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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

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12/5/2012
Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between
Pooches have their cake and eat it in Japan for Christmas
TOKYO (Reuters) - Don't know what to get your pet dog for the holiday? Depending on whether they were naughty or nice, nothing will say Christmas quite like a special Japanese holiday cake for canines.
French men not producing as much sperm
(Reuters Health) - When it comes to sperm counts, French men aren't what they used to be, according to a new study.
Austrian farmers dip into Internet "milking" craze
VIENNA (Reuters) - Dumping a bottle of milk over your head and filming it for a video post on the Internet has become a popular youth craze, but Austrian farmers say the spillage is a crying shame.
Italy vandals destroy 62,000 bottles of vintage wine
ROME (Reuters) - Lovers of exquisite wine wherever you are, if you have tears, prepare to shed them now.
Indian village bans mobile phone use by women
PATNA, India - (Reuters) - A village council in the eastern Indian state of Bihar has banned the use of mobile phones by women, saying the phones were "debasing the social atmosphere" by leading to elopements - a move that set off outraged protests from activists.
Women can tell a cheating man just by looking at them: study
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Women can tell with some accuracy whether an unfamiliar male is faithful simply by looking at his face, but men seem to lack the same ability when checking out women, according to an Australian study published on Wednesday.
In protest, man chains himself to U.S. Embassy in Dominican Republic
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - A man behind a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic chained himself to the building's fence in protest on Tuesday, claiming that a botched DNA test led officials to wrongly deny his daughter American citizenship while also ruining his marriage.
San Francisco tells nudists to get dressed
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco city leaders gave final approval on Tuesday to a ban on public nudity, a measure aimed at curtailing displays of nakedness that some residents and business owners say have gotten out of control in the famously tolerant city.
Time for Santa to wave "vaarwel" to Black Pete?
BRUSSELS/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands and Belgium are two countries that pride themselves on progressive laws and open societies, but critics say they are stuck in the dark ages when it comes to depictions of Santa Claus and his helpers.
New York's most famous shoeless man stashes new boots
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The homeless man who received a new pair of boots from a police officer in New York's Times Square last month in what became a nationally celebrated act of kindness is once again walking the streets barefoot, having hidden the boots.
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