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Leading French intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy, seen here in ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:21:19 GMT

(AFP/File) - Leading French intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy, seen here in April 2009, has been caught red-faced for praising the work of a philosopher who, it turns out, was invented as a joke by a journalist from a satirical daily.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)

Conservative superstar Sarah Palin came in for ridicule from ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:03:19 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Conservative superstar Sarah Palin came in for ridicule from her critics, after published news photos showed her referring to talking points scribbled on the palm of her hand during a major speech. Palin was shown to have the words "Energy," "Tax" and "Lift American Spirits" scrawled on her hand during the question-and-answer session of a speech late Saturday to the Republican Tea Party movement.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Bill Pugliano)

View of the Whistler Sliding Centre, host of the bobsleigh, ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:11:56 GMT

(AFP/File) - View of the Whistler Sliding Centre, host of the bobsleigh, skeleton and luge competitions for the upcomimg Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. After days fretting over snow and protesters, Winter Olympics officials were confronted with reports of a wild animal, identified as a small lynx on the loose at the Whistler sliding centre here on Monday.(AFP/File/Stephanie Lamy)

Conservative superstar Sarah Palin, seen here in 2009, came ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:31:12 GMT

(AFP/File) - Conservative superstar Sarah Palin, seen here in 2009, came in for ridicule from her critics Monday, after published news photos showed her referring to talking points scribbled on the palm of her hand during a major speech.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)

Mao Asada of Japan performs in the exhibition gala during the ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:37:13 GMT

(AFP) - Mao Asada of Japan performs in the exhibition gala during the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Jeonju, about 240 km south of Seoul, on January 30, 2010. AFP PHOTO/JUNG YEON-JE(AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)

Election fever is mounting in Britain, and Prime Minister Gordon ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:36:28 GMT

(AFP/File) - Election fever is mounting in Britain, and Prime Minister Gordon Brown is preparing himself for the campaign trail by eating up to nine bananas a day, a newspaper has reported.(AFP/File/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN)

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) and Chelsea ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:32:22 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) and Chelsea Clinton are pictured in New York City in 2009. She's known for making tough decisions, but top US diplomat Hillary Clinton divulged Sunday that she is still trying to decide what to wear to daughter Chelsea's wedding later this year.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)

Activists of the Ukrainian women's movement FEMEN stage ...

(AFP) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:34:18 GMT

(AFP) - Activists of the Ukrainian women's movement FEMEN stage a protest at a polling station in Kiev. Four young women naked from the waist up barged into a Ukrainian polling station on Sunday and held a rowdy protest just before a candidate in the country's presidential election cast his ballot there.(AFP)

Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty sucessfully exits ...

(AFP) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:14:04 GMT

(AFP) - Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty sucessfully exits an igloo outside the Nunavut legislature in Iqualuit, Canada during a break in proceedings at the G7 Finance Ministers Meeting. Moments earlier Flaherty dislodged a large piece of snow from the entry way of another smaller igloo as he attempted to exit.(AFP/Geoff Robins)

A Boeing 747 jet approaches for a landing in 2009. A car-sized ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:11:49 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Boeing 747 jet approaches for a landing in 2009. A car-sized panel from a cargo jet fell out of the sky Friday and crashed into a mall parking lot in the US state of Florida, startling shoppers but causing no injuries or damage, the airline said.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)

A man checks his mobile phone in Beijing. Chinese authorities ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:46:11 GMT

(AFP/File) - A man checks his mobile phone in Beijing. Chinese authorities are trying to reassure amorous couples that sexy text messages will not land them in jail amid a crackdown against pornography on the Internet and mobile phones.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)

File photo of Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr who backed ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:23:05 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo of Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr who backed a growing campaign to save the job of a banker caught viewing risque shots of her on live TV, in footage that caused an Internet sensation. And, according to the latest from bank, the banker can keep his job after all.(AFP/File/Timothy A. Clary)

Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson(L), seen ...

