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    Heartbroken man climbs into morgue freezer

    TAIPEI (Reuters) - A Taiwan man grieving over the death of his girlfriend climbed inside a morgue freezer to be with her and was only pulled out alive half an hour later, media and an official said on Tuesday.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters
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    Church calls zombie parade blasphemous

    MADRID (Reuters) - A procession of devils, ghosts and zombies through the historic Spanish city of Toledo has been branded blasphemous by the Catholic Church.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters
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    Car thief held after stand-off with boars

    BERLIN (Reuters) - German police pursuing a car thief through a dark forest turned rescuers when the man became cornered by a family of angry wild boar. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters
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    Mystery deepens as 4th severed foot found

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Another severed human foot has been discovered washed ashore on Canada's Pacific coast, but police are no closer to solving the gruesome mystery. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters
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    Wolf whistle works, woman strips

    WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Road workers in a small New Zealand town got their wish granted when a woman stripped saying she was fed up with their wolf-whistles.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters
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    Mail firm issues stamps of Hitler deputy

    FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German mail company Deutsche Post has inadvertently issued stamps bearing the image of Adolf Hitler's former deputy, Rudolf Hess, the company said on Wednesday.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters
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    Every pupil's dream: the exam with answers on back

    LONDON (Reuters) - It sounds like every student's dream -- turning over an exam paper and finding the answers on the back.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters
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    Pilots land on a wing and a prayer

    WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Two New Zealand pilots whose plane ran out of fuel landed on a wing and a prayer, literally, local media reported on Wednesday. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters
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    Historian pleads guilty to stealing Lincoln letter

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. historian pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal charge stemming from stealing letters penned by former U.S. Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters
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    Referee banned for changing his mind

    BANGKOK (Reuters) - A referee in the Vietnamese soccer league has been suspended for four matches for awarding a goal and then changing his mind, local media reported. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters
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    Cash-strapped man offers to pay with drugs

    WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand man had a novel idea when he found himself in a queue at a service station counter with no money, could he pay with marijuana instead?</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters
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    New York City now home to $175 hamburger

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Its creators admit it is the ultimate in decadence: a $175 hamburger.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters
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    Top marks for Italian gourmet jail

    VOLTERRA, Italy (Reuters) - In what might be Italy's most exclusive restaurant, security is understandably tight.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters
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    Sorry, you are out of ammo ...

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two Belgian beer fans have launched a video game named 'Place to Pee', which allows players to slalom down ski slopes or kill aliens while relieving themselves at urinals. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters
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    Another gherkin for me, please

    VIENNA (Reuters) - A free guide to be distributed around Vienna to soccer fans visiting for Euro 2008 will advise them how to order Austrian cuisine, flirt with local women, and find their way to the stadium in the thick local dialect.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters
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    Sorry, you are out of ammo ...

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two Belgian beer fans have launched a video game named 'Place to Pee', which allows players to slalom down ski slopes or kill aliens while relieving themselves at urinals.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters
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    Like a bull in a china shop, but worse

    BERLIN (Reuters) - A German family were stunned when a rampaging bull burst through the back door of their house, charged around the living room, and then left by the front door.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters
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    Sumo dish smasher warned after tantrum

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Russian Wakanoho has become the latest sumo wrestler to be given a ticking-off for throwing a tantrum when he smashed a shelf in the fighters' communal bathroom after losing a bout.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters
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    Game of cat and mouse blacks out city

    TIRANA (Reuters) - A cat chasing a mouse in Tirana's main power station caused a 72-hour blackout across parts of the Albanian capital, the electricity company said on Friday.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters
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    Oh deer! Man cops wrath of amorous stag

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian man was gored in the thigh on Friday by an amorous stag after entering a deer paddock in the middle of the breeding season.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters