Switzerland: No to holidays, yes to sex stalls

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Switzerland: No to holidays, yes to sex stalls
Switzerland voted against more holidays, while Zurich approved an initiative to shift the sex trade out of the city centre in just two of a series of federal and local referenda held on Sunday.
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Getting older makes us happier, because we give up on our dreams
Contrary to popular beliefs about grumpy old men and women, people grow happier as they get older, research shows.
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Scottish serial bride prepares for fifth wedding aged 29
A Scottish serial bride who married four times before her 24th birthday is planning to tie the knot for the fifth time - at just 29.
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'We know you're dead, but please tell us if your circumstances change'
Bungling council's hugely insensitive benefits letter to grieving family of cancer victim
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Britain's first male mother breaks up with baby's gay father less than a year after birth
Britain's first male mother has already split from his gay partner – less than a year after the birth of their daughter.
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Coffee served with a cockroach at Perth McDonald's stores
Three McDonalds restaurants fined $50,000
Convicted of selling raw meat, insects in food
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Smoking Children Burn Down Slovakia Castle
Two Slovak children were suspected of burning down a large gothic castle in eastern Slovakia when their experimentation with smoking went wrong, police said on Sunday.
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Simon Cowell 'pays lapdancers for chats'
Simon Cowell reportedly paid lapdancers for chats during a recent visit to Stringfellow's in London.
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U2's Bono is cast as villain in latest twist to row over Spider-Man Broadway musical
As one of the most ambitious, extravagant and dynamic shows ever to hit Broadway, the $75 million Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark musical might have been expected to spin nothing but good fortune for songwriter Bono.
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Vintage mortar shell found at Texas home was live explosive
A vintage mortar shell found in the yard of a vacant Texas home was an actual live explosive.
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NYC woman dies after getting trapped inside clothing drop box
A New York City woman who climbed into a clothing drop box suffocated and died inside after the box's metal door closed on her head and trapped her Saturday, police said.
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Peru cyclists stage naked protest in Lima about safety
Hundreds of scantily clad and nude cyclists took to the streets of Peru's capital, Lima, to call attention to safety conditions on the city's roads.
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Vibrating package baffles Swedish postal workers
Another thrilling week in Swedish media, but did you hear the one about the Swedish chef, the biting thief, and the vibrating package that closed down a post office?
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Fistfight breaks out at Chicago Symphony Orchestra
It was an unusual backdrop for a fistfight: Maestro Riccardo Muti was nearly through the second movement of Brahms Symphony No. 2 at the normally staid Chicago Symphony Orchestra when two patrons went at it.
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Japanese workers remove bus from rooftop a year after it washed up following Tsunami
'But despite the devastating effect, the clean-up has continued and a day before the anniversary - in the midst of a snowstorm - workers removed a sightseeing bus that has been sitting on a rooftop ever since.'
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YouTube Ferrari driver faces speeding charges
A doctor in Japan has landed himself in trouble with the police after posting footage of his drive in a Ferrari sports car on YouTube.
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German town gets tough on drunk cycling
A German university town is throwing the book at drunk cyclists -- by applying drunk driving laws to peddlers.
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Salon in brouhaha over hoo-haw
A local salon is disputing a lawsuit by a woman who says her pubic area was severely burned and permanently disfigured by a Brazilian treatment.
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