(AFP/POOL) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:23:07 GMT

(AFP/POOL) - Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson(L), seen here addressing the press with Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness, joked Friday that if negotiating were an Olympic sport, the province's politicians would win the gold medal.(AFP/POOL/Juilen Behal)

A rusty sign is seen in former closed military town Skrunda-1, ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:12:33 GMT

(AFP) - A rusty sign is seen in former closed military town Skrunda-1, some 150 km from Latvia's capital city Rig. The former Red Army garrison town deserted since was auctioned off to a Russian firm for 2.2 million euros(3.0 million dollars), 10 times its list price, authorities said.(AFP/Ilmars Znotins)

A man visits one of the barracks at Skrunda-1, a former Red ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:12:33 GMT

(AFP) - A man visits one of the barracks at Skrunda-1, a former Red Army garrison town deserted since Moscow's troops left the ex-Soviet republic of Latvia a decade ago. Skrunda-1 was auctioned off to a Russian firm for 2.2 million euros(3.0 million dollars), 10 times its list price, authorities said.(AFP/Ilmars Znotins)

Drunken pub fights in Britain are set to get safer with the ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:22:14 GMT

(AFP/File) - Drunken pub fights in Britain are set to get safer with the invention of a strengthened beer glass that health authorities hope will cut the huge bill for treating inebriated brawlers. The traditional pint glass has been redesigned so it is harder to smash, says Design Bridge, the company behind two prototypes.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)

File photo of a Kookaburra sitting on a railing in the Hunter ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:36:06 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo of a Kookaburra sitting on a railing in the Hunter Valley, Australia. Australian band Men at Work were found guilty Thursday of plagiarising children's ditty "Kookaburra" in their 1980s hit "Down Under" after a court battle involving two of the nation's most iconic songs.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)

This image taken from the Heart Attack Grill website shows part ...

(AFP/Heart Attack Grill) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:15:42 GMT

(AFP/Heart Attack Grill) - This image taken from the Heart Attack Grill website shows part of their menu (R). The owner of the "Heart Attack Grill" in Arizona is suing "Heart Stoppers Grill" in Florida, accusing the outlet of plagiarizing his death by burger brainchild, lawyers said Thursday.(AFP/Heart Attack Grill)

In-laws in Germany will be able to reclaim gifts made to their ...

(AFP/Illustration) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:01:52 GMT

(AFP/Illustration) - In-laws in Germany will be able to reclaim gifts made to their children's spouses if the couple's marriage ends in divorce, following a landmark ruling Thursday by a top court.(AFP/Illustration)

A man holds a buffalo to symbolise Indonesian President Susilo ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:09:18 GMT

(AFP/File) - A man holds a buffalo to symbolise Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as "Big, slow and stupid like a buffalo" during a protest against the government in January 2010. Indonesia said Thursday it will enforce a ban on buffalo at street protests after Yudhoyono expressed his hurt at being compared to one of the bucolic beasts.(AFP/File/Dewira)

A vendor is seen selling sets of red envelopes ahead of a Lunar ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:08:07 GMT

(AFP/File) - A vendor is seen selling sets of red envelopes ahead of a Lunar New Year celebrations. According to Chinese customs, grandparents and parents usually give "red envelopes" stuffed with clean and fresh bank notes to children for good luck in the upcoming year.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)

Handlers keep racing camels at a race track in Kuwait. An Emirati ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:49:29 GMT

(AFP/File) - Handlers keep racing camels at a race track in Kuwait. An Emirati splurged a whopping 24 million dirhams (6.47 million dollars) for three camels, including one which cost 2.72 million dollars, at an auction in the desert near Abu Dhabi, an AFP photographer said.(AFP/File/Yasser al-Zayyat)

A British farmer who built a castle and then kept it hidden ...

(AFP/Illustration) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:11:19 GMT

(AFP/Illustration) - A British farmer who built a castle and then kept it hidden behind straw bales for four years while he lived there was told to demolish it Wednesday because he had not received planning permission.(AFP/Illustration)

Two people go for a walk on the beach by the Wadden Sea near ...

