DEc 15 - Around 2,000 men participate in a mass shaving event in India's western Mumbai city in an effort to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Dec 10 - Norwegian space scientists have suggested a strange light seen over a military base in Norway may have been a failed Russian missile rather than a UFO.
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Dec. 8 - The day's top showbiz news and headlines including Polanski photo sells at auction, Elton John to support orphan, and Leslie Caron gets star on Walk of Fame.
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Dec 1 - Forget haute cuisine - a new food craze is hitting the streets of Paris using "improper" ingredients like raw horse meat and rotten cheese.
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Dec 15 - An angry mob playset, a "pull my finger" Santa, a golf club for bladder relief, and a USB powered greenhouse are among some of the gifts for this year's odd gift guide.
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Dec 15 - Curling players from different countries wore Santa outfits and competed in the first ever Santa Curling Championships over the weekend in the English county of Kent.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumers made repeat trips to U.S. stores and spent more on bargains this holiday weekend, but the early rush is unlikely to save retailers from a bleak sales season, analysts said on Sunday.
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MUMBAI (Reuters) - The fallout from a three-day rampage that killed nearly 200 people in Mumbai threatened to unravel India's improving ties with nuclear rival Pakistan and prompted the resignation on Sunday of the top security minister.
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