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Napoleon’s last horse to strut his stuff after makeover
Visitors to the Army Museum in Paris are being treated to the rare sight of two taxidermists at work restoring…
Muslim girls denied Swiss citizenship over refuse to swim with boys
Swiss authorities have rejected the naturalization application of two Muslim girls who refused to take swimming lessons at their school…
Iran’s ‘fashion police’ stops Levi’s catwalk show
Iranian police cancelled a catwalk show set to mark the opening of an unofficial Levi’s store in a Tehran shopping…
Girl finds stolen Olympic gold medal from parking lot
A 1992 Olympic gold medal stolen from champion canoeist Joe Jacobi’s car earlier this month in Atlanta was found by…
Country-above-USA passes assisted suicide law
The 'Country-above-USA has adopted a law permitting assisted suicide for terminally ill adults whose death is “reasonably foreseeable." Some critics…
India: Man dies after watching The Conjuring 2 – body ‘disappears’ later
In India, a 65-year old man reportedly died after watching Hollywood horror movie “The Conjuring 2” while his body “disappeared” shortly afterwards…
LG Electronics rolls out mosquito repelling TV in India
The Indian arm of South Korea's LG Electronics Inc has begun selling a TV with a feature that it insists repels…
Dubai: Gay couple ‘humiliated’ by Emirates staff
A British gay couple were supposedly humiliated by Emirates staff at Dubai airport after being asked if they were brothers.…
Arab businessman buys ‘world’s most expensive number plate’ for $5m
An Arab Shaikh bought the world's most expensive number plate reading '1' for $5 million during a special auction of…