(AFP/DDP/File) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:21:39 GMT

(AFP/DDP/File) - Two people go for a walk on the beach by the Wadden Sea near the northern German town of Dorum-Neufeld in 2009. A German man who lost his way in the dark while wandering around on sea ice off the coast was saved by a woman 500 kilometres (300 miles) away who spotted him on a webcam, police said Wednesday.(AFP/DDP/File/David Hecker)

Foreign tourists wear sarongs as they visit the Borobudur temple ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:59:26 GMT

(AFP/File) - Foreign tourists wear sarongs as they visit the Borobudur temple in Yogyakarta on February 2. Visitors flashing their knees at Indonesia's number-one tourist attraction, the ancient Borobudur temple, will have to wear government-issue sarongs under a new plan to protect the site's dignity.(AFP/File/Tarko Sudiarno)

A British supermarket was left with egg on its face after insisting ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:27:13 GMT

(AFP/File) - A British supermarket was left with egg on its face after insisting a woman shopper show proof of age.. for buying a slice of quiche.(AFP/File/Mychele Daniau)

Australia's Macquarie Bank headquarters in Sydney. The Australian ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:13:39 GMT

(AFP/File) - Australia's Macquarie Bank headquarters in Sydney. The Australian bank is investigating an employee caught red-handed viewing pictures of a near-naked model on his computer during a live TV broadcast.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)

Defending champion Thomas Dold of Germany crosses the finish ...

(AFP) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:19:00 GMT

(AFP) - Defending champion Thomas Dold of Germany crosses the finish lineon the 86th floor of the Empire State Building to win the men's division of the 33rd Annual Empire State Building run. It was a fifth straight win in the oddball contest for the Stuttgart native.(AFP/Timothy A. Clary)

Thomas Dold of Germany, seen here after his 2009 victory, bolted ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:43:05 GMT

(AFP/File) - Thomas Dold of Germany, seen here after his 2009 victory, bolted up 86 flights of stairs to win the 2010 race up New York's landmark Empire State Building in just over 10 minutes. It was a fifth straight win in the oddball contest for the Stuttgart native in scaling the skyscraper's 1,576 steps.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)

Tourists enjoy South Korean foods at a Korean restaurant in ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:57:20 GMT

(AFP/File) - Tourists enjoy South Korean foods at a Korean restaurant in 2001. Astronauts could soon be eating seaweed soup and spicy, garlic-laden meat dishes after South Korea won approval to send several national dishes into space.(AFP/File/Choo Youn-Kong)

Punxsutawney Phil, the celebrated rodent at the center of America's ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:06:16 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Punxsutawney Phil, the celebrated rodent at the center of America's quirky Groundhog Day festivities, has seen his shadow, presaging six more weeks of winter.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)

An Indonesian tobacco company has agreed to pay the medical ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:09:12 GMT

(AFP/File) - An Indonesian tobacco company has agreed to pay the medical expenses of a man who lost six teeth when a cigarette mysteriously exploded in his mouth.(AFP/File)

Performers enact a commemorative ceremony to mark birthday of ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:31:28 GMT

(AFP/File) - Performers enact a commemorative ceremony to mark birthday of Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher, politician and educator of the 6th and 5th centuries B.C., at the Confucius temple in Qufu, northeastern China's Shandong provincein 2004. Lottery tickets bearing Confucius's image and proverbs went on sale last week in his hometown of Qufu, with the top prize set at 300,000 yuan ($44,000).(AFP/File)

Antonio Trillanes, a jailed Philippine senator, has claimed ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:14:13 GMT

(AFP/File) - Antonio Trillanes, a jailed Philippine senator, has claimed thousands of dollars in travel expenses while languishing in prison on rebellion charges, making him one of the most expensive lawmakers in the country.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)

British anti-jargon campaigners were celebrating Monday after ...

(AFP/illustration) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:03:37 GMT

(AFP/illustration) - British anti-jargon campaigners were celebrating Monday after forcing a supermarket chain to change the labelling on a sausage snack which had been described as "ambient".(AFP/illustration)

A US pilot hired to make traffic reports for a local radio station ...

(AFP/OFF) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:24:20 GMT

(AFP/OFF) - A US pilot hired to make traffic reports for a local radio station became the news himself Monday when he made an emergency landing on the busy New Jersey Turnpike.(AFP/OFF)

Sheep block a road in the mountainous North Ossetian town of ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:09:55 GMT

(AFP/File) - Sheep block a road in the mountainous North Ossetian town of Alagir in 2007. Ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan is preparing to roll out a new system under which the millions of sheep residing in the mountainous state will receive their own high-tech passport, state television reported Monday.(AFP/File/Kazbek Basayev)

A Russian woman was caught at a border checkpoint in Russia's ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:29:35 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Russian woman was caught at a border checkpoint in Russia's far east attempting to smuggle 50 lovebirds from China under her coat, officials have said.(AFP/File/Yuri Cortez)

An Indonesian schoolboy has been cleared of serious abuse charges ...

