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German police detain man hiding python in his pants
Associated Press, Published on 08/11/2017
» BERLIN: A young man detained by police during a drunken argument in Germany was found to be carrying a baby python in his trousers, and may be in trouble under animal welfare laws.
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Funny old world: The week's offbeat news
AFP, Published on 22/09/2023
» PARIS - From the Lazy Olympics to the toilet that knows all about you... Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world.
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Python kills guard at Bali hotel
dpa, Published on 27/12/2013
» JAKARTA - A security guard working at a luxury resort on Indonesia's tourist island of Bali was killed by a python while trying to catch it, police said Friday.
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Pythons on your porch? Call Myanmar's 'Snake Princess'
AFP, Published on 27/04/2023
» KYAUKTAGA, Myanmar: At four in the morning outside a Rangoon monastery, Shwe Lei and her team were wrestling 30 writhing pythons into old rice sacks and loading them into a van.
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Paris' Moulin Rouge promises to scrap troubled snake act
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» PARIS - Paris' storied Moulin Rouge cabaret venue said Thursday it would stop immersing non-aquatic snakes in water after the controversial stage act provoked outcry from animal rights activists.
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In conservative Florida, LGBT community fights to make its voice heard
AFP, Published on 16/10/2022
» ORLANDO - A Beyonce hit thumped in the background as Pride parade participants marched on Saturday through the streets of Orlando, transforming the Florida city into a rainbow island in a US state more and more associated with the conservative politics of its governor.
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International university students wait as China remains closed to them
Published on 06/12/2021
» HONG KONG: Faisal Hisyam Muhammad had nothing but superlatives for China. He liked the culture. He always wanted to learn Mandarin. He loved how Shanghai developed into the megalopolis it is today.
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2020: What a funny old year it was...
AFP, Published on 15/12/2020
» PARIS: The coronavirus has not given us much to laugh about in 2020. Yet the year still had its fair share of the weird and the wonderful.
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UK readies 'V-Day' Covid vaccination campaign
AFP, Published on 07/12/2020
» LONDON - Britain on Monday prepared to start its biggest ever immunisation campaign but health officials warned the drive to inoculate millions against Covid-19 would be a "marathon" stretching well into next year.
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Mexican zoo saves animals endangered by virus crisis
AFP, Published on 03/06/2020
» CULIACáN, Mexico: Kira, a two and a half year-old tiger, arrived at a zoo in Mexico's northeast in April after her owner could no longer feed her due to the coronavirus-induced economic collapse.
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