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A woman takes part in a stiletto race in Paris. Dozens of shoe ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:11:56 GMT

(AFP) - A woman takes part in a stiletto race in Paris. Dozens of shoe addicts took part in the National Stiletto Championship on an indoor track in the old stock exchange building in central Paris. The only rule is to be perched on heels at least eight centimetres (three inches) high -- the prize is boxes and boxes of shoes.(AFP/Miguel Medina)

A trio of women called "Les Cocottes Codec" or "The ...

(AFPTV) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:11:56 GMT

(AFPTV) - A trio of women called "Les Cocottes Codec" or "The Darling Chicks" swept to the finish line in France's high-heeled relay race. The prizes for the winners were, perhaps unsurprisingly, gift certificates for shoes. Duration: 00:51.(AFPTV)

A poker player collects his chips. Poland's parliament on ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:49:36 GMT

(AFP/File) - A poker player collects his chips. Poland's parliament on Friday adopted a law that confines gambling to casinos and phases out the slot machines currently in many Polish cafes, clubs, shops and service stations.(AFP/File)

A view of the Marigny theater in Paris on the first of four ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:47:40 GMT

(AFP/File) - A view of the Marigny theater in Paris on the first of four auction days led by Christie's of Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Berge collection, which profit will fund campaigns against HIV-AIDS. Buyers from Asia purchased all but one of the top 10 priciest items at the sale of the last belongings of late couturier Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge, Christie's said Friday.(AFP/File/Jacques Demarthon)

A golfer and his caddy survey the distance for the next stroke ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:24:11 GMT

(AFP/File) - A golfer and his caddy survey the distance for the next stroke at a course in Sanya, China's southermost tropical island province of Hainan. Golf courses have sprouted like mushrooms across the country as the sport catches on, but no place has hitched its wagon to the sport's boom quite like Hainan, which resembles an oval golf green on a map of the South China Sea.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)

Hainan island in the South China Sea is fast becoming one of ...

(AFPTV) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:24:11 GMT

(AFPTV) - Hainan island in the South China Sea is fast becoming one of Asia's finest golfing destinations, with several world-class courses and developers rushing to build dozens more. Once dependent on foreign players, the industry is now being built on the back of a new wave of Chinese golfers. Duration: 02:21(AFPTV)

Construction workers make renovations at a course in Sanya, ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:24:11 GMT

(AFP/File) - Construction workers make renovations at a course in Sanya, in China's southermost tropical island province of Hainan. Golf courses have sprouted like mushrooms across the country as the sport catches on, but no place has hitched its wagon to the sport's boom quite like Hainan, which resembles an oval golf green on a map of the South China Sea.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)

Golfers practice their strokes at a driving range at a course ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:24:11 GMT

(AFP/File) - Golfers practice their strokes at a driving range at a course in Sanya, China's southermost tropical island province of Hainan. Golf courses have sprouted like mushrooms across the country as the sport catches on, but no place has hitched its wagon to the sport's boom quite like Hainan, which resembles an oval golf green on a map of the South China Sea.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)

A person holds a sign as she joins Sexual Minorities Uganda ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:13:16 GMT

(AFP/File) - A person holds a sign as she joins Sexual Minorities Uganda to protest against a proposed anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda on November 19 in front of the Ugandan Mission to the United Nations in New York. The bill has baffled legal experts who read it as the product of an over-zealous Evangelical community that is clueless about both Uganda's constitution and international law.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)

People play games during a PlayDate night at a hotel in Arlington, ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:59:39 GMT

(AFP/File) - People play games during a PlayDate night at a hotel in Arlington, Virginia in October 2009. "PlayDate is the alternative night life for people who don't want to go to the clubs," said Tony Sharpe, one of the organizers of the popular event in Arlington, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)

A woman plays a game during a PlayDate night at a hotel in Arlington, ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:59:39 GMT

(AFP/File) - A woman plays a game during a PlayDate night at a hotel in Arlington, Virginia in October 2009. PlayDate events, organized by the group Timeless Entertainment Concept, began in the southern city of Atlanta, Georgia in 2005 and have spread quickly across the United States.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)

Two women play the "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots" ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:59:39 GMT

(AFP/File) - Two women play the "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots" boxing game during a PlayDate night at a hotel in Arlington, Virginia, in October 2009. "People are not bored with nightlife, but nightlife is the same scene over and over for the last 10, 20, 30 years," said PlayDate organizer Orin Gillian. "This is something a little different from the normal nightlife."(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)

People play "Hungry Hungry Hippos" during a PlayDate ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:59:39 GMT

(AFP/File) - People play "Hungry Hungry Hippos" during a PlayDate night at a local hotel in Arlington, Virginia in October 2009. Growing numbers of single Americans have discovered PlayDate, a popular new game night that is also the hottest new venue for meeting Mr or Ms Right.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)

South African women walk on a dirt road in South Africa's ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:57:37 GMT

(AFP) - South African women walk on a dirt road in South Africa's Eastern Cape. Women in Africa have yet to receive the financial recognition they deserve for the time and effort put into domestic and reproductive work, a UN report has concluded.(AFP/Alexander Joe)

Santa Claus reading letters coming in from the world. No matter ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:31:07 GMT

(AFP/File) - Santa Claus reading letters coming in from the world. No matter if children are naughty or nice, they won't get a reply from Santa this year, as the US Postal Service has blocked mail to a tiny Alaska town that answered Christmas letters for decades.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)

A South African prostitute waits for a client on a Johannesburg ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:29:03 GMT

(AFP/File) - A South African prostitute waits for a client on a Johannesburg street corner. Cape Town has set up a vice squad tasked with "cleaning up" the city's brothels ahead of the 2010 World Cup in a country which has the world's biggest HIV caseload.(AFP/File/Yoav Lemmer)

Decriminalizing prostitution for the 2010 World Cup in South ...

(AFPTV) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:29:03 GMT

(AFPTV) - Decriminalizing prostitution for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa could help stop the spread of HIV and AIDS. That's the claim made by a leading HIV research unit, but religious groups are against the proposals. Duration: 02:04(AFPTV)

An educator from the Reproductive Health Research Unit hands ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:29:03 GMT

(AFP/File) - An educator from the Reproductive Health Research Unit hands out condoms and leaflets in a bar around Hillbrow in Johannesburg to point out the importance of safe sex to help prevent the spread of HIV. Cape Town set up a vice squad tasked with "cleaning up" the city's brothels ahead of the 2010 World Cup in a country which has the world's biggest HIV caseload.(AFP/File/Stephane de Sakutin)

Indian Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan attends a special screening ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:20:35 GMT

(AFP) - Indian Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan attends a special screening of the film "Kurbaan" in Mumbai on November 19. Promotional posters for the new Bollywood thriller, showing leading actress Kareena Kapoor from behind and apparently naked from the waist up, have got some people's backs up in India.(AFP)

An Indian moviegoer is seen walking past a poster of new Bollywood ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:20:35 GMT

(AFP) - An Indian moviegoer is seen walking past a poster of new Bollywood film "Kurbaan" (Sacrifice) in Ahmedabad. Promotional posters for the new Bollywood thriller, showing leading actress Kareena Kapoor from behind and apparently naked from the waist up, have got some people's backs up in India.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)

Indian moviegoers are seen buying tickets next to a poster of ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:20:35 GMT

(AFP) - Indian moviegoers are seen buying tickets next to a poster of new Bollywood movie "Kurbaan" (Sacrifice) in Ahmedabad. In the wake of protests, the original newspaper advertisements and billboards for the film - which features real life couple Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan - have been largely replaced with a less provocative image for conservative India.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)

Bystanders watch as soldiers prepare to sacrifice a buffalo ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:35:41 GMT

(AFP/File) - Bystanders watch as soldiers prepare to sacrifice a buffalo during a Hindu festival in Kathmandu. The legendary French movie star turned animal rights campaigner Brigitte Bardot has written to Nepal's president urging him to stop a mass animal sacrifice from going ahead next week.(AFP/File/Prakash Mathema)

File photo shows Israelis from the Ethiopian community with ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:33:59 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo shows Israelis from the Ethiopian community with photographs of their relatives during a demonstration against the government's decision to close down the operation to bring Jewish Ethiopians to Israel. There are more than 120,000 Ethiopian Jews in Israel, and many feel they are still treated like second-class citizens.(AFP/File/Gali Tibbon)

Ethiopian Jews pray near Jerusalem's Old City during the ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:33:59 GMT

(AFP/File) - Ethiopian Jews pray near Jerusalem's Old City during the Sigd festival on November 16. There are more than 120,000 Ethiopian Jews in Israel, and many feel they are still treated like second-class citizens.(AFP/File/Menahem Kahana)

The Canadian-US border in Stanstead, Canada. Stanstead and Derby ...

