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BERLIN (Reuters) - A German couple had a lucky escape after their light aircraft hit a 380,000 volt power line and then hung upside down from a wheel for nearly three hours. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

CANBERRA (Reuters) - A plea for lovelorn female "ugly ducklings" to move to a remote Australian mining town to reverse a shortage of eligible women has landed the local mayor in hot water.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadians who may have become tired of being passed over as porn stars will have a new, home-grown outlet to showcase their erotic talents.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - While the beach volleyballers tough it out in the sand, Tom Blaumauer and Chris McGee have faced an Olympic challenge of their own: how to encourage the Chinese to throw a Californian beach party.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone, mighty destroyer of Soviet opponents in the "Rambo" and "Rocky" movies, now plans to advertise Russian vodka.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Council chiefs in Birmingham were left red-faced when they mistakenly used a picture of their U.S. namesake in Alabama on thousands of official leaflets.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

ROME (Reuters) - With the ruins of ancient Rome, the splendor of Vatican City and countless Renaissance art treasures, what does Italy's capital lack to attract tourists?</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - Italian police officer Francesco D'Aniello won an Olympic silver medal in double trap shooting Tuesday and appealed to the Italian government for a tax exemption on his reward money. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama have unmasked their favorite pop culture icons, including superheroes, with McCain favoring Batman and Obama choosing Spider-Man and Batman.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

BERLIN (Reuters) - Thousands of German policewomen will receive what media have labeled "bullet-proof bras."</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Some of Britain's top athletes have decided to bare all ahead of the Beijing Olympics.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - Do not sleep outdoors to save money at the Olympics. It is banned to "maintain public hygiene and the cultured image of cities."</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - The world's oldest recorded joke has been traced back to 1900 BC and suggests toilet humor was as popular with the ancients as it is today.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will punish airlines whose passengers refuse to disembark or misbehave in protest over problems like delayed flights, an official said on Thursday, as the Olympics host tries to lift standards before the Games.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is encouraging its New York staff to trade wool business suits for cooler attire this summer so the organization can slash air conditioning costs and help the environment.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - A rare shark was being hunted by police on Tuesday after it was stolen from an aquarium.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

RIYADH (Reuters) - A Saudi appeals court upheld a jail and flogging verdict against a biochemist and his female student whose research contact was ruled to be a front for a telephone affair that led her to divorce her husband.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - Scores of Chinese air passengers smashed computers and desks and clashed with police Tuesday after a night stranded at an airport without accommodation, state media said.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's national police headquarters has banned officers from using a popular social networking site similar to Facebook because they were spending too much time using it, a newspaper said Monday.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

CANBERRA (Reuters) - A modern-day love story of a man spotting the girl of his dreams across a New York subway train and tracking her down over the Internet has failed to have a fairytale ending with the relationship over.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters