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Amsterdam pays alcoholics in beer to clean streets At nine o'clock in the morning in a garden shed behind a house in Amsterdam, a handful of alcoholics are getting ready to clean the surrounding streets, beer and cigarette in hand.

19 November 2013

Aqua-Spark fund dives into fish farming future Investment fund Aqua-Spark is setting course to make money while promoting healthier oceans and feeding the world.

19 November 2013

New York designer vows to kickstart Mideast fashion Three decades after escaping Lebanon's civil war to fulfil her dream of making it in New York fashion, Reem Acra's client list reads like a who's who of Hollywood's A-list.

19 November 2013

Australian Anglicans elect first female bishop The Anglican Church in Australia has chosen its first female bishop, filling a vacancy created when her predecessor resigned over his management of child abuse allegations.

18 November 2013

Philippine typhoon survivors turn cave-dwellers Victims who survived the Philippines' super typhoon by huddling in a cave as a tsunami-like wave obliterated their community have now made it their home -- reduced to Stone Age conditions with nowhere else to go.

18 November 2013

World's biggest fruitcake brings sweet reward in Nicaragua About three hundred kids staged a fundraiser in Nicaragua on Sunday and smashed a sweet Guinness Book record, baking the world's largest fruitcake.

18 November 2013

British experts warn of rise in genital cosmetic surgery British gynaecologists warned on Friday that increasing numbers of teenage girls and women are undergoing genital cosmetic surgery, driven in part by unrealistic images of how they should look based on pornography.

18 November 2013

Kumis Bazarbayeva presents introduction video at Miss Earth 2013 Kumis Bazarbayeva, Miss Asiada, will represent Kazakhstan at the Miss Earth 2013 to be held on December 7 in the Philippines.

18 November 2013

Czech party leader haunted by ghosts of communist past Unwelcome spectres are coming back to haunt Czech billionaire Andrej Babis, who emerged as a power broker in recent elections but is facing allegations he collaborated with the communist-era secret police.

16 November 2013

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China cake millionaire at home in his six castles As the greatest urbanisation drive in history swells China's cities with ranks of identikit apartment blocks, one culinary businessman is indulging his architectural appetite with a visual feast of extravagant, outlandish castles.

16 November 2013

CIA spying on Americans' financial data: report The Central Intelligence Agency is amassing a huge database of international money transfers that includes the financial and personal data of millions of Americans, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

15 November 2013

US Embassy offers anti-drug grants to Kazakhstan NGOs The US Embassy in Kazakhstan is giving out smaller grants to NGOs for projects to reduce drug abuse in Kazakhstan.

15 November 2013

Britain's oldest resident dies aged 113 Britain's oldest resident died on Thursday just a few weeks short of her 114th birthday.

15 November 2013

Species protection needed at 78 sites: study A scientific study out Thursday identifies 78 sites worldwide in dire need of environmental protection because they harbor species that could go extinct.

15 November 2013

Gamers snap up first deliveries of PS4 game console The wait nearly over, Casey Karch was ready to get his hands on one of the first PlayStation 4 game consoles set to be released.

15 November 2013

Indian temple to glitter with 300 kilos of Thai gold India's Mahabodhi temple, one of the world's holiest Buddhist shrines, is to have its dome inlaid with 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of gold donated by Thailand's king and other devotees.

15 November 2013

Taiwan doctors urge vigilance over new bird flu virus Researchers in Taiwan on Thursday called on watchdogs to keep up their guard after a flu virus that commonly circulates among chickens was found for the first time in a human being.

14 November 2013

Anger in New Zealand at 'close your legs' rape defence Victims' rights advocates in New Zealand on Thursday condemned a defence lawyer who told a rape victim she should have "closed her legs" if she wanted to avoid having sex.

14 November 2013

Chinese man gives future bride 8.88 mn in cash A Chinese suitor who gave his future bride an auspicious 8.88 million yuan ($1.5 million) in cash drew ire Thursday for the extravagant display of wealth in the still-developing country.

14 November 2013