(AFP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:28:13 GMT

(AFP) - The Canadian-US border in Stanstead, Canada. Stanstead and Derby Line, Vermont on the US side have always functioned as one village sharing not only city services but family and neighbors, but now , new border crossing measures by the US Department of Homeland Security have split the town in two, requiring residents to show their passports(AFP)

The Canadian customs in "downtown" Stanstead, Canada ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:28:13 GMT

(AFP/File) - The Canadian customs in "downtown" Stanstead, Canada on the border with the US. Stanstead and Derby Line, Vermont on the US side have always functioned as one village sharing not only city services but family and neighbors but now new border crossing measures by the US Department of Homeland Security have split the town in two, requiring residents to show their passports(AFP/File)

Runners are seen competing in the 40th ING New York City Marathon, ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:06:58 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Runners are seen competing in the 40th ING New York City Marathon, on November 1. Obesity begone! Americans are lacing up athletic shoes and signing up to run in 5Ks, 10-milers and even marathons in record numbers.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jared Wickerham)

Runners are seen moving through the Queensboro Plaza subway ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:06:58 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Runners are seen moving through the Queensboro Plaza subway overpass as they compete in the 40th ING New York City Marathon, on November 1. Some 40,000 people ran the New York marathon this year.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jared Wickerham)

Runners are seen heading out after the start of the 2008 Boston ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:06:58 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Runners are seen heading out after the start of the 2008 Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. In a country often lampooned as populated with obese soda-swilling TV junkies, some 9.2 million people completed a certified foot race in the United States in 2008, up from 3.7 million in 1987.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Elsa)

A patron eating popcorn at a US movie theater. Nutritional analysis ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:29:59 GMT

(AFP/File) - A patron eating popcorn at a US movie theater. Nutritional analysis of popcorn servings at some of America's biggest cinema chains has found mind-boggling calorie counts that may surprise consumers who think of the snack as a relatively healthy treat.(AFP/File/Denis Charlet)

A spa outside Tokyo celebrates the arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau ...

(AFPTV) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:12:09 GMT

(AFPTV) - A spa outside Tokyo celebrates the arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau wine by pouring red wine into outdoor pools and inviting the adventurous in for an invigorating bath. Duration: 01:56.(AFPTV)

Sommelier Masahiko Mori (left) serves the new 2009 Beaujolais ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:12:09 GMT

(AFP) - Sommelier Masahiko Mori (left) serves the new 2009 Beaujolais Nouveau wine to visitors in the wine spa at the Hakone Yunessun spa resort facilities in Hakone town, Kanagawa prefecture, some 100 kilometres west of Tokyo, November 19. Japan's craze for Beaujolais nouveau has beaten the global recession, with tourists taking a dip Thursday in a hot mountain spring coloured red with the fruity wine.(AFP/Toshifumi Kitamura)

The head of India's biggest company Reliance Industries, ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:08:15 GMT

(AFP/File) - The head of India's biggest company Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani, seen here in 2008, is once again the wealthiest person in India. The number of billionaires in India almost doubled in the past 12 months to 52, mainly thanks to a recovery in global stock markets, a richlist from US magazine Forbes showed Thursday.(AFP/File/Prakash Singh)

A Chinese youth plays an online game at a Internet cafe in Beijing ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:04:01 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Chinese youth plays an online game at a Internet cafe in Beijing in 2007. China has vowed to tighten supervision of its fast-growing online games market, saying some games contained content that was "harmful" to players.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)

A modern replica of a Bronze Vehicle from the pit 1 on display ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:00:22 GMT

(AFP) - A modern replica of a Bronze Vehicle from the pit 1 on display is part of "Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor" a National Geographic Society Museum exhibit featuring the largest number of terra cotta figures ever to travel to the US for a single exhibition in Washington, DC.(AFP/Tim Sloan)

A Civilian Official (221-206 B.C) on display is part of "Terra ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:00:22 GMT

(AFP) - A Civilian Official (221-206 B.C) on display is part of "Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor" a National Geographic Society Museum exhibit featuring the largest number of terra cotta figures ever to travel to the US for a single exhibition in Washington, DC.(AFP/Tim Sloan)

Video: A handful of the thousands of terra cotta warriors sculpted ...

