Cambodia aims high with record-breaking skyscraper (Reuters)
Reuters – Cambodia is aiming for the record books with an ambitious plan to construct Asia’s tallest building, a 555-metre skyscraper worth $200 million (£130 million), Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Wednesday.
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Crocodile tips Australian PM to win elections (AP)
AP – A crocodile that picked the winner of the soccer World Cup has predicted Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will be re-elected.
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Harry the croc picks Labor in Australia snap poll (Reuters)
Reuters – Dirty Harry the saltwater crocodile has picked, or should that be bitten, Australia’s Labour Prime Minister Julia Gillard to win Saturday’s cliffhanger general election.
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Aussie punter puts 180,000 dollars on PM poll win (AFP)
AFP – A confident punter Wednesday slapped a whopping 200,000-dollar (182,000 US) bet on Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to win August 21 elections, topping a sudden rash of wagers for the ruling party.
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Churchill’s dentures fetch nearly $24,000 (Reuters)
Reuters – A partial set of British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s gold-mounted dentures has fetched 15,200 pounds ($23,770) at auction, over three times the estimate.
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Saggy pants foolish but legal, NYC judge rules (AP)
AP – Wearing saggy pants is not a crime, just foolish.
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Churchill’s choppers sold at auction in England (AP)
AP – A partial set of dentures used by former British leader Winston Churchill — described as the teeth that saved the world — sold at auction Thursday for 15,200 pounds ($23,723.)
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Winston Churchill’s dentures up for sale (Reuters)
Reuters – A partial set of wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s gold-mounted dentures, specially designed to disguise his natural lisp, go up for sale this month.
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Obama and Cameron pay off World Cup bet with beer (Reuters)
Reuters – President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron exchanged beers on Saturday to honour their bet over the England-U.S. World Cup soccer match that ended in a draw.
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