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Australia's biggest city up in arms over "politically correct" Christmas
Sydney's Lord Mayor has angered citizens of Australia's largest city and Prime Minister John Howard by decorating the town hall with a single tree in a modest festive show seen as an effort to avoid offending non-Christian immigrants.

Bosses play scrooge with Christmas parties
Fewer British bosses will deck their halls and make merry with employees this season, according to a survey released showing a 30-percent drop in the number of office Christmas parties this year.

Crazy Horse lives ... but British airline wants proof
Jeremy Brown from Northern Ireland may rue the day he decided to change his name to Crazy Horse Invincible, partly because he did so after one too many drinks, but mainly because his new identity is causing more hassle that it may be worth.

Germany recruit psychologist to aid World Cup bid
German football continues to venture into unchartered territory under coach Jurgen Klinsmann with the 2006 World Cup hosts confirming that they will use a sports psychologist for the first time in their history.

Men's urinal is 20th century's most influential artwork: artists' poll
In a result that probably confirms many sceptics' prejudices about modern art, a 1917 men's urinal has been voted the most influential artwork of the 20th century in a poll of the great and good of Britain's art world.

Japanese city to require dads to spend time with newborns
A Japanese city council will require male employees to take a total of six weeks of paid leave before their babies' first birthdays and then explain what they learned in a bid to end perceptions that child care is only a woman's job, officials said.

Till death do us part -- or 90 minutes, at least
Scott McKie and Victoria Anderson were looking forwards to a life of wedded bliss as they tied the knot.

Bosnian 'peacekeepers' flee with one million euro haul
Five robbers dressed as NATO peacekeepers stole over one million euros belonging to an Austrian bank on the eve of the handover of the mission to an EU force, police said.

New York hotel offers 10,000-dollar martini
New York's Algonquin Hotel, once the haunt of 1920s literarti like Dorothy Parker, is making a fresh bid for notoriety by offering a 10,000-dollar martini cocktail.

Hundreds of geese stolen before Christmas rush
Hundreds of geese were stolen from a farm in southern England before they were to have been delivered for Christmas dinner tables, police and the owners said.
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