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13 feared dead as canoes run over dam

Perc said Sevnica mayor Kristijan Janc, who also is a member of parliament, was among the dead. Local media reported his wife, Ana, was the only survivor.

Toy firm debuts cuddly critter corpses

Westminster City Council, which covers London's bustling Oxford Street, the West End, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, this week launched "SatLav" — a toilet-finding service for cell phone users. Tourists, theatergoers, shoppers and pub patrons ...

Australian eatery puts moths on the menu

When news broke that the annual migration of Bogong moths had flown into the hallowed halls of Parliament House in Canberra, Kurt Gruber, manager of Manuka's Ironbark Cafe, told The Australian newspaper that the moths could be cooked in a number of ...

Today's weird news

In April, Tommy Tabermann, a member of Finland's parliament, submitted a bill to require one week's paid vacation a year solely for romance, to counteract the country's alarmingly high divorce rate. [Bloomberg News, 4-17-08] In April, Mayor Gonzalo ...

Bombing Kills 22 at Baghdad Bus Station

The Iraqi parliament must sign off on the deal. Zebari said that if the negotiations fail, the only option would be to ask the U.N. Security Council to extend the mandate, and he encouraged legislators to sign off on the final version. It was unclear ...