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    Welcome to the killing fields cafe... (Reuters)

Reuters - A new Cambodian cafe is offering diners a slice of life under
 the Khmer Rouge, with a menu featuring rice-water and leaves, and
 waitresses dressed in the black fatigues worn by Pol Pot's ultra-Maoist
 guerrillas.

    Bookmaker blasted over 'Last Supper' ad (Reuters)

Reuters - Irish bookmaker Paddy Power was fending off the wrath of
 Christians in overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Ireland on Friday over an
 advert depicting Jesus and the Apostles gambling at the Last Supper.

    Santa compensated for dead reindeer (Reuters)

Reuters - Santa Claus will receive $5,000 in compensation from the
 Danish air force after an F-16 fighter jet frightened one of his
 reindeers to death.

    Dollars to doughnuts... (Reuters)

Reuters - Australia's highest court has upheld a A$471,000 compensation
 payout to a pastry cook who cut her little finger while reassembling a
 doughnut machine, court officials said Friday.

    Media boasts land top hooker in jail (Reuters)

Reuters - A $2,000 an hour prostitute known as New York's No. 1 Escort
 pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges of money laundering and
 prostitution that stemmed from her bragging in the media about her
 work.

    Mexican panda home after failed Tokyo love match (Reuters)

Reuters - Mexican giant panda Shuan Shuan was back in her Mexico City
 enclosure on Thursday, jet-lagged and chewing glumly on a pile of
 bamboo leaves after failing to find passion with a suitor in a Tokyo
 zoo.

    Mating game is never over for male swallows? (Reuters)

Reuters - Men who put on a little pot belly after marriage can give
 thanks that they are not barn swallows. A study published on Thursday
 shows females of that species keep shopping around even after mating.

    Gas prices high? Try an eco-friendly, $3.5 mln Skycar (Reuters)

Reuters - If that Hummer is draining your cash at the gas pump, Neiman
 Marcus Group Inc. has the perfect holiday gift: A fuel-efficient, $3.5
 million "Skycar" that flies 350 miles per hour and burns
 environmentally friendly alcohol.

    World toilet summit lifts lid on public hygiene (Reuters)

Reuters - Delegates to the annual World Toilet Summit in Northern
 Ireland's capital Belfast could be forgiven for feeling flushed this
 week after sitting down for a three-day debate on the finer points of
 public sanitation.

    Recipe for perfect sandcastle (Reuters)

Reuters - A lesson learned by centuries of beachcombers has been
 distilled to a physicist's formula: to make the perfect sandcastle, use
 eight parts sand to one part water.

    Malaysian Contest Seeks Songbird Spouse (AP)

AP - A Malaysian state is searching for the most soporific soprano. The
 Islamic government of the northeastern state of Kelantan will hold a
 lullaby contest for wives singing their husbands to sleep, the state
 chief minister Nik Aziz Nik Mat announced Saturday.

    Japanese man nabbed after climbing Tokyo landmark (Reuters)

Reuters - A Japanese man made his way to a spot about 100 metres (328
 ft) above ground on a famous Tokyo landmark on Sunday in what may have
 been a reckless attempt to impress a girl.

    Man Breaks Display Case to Read Rare Book (AP)

AP - A man smashed a display case at the Wisconsin Historical Society to
 steal a Revolutionary War-era book worth $5,000, authorities say.

    Pope scares child who mistook him for doctor (Reuters)

Reuters - The Pope's white robes scared a young boy who mistook him for
 a doctor when he visited a children's hospital on Friday.

    Kenya Delays Elephant Relocation Project (AP)

AP - Rangers suspended efforts to relocate 400 elephants because the
 upcoming rainy season will make it difficult to transport them, Kenya's
 Wildlife Service spokeswoman said Saturday.

    Danish air force to pay Santa for dead reindeer (Reuters)

Reuters - Santa Claus will receive $5,000 (2,830 pounds) in compensation
 from the Danish air force after an F-16 fighter jet frightened one of
 his reindeers to death.

    Chirac tweaks his Citroen, brings biofuel to Elysee (Reuters)

Reuters - French President Jacques Chirac has joined the country's push
 to boost biofuel use -- converting his own luxury Citroen C6 saloon and
 many of his officials' cars to run on cleaner-burning biodiesel.

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