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Surfing Priest Brings Evangelical Wave to French Beaches

His surf buddies call him the white wolf. To everyone else he is just R.S.

Welcome to the unlikely world of Rene-Sebastien Fournie, a French priest who persuades young wave worshippers to consider committing themselves to a higher power: God.

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Mini-Skirt Ban Prompts Underwear Protest at Hungarian College

Students at a Hungarian university attended class wearing only their underwear Thursday to protest against a dress code ordered by the college head.

In a letter to students on Wednesday, the rector of Kaposvar University in southwest Hungary wrote that a conservative dress code -- dark suits and shoes for men; jacket, blouse and trousers or long skirts for women -- must be adhered to when attending classes or exams.

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Penis Hotpots and Snake Blood: Asia's Libido-Boosting Foods

Holding aloft a half-metre long horse penis, chef Xiao Shan confidently declares it "the most delicious" of the ingredients in a Chinese hotpot of male genitalia, one of many supposed Asian remedies to boost the libido.

Penises and testicles from donkey, goat, dog, bull and deer, the other contributors to the $200 feast, are laid out on a kitchen table, like a sorry-looking row of odd-sized sausages and veiny, oval vegetables, all waiting to be sliced up by his looming, intimidating cleaver.

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Hong Kong's Handcarts Keep the City on a Roll

It's a simple contraption -- an iron frame, foldout handle and four rubber wheels -- but in Hong Kong, the old-fashioned handcart is what keeps the city rolling.

In the shadow of skyscrapers, Hong Kong's working class trolley pushers transport everything from crates of live seafood to appliances, financial documents, furniture and mail.

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Bolivia Police Seize $1 Million in Drug Loot Tossed from Plane

Suspected drug traffickers tossed a bag containing more than a million dollars from a low-flying airplane, but the loot missed its mark and was seized by police, officials said Wednesday.

"A white bag containing, it later became evident, 26 bundles of cash, was thrown from the aircraft" Tuesday as it made a low pass over a clandestine airstrip in Bolivia's Santa Cruz province, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

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10-Year-Old Takes Zurich University Maths Class

A 10-year-old boy who passed a Swiss final high school maths exam for fun is taking a special course in the subject at prestigious Zurich University, the institution said Wednesday.

Maximilan Janisch, whose father is a retired maths professor, is the youngest child to ever be allowed to follow such a course at the university, its president Michael Hengartner told Agence France Presse.

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Wave of Jellyfish Shuts Down Swedish Nuke Reactor

It wasn't a tsunami but it had the same effect: A huge cluster of jellyfish forced one of the world's largest nuclear reactors to shut down — a phenomenon that marine biologists say could become more common.

Operators of the Oskarshamn nuclear plant in southeastern Sweden had to scramble reactor number three on Sunday after tons of jellyfish clogged the pipes that bring in cool water to the plant's turbines.

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Upper-Crust British PM Makes Own Bread

British Prime Minister David Cameron admitted Tuesday he doesn't know the price of a loaf of bread -- because he bakes his own.

British politicians are occasionally asked the price of basic household staples by the media to see how "in touch" they are with the rest of society, usually in a bid to trip them up.

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Badger Stew Dish of the Day for British Roadkill Fan

Take one dead badger, head and all, dust with flour and herbs, season and braise for five hours -- that's the recipe for a perfect stew, according to British roadkill eater Arthur Boyt.

From dogs and cats to polecats and mice, Boyt insists there is nothing tastier than scooping up a dead animal from the roadside and taking it back to his remote home in Cornwall, southwest England, to skin, gut and cook.

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Free Burgers Await Furloughed U.S. Federal Workers

A fast-food chain in Washington is promising free hamburgers to federal workers who find themselves furloughed if the U.S. government shuts down Tuesday, its founder and proprietor said Monday.

"If people don't go to work, they can come and get a burger" at four Z-Burger locations in the national capital region at noon hour and again in the early evening, Peter Tabibian told Agence France Presse.

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