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    Well, it's easy to get them to hold still... (Reuters)

Reuters - Japan's obsession with camera-equipped mobile phones has taken
 a bizarre twist, with mourners at funerals now using the devices to
 capture a final picture of the deceased.

    Singer's body exhumed 39 years after death (Reuters)

Reuters - Italian prosecutors exhumed the body of a popular singer
 Wednesday and said they had laid to rest suspicions that he had been
 murdered.

    "Happy Hooker" Hollander says she won't fade away (Reuters)

Reuters - As several naked couples watched a live demonstration of
 sexual technique, Xaviera Hollander, the former prostitute and author
 of "The Happy Hooker," stayed dressed but freely shared details of her
 past lovers, men and women alike.

    Great Wall of China wards off ravers (Reuters)

Reuters - Beijing has called up a team of dedicated Great Wall monitors
 to protect it from damage from tourists, adventurous hikers and party
 revelers, the China Daily said Thursday.

    Rio police to occupy slums for Rolling Stones show (Reuters)

Reuters - Police will occupy slums next to Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana
 beach for this weekend's Rolling Stones concert to safeguard the
 trouble-prone area of the city, officials said Wednesday.

    Ruined Iraqi city promotes peace with olive trees (Reuters)

Reuters - Residents of Falluja, the Iraqi city devastated by a U.S.
 offensive in 2004, have begun planting thousands of olive trees in a
 bid to promote peace.

    Vietnam Bans Alcohol in Karaoke Bars (AP)

AP - Karaoke bars in Vietnam will no longer be allowed to sell or have
 alcohol on their premises as part of the country's continued campaign
 against so-called 'social evils,' a government official said Friday.

    Out of Africa, Austrian is Senegal's hope (Reuters)

Reuters - Senegal's only athlete at the Winter Olympics has never been
 to Senegal.

    Lawmaker Swamped With Complaint Calls (AP)

AP - Malaysia's works minister was swamped with 2,600 text messages and
 hundreds of calls on his mobile phone after he asked the public to
 direct their complaints to him, reports said Friday.

    Some mechanics charge more than lawyers - survey (Reuters)

Reuters - Getting a car serviced has become so expensive that many
 drivers are paying their mechanics more per hour than a doctor or
 lawyer earns, according to a survey on Friday.

    North Korean Cheerleaders Sent to Prison (AP)

AP - Twenty-one members of North Korean cheering squads who traveled to
 South Korea for international sports events are being held in a prison
 camp for talking about what they saw in the South, a news report said
 Friday.

    Australia trials tiger poo in fight against pests (Reuters)

Reuters - A tiger's roar might be scary, but Australian researchers have
 found that the predator's poo is just as potent.

    Wash.'s No. 8 Agricultural Commodity: Pot (AP)

AP - Law enforcement officers harvested a dubious record last year --
 enough marijuana plants to rank the illegal weed as Washington state's
 No. 8 agricultural commodity, edging out sweet cherries in value.

    Soviet-era carrier goes under the hammer and sickle (Reuters)

Reuters - A lucky bidder may come away from an auction in China with
 their very own Russian aircraft carrier -- albeit one converted into a
 floating theme park with a movie theatre and restaurants.

    Kiss Sends Man to Prison - for Life (AP)

AP - It may have been a borderline call, but it was still a third
 strike. The Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a ruling that
 sent Nicholas Meyrovich to life in prison under a 2001 three-strikes
 law. Meyrovich got his third strike, a felony sex offense, for
 delivering an unwanted kiss.

    Girl's prosthetic legs stolen for 2nd time (Reuters)

Reuters - For the second time in three months, a 16-year-old California
 girl who lost a leg in an accident has had her artificial limbs stolen.

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