(AFP/DDP/File) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:52:32 GMT

(AFP/DDP/File) - An Indonesian schoolboy has been cleared of serious abuse charges for stinging a female classmate with a bee, a "crime" that took the country's legal system a year to resolve.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Urban)

A German woman has hired a lawyer after being shocked to discover ...

(AFP/DDP/File) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:39:37 GMT

(AFP/DDP/File) - A German woman has hired a lawyer after being shocked to discover that not only did police deliberately run over her beloved dog, they have now sent her a hefty bill, according to a report in the Bild daily.(AFP/DDP/File)

A beggar takes a nap with street dogs while souvenir sellers ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:52:39 GMT

(AFP/File) - A beggar takes a nap with street dogs while souvenir sellers rest in the Hanuman Dhoka tourist area in Kathmandu. The Nepal Red Cross Society has voted to pay a monthly "salary" to a wounded stray dog that has taken on the job of guarding its office.(AFP/File/Devendra Man Singh)

A little egret stands atop a water buffalo. A tribal court in ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:10:20 GMT

(AFP/File) - A little egret stands atop a water buffalo. A tribal court in Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo island has fined a man and his lover four buffalo and a pig for having an extramarital affair, a report said Sunday.(AFP/File/AFP)

A policeman and his sniffer dog walk around packages in 2008. ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:02:42 GMT

(AFP/File) - A policeman and his sniffer dog walk around packages in 2008. Colombian sniffer dogs smelled something that was just not right: cocaine-stuffed cookies that were about to be shipped to Barcelona, police said Saturday.(AFP/File/Carlos Julio Martinez)

Women look at the discounted prices in a shopwindow at a shoe ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:56:45 GMT

(AFP/File) - Women look at the discounted prices in a shopwindow at a shoe store in central Athens on January 19. Flashy boots have become an early casualty in debt-hit Greece where thousands of thrift-minded women are switching to rubber wellingtons instead, top-selling Greek daily Ta Nea said this week.(AFP/File/Louisa Gouliamaki)

Margaret Thatcher went on a crash diet eating 28 eggs a week ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:55:12 GMT

(AFP/File) - Margaret Thatcher went on a crash diet eating 28 eggs a week to get in shape ahead of the 1979 election when she was elected British prime minister, according to papers released by the Margaret Thatcher Foundation.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)

People sit on a chair lift in the French ski resort of Avoriaz ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:08:04 GMT

(AFP/File) - People sit on a chair lift in the French ski resort of Avoriaz in 2009. A German tourist who injured himself while skiing in the Tyrolean Alps this month said he was asked to swipe his bank card before he could be treated, local radio ORF reported Friday.(AFP/File/Fred Dufour)

A police bus in Suva. Fiji needs a modern court recording system ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:01:01 GMT

(AFP/File) - A police bus in Suva. Fiji needs a modern court recording system to replace its current antiquated operation that is tied to a magistrate's writing speed, Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said Friday.(AFP/File)

Punxsutawney Phil the groundhog is held by handler John Griffiths ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:38:33 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Punxsutawney Phil the groundhog is held by handler John Griffiths during annual festivities in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania in 2008. The animal rights group PETA is taking aim at America's annual Groundhog Day ritual, urging that the weather-forecasting rodent at the heart of the celebration be replaced by a robot.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jeff Swensen)

Eating pork is at least as effective as popping a Viagra pill ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:15:45 GMT

(AFP/File) - Eating pork is at least as effective as popping a Viagra pill to spice up your sex life, according to Argentine President Cristina Kirchner, seen here in 2009 and who claims to have tested the theory.(AFP/File/Miguel Rojo)

Copper calles at a recycling plant. Two South African ambulance ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:04:34 GMT

(AFP/File) - Copper calles at a recycling plant. Two South African ambulance drivers have been arrested after cramming their vehicle full of stolen copper cables and using their emergency lights to try to get away, police said Thursday.(AFP/File)