(AFPTV) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:00:22 GMT

(AFPTV) - Video: A handful of the thousands of terra cotta warriors sculpted to protect the tomb of China?s first Emperor, Qin Shihuangdi, touched down in Washington at the National Geographic Society after a tour of three other US cities. Duration: 01:06(AFPTV)

British supermodel Kate Moss attends the opening of Topshop ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:21:14 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - British supermodel Kate Moss attends the opening of Topshop in New York City in April. Moss has been accused of giving the wrong message to anorexics and teenage girls when she gave her backing for a slogan encouraging them not to eat.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Andrew H. Walker)

British supermodel Kate Moss attends an event at the Metropolitan ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:21:14 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - British supermodel Kate Moss attends an event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in May. Moss has been accused of giving the wrong message to anorexics and teenage girls when she gave her backing for a slogan encouraging them not to eat.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Larry Busacca)

A terracotta warrior is pictured in this file photo. A group ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:14:15 GMT

(AFP/File) - A terracotta warrior is pictured in this file photo. A group of China's famed terracotta warriors are going on display at the National Geographic Society in Washington, on the last stop of a four-city US tour.(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)

"To keep your hair tidy and simple... is a very important ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:14:54 GMT

(AFP/File) - "To keep your hair tidy and simple... is a very important matter for setting the ethos of a sound lifestyle in the country," Rodong Sinmun, the ruling-party newspaper, reportedly said in its Saturday edition(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)

An employee is seen with rice in his hand at the GIE Delta linguer ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:50:54 GMT

(AFP/File) - An employee is seen with rice in his hand at the GIE Delta linguer factory in Ross Bethio. The food crisis, difficult access to Asian rice production and high consumption rice in the country lead to focus on local production in Senegal.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)

A man is seen resting on rice bags in the GIE Delta linguer ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:50:54 GMT

(AFP/File) - A man is seen resting on rice bags in the GIE Delta linguer factory in Ross Bethio. The food crisis, difficult access to Asian rice production and high consumption rice in the country lead to focus on local production in Senegal.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)

A woman is seen working in a rice field near Ross Bethio. Food ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:50:54 GMT

(AFP/File) - A woman is seen working in a rice field near Ross Bethio. Food crisis, difficult access to Asian rice production and high consumption rice in the country lead to focus on local production in Senegal.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)

Food crisis, difficult access to Asian rice production and high ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:50:54 GMT

(AFP/File) - Food crisis, difficult access to Asian rice production and high consumption rice in the country lead to focus on local production in Senegal.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)

An Indian man is seen urinating in a Mumbai alley. In slum areas, ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:54:37 GMT

(AFP) - An Indian man is seen urinating in a Mumbai alley. In slum areas, where more than half of Mumbai lives, an average of 81 people share a single toilet. In some places it rises to an eye-watering 273. Even the lowest average is still 58, according to local municipal authority figures.(AFP/Pal Pillai)

Indian men are seen exiting a public urinal in Mumbai. Public ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:54:37 GMT

(AFP) - Indian men are seen exiting a public urinal in Mumbai. Public toilet provision in Mumbai -- and other cities -- faces the same problem affecting housing, water and other basic services: supply cannot keep up with demand as India's population explodes.(AFP/Pal Pillai)

Indian men are seen relieving themselves at a public urinal ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:54:37 GMT

(AFP) - Indian men are seen relieving themselves at a public urinal in Mumbai. The UN's Mumbai Human Development Report 2009, published earlier this month, points out that even where public toilets exist, most have no running water, drainage or electricity, making them unhygienic and unusable.(AFP/Pal Pillai)

16-year-old Australian Jessica Watson (pictured in October), ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:21:36 GMT

(AFP/File) - 16-year-old Australian Jessica Watson (pictured in October), bidding to become the youngest solo round-the-world sailor, crossed the equator on Thursday, in what her supporters dubbed a "significant landmark" in her record attempt.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)

Haruzo Urakawa (right), the chairman of Japan's Ainu Association ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:45:15 GMT

(AFP/File) - Haruzo Urakawa (right), the chairman of Japan's Ainu Association of Hokkaido, and other Ainu community members perform a spiritual ceremony called "Kamui-nomi" at the Charanke festival in Tokyo. Japan's native people, the Ainu, once hunted bears and fished salmon in the wild forests of the country's far north, but today they are an ethnic minority fighting for their cultural survival.(AFP/File/Scilla Alecci)