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Windmills, tulips and wooden shoes may be among the most beloved emblems of the Netherlands, but they are symbols the Dutch government hopes to avoid after it takes up the EU presidency.
A teenager dressed as pizza mascot Chuck E. Cheese was pelted with pizza and threatened with a beating by an angry parent who said the mascot wasn't paying enough attention to her child.
A Buddhist monk won compensation for itching caused by lice in his room at a hot spring inn, but a Japanese court rejected his claim that it kept him from performing religious ceremonies.
Body artists in Delaware who want to go beyond tattooing and piercing soon may risk a serious tongue lashing by a judge if they don't consult with their doctors first.
A German madame has been taken to court for hoisting the national flag that once fluttered above the country's Reichstag parliament building onto the roof of her brothel.
A couple has finally discovered what was happening to the yellow ribbons they were tying to the trees in their yard in support of their son and other troops in Iraq.
A retired Dutch needlework teacher with a passion for football and a taste for herring has celebrated her 114th birthday with a place in the record books as the world's oldest person.
More than 300 applicants who thought they were accepted to the University of Illinois at Chicago were shifted onto a waiting list after more students than expected said they wanted to attend as freshmen.
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