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Posted By:  believeafrica
Posted On:  Jun 19, 2008

  'Kung pao chicken' made official for Olympics

It's official. Hungry foreign hordes craving a fix of diced chicken fried with chili and peanuts during the Beijing Olympics will be able to shout "kung pao chicken!" and have some hope of getting just that. Beijing has offered restaurants an English translation of local dishes whose exotic names...... [view]

Posted By:  believeafrica
Posted On:  Jun 17, 2008

  Romanian village re-elects dead mayor

The residents of a Romanian village knowingly voted in a dead man as their mayor in Sunday's municipal election, preferring him to his living opponent. Neculai Ivascu (57), who ran the village for almost two decades, died from liver disease just after voting began -- but still won the election by...... [view]

Posted By:  believeafrica
Posted On:  Jun 16, 2008

  Rapture site sends unbelievers their last chance

For most people, messages from heaven are usually accompanied by choirs of angels, spectacular miracles or at least the odd burning bush. But one website says it will offer devout Christians a more prosaic mode of communication from the beyond -- by letting them email unbelievers when the second...... [view]

Posted By:  believeafrica
Posted On:  Jun 16, 2008

  Italian kidnaps ex-girlfriend to get ironing done

An Italian man was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend from a pub, taking her home and forcing her to iron his clothes and wash the dishes, police said on Monday. The 43-year-old man dragged the woman out of a pub in the port city of Genoa, shoved her into a car and took her to...... [view]

Posted By:  believeafrica
Posted On:  Jun 13, 2008

  Drivers turn to blow-up dolls to beat traffic rules

Drivers in New Zealand's largest city of Auckland are turning to inflatable passengers to try and beat transit-lane rules. Blow-up dolls, shop mannequins and dogs dressed up as children have all been used to try and justify driving in lanes where vehicles are required to have at least three...... [view]

Posted By:  believeafrica
Posted On:  Jun 9, 2008

  Antarctica base gets 16 500 condoms before darkness

One of the last shipments to a United States research base in Antarctica before the onset of winter darkness was a year's supply of condoms, a New Zealand newspaper reported on Monday. Bill Henriksen, the manager of the McMurdo base station, said nearly 16 500 condoms were delivered last...... [view]

Posted By:  believeafrica
Posted On:  Jun 10, 2008

  Firefighter drives trucks for 20 years without licence

A firefighter in Japan lost his job after city officials found out he had been driving ambulances and fire trucks for over 20 years without a driver's licence, an official in Takaoka City, central Japan, said on Tuesday. The case came to light when the firefighter hesitated to show his driver's...... [view]

Posted By:  believeafrica
Posted On:  Jun 10, 2008

  'Marry or be fired', Iranian state firm warns

A major Iranian state-owned company has told its single employees to get married by September or face losing their jobs, the press reported on Tuesday. "One of the economic entities in the south of the country has asked its single employees to start creating a family," the hard-line Kayhan...... [view]

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