based on choosi...
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2009-08-17 ] Category : [
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