You gotta know when to fold ’em.
John Young, 32, of Slough, England, bested about 200 people to win the World Strip Poker Championship in London over the weekend.
Young took home $18,860 for his expert play – and another $18,000 pounds for a charity after he dropped his pants.
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A Bollywood film is causing a stir in India because it proposes that true love is better than a bad marriage.
“Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna,” or “Never Say Goodbye,” set in New York, cost $4.5 million to produce and stars Bollywood favorites Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan.
Said one social activist, “The film will wrongly impact the youth and teach them that there is no need to make adjustments in a relationship.”
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It’s use ’em or lose ’em in Zimbabwe.
Citizens living with hyperinflation have until today to trade in their old currency, or – unless there’s a really special reason – the notes will be worthless.
Inflation has soared by more than 1,000 percent in the country, and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe decided last month to trim three zeros off the dollar so residents don’t have to walk around with wads of cash.
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Nearly 50 Nepalese women ploughed their fields in the nude last Friday to appease the rain gods, who haven’t dumped a lot of water on their paddy crops.
“This is our last weapon. We used it, and there was a light rainfall,” one woman told the newspaper Rajdhani.
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An environmental activist, who won’t fly planes because they pollute the air with carbon emissions, has found a novel way to get to her friend’s wedding in Australia.
Barbara “Babs” Haddrill, 28, will take a six-week trip from mid-Wales to Brisbane by train, bus and boat to play bridesmaid.
“I feel like I have devoted myself to doing what I can to reduce my impact on the environment,” Haddrill wrote on her blog.