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Reuters - New-born babies in Japan who can’t make
it round to visit all their relatives can now send them proxies
instead - cuddly bags of rice.

Reuters - Illegal betting syndicates in a
northern Malaysian state have refused bets on the number of the
hotel room where an ex-government minister was allegedly filmed
having sex, the New Straits Times said on Monday.

Reuters - Once smoker-friendly Japan got less
sympathetic to tobacco lovers on Monday when a ban on lighting
up in Tokyo taxis went into effect, part of a nationwide trend.

Reuters - Organizers of Australia’s biggest
hot-rod car festival on Monday pledged to review security after
a drunken mob of hundreds of men surrounded women and demanded
they flash their breasts during an angry rampage.

Reuters - French customs officials have intercepted
a shipment of 224,000 fake Viagra and Cialis anti-impotence
pills worth 2.4 million euros ($3.5 million), the Budget
Ministry said Monday.

Reuters - A new law meant to help crack down on
young Canadian street racers in their souped up cars has nabbed
an octogenarian in his Oldsmobile.

AP - Police said they arrested a man who acknowledged digging holes on a park bike trail as payback for nearly being run down by a cyclist.

AP - An 85-year-old motorist lost his license and his Oldsmobile for a week and likely faces a hefty fine after becoming the oldest person snagged to date by a new Ontario law aimed at cracking down on street racers, even though he was just speeding.

AP - The chairman of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners visited a 114-year-old woman who registered to vote on Thursday. It was also her birthday, according to her family, who cite a family Bible as evidence of her birth date.

AP - A handkerchief-wearing thief had a videotaped message for his victim: pay a $3,000 ransom, and you can get your video games back. There was just one problem. The burglar forgot to include any instructions for dropping off the cash.