Ugandan president says may release rap album (Reuters)
Reuters – President Yoweri Museveni says he might release an album after a rap he performed became a smash hit on Uganda’s radio stations and in its nightclubs.
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Leader stuns voters with robocalls (Reuters)
Reuters – Not many Ugandans expect a private audience with President Yoweri Museveni. Nor a phone call.
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Law to protect German kids’ right to noise (AP)
AP – Children of Germany take heart — it may soon be perfectly legal to make noise.
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Indonesia MPs launch whip-round for pay-freeze president (Reuters)
Reuters – Indonesian members of parliament have started a collection for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono after he said he had not had a pay rise in seven years.
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Purported JFK ambulance sold for $120,000 at auction (Reuters)
Reuters – A car collector who wanted a “piece of history” paid $120,000 at an auction in Arizona for a 1963 ambulance that purportedly carried the body of President John F. Kennedy after he was assassinated, auction officials said.
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Russia’s ruling tandem "take turns sleeping" – Putin (Reuters)
Reuters – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he sleeps only when close ally President Dmitry Medvedev is awake to make sure the country, which stretches across nine time zones, is properly ruled at all times.
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Lee Harvey Oswald’s coffin to be auctioned in L.A. (Reuters)
Reuters – For the JFK-assassination conspiracy junkie who has everything: Lee Harvey Oswald’s coffin. Body not included.
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Philippine president scraps new tourism slogan (AFP)
AFP – President Benigno Aquino ordered the scrapping of the Philippines’ new tourism slogan after an attempted rebrand was criticised as boring and unattractive to tourists.
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Obama advertising 7-Eleven drink (AFP)
AFP – Global convenience store chain 7-Eleven has been getting some free advertising for its signature drink the Slurpee from none other than US President Barack Obama.
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Kremlin lambasts governor for "worm" tweet (Reuters)
Reuters – A tweet by a Russian regional governor about earthworms served at a Kremlin reception has drawn anger from President Dmitry Medvedev’s aide, who on Wednesday said the official should be sacked for “idiocy.”
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