BBC poll: Germany most popular country in the world (BBC)

UK fame climbs but,
Diligent diplomacy
Puts Germans on top.

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Prague to set aside special train carriages for single people looking for love (ABC)

Choose train over car,
Commute and find your soul mate,
On the Prague love train.

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Denmark's Emmelie de Forest triumphs at Eurovision Song Contest (BBC)

Britain's Bonnie bores,
Giant Dracula warbles,
And Danes party on!

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Biological clue to why women live longer than men (BBC)

As both sexes age,
Men lose immune cells faster,
T and B-cells key.

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Lauryn Hill jailed for tax evasion (BBC)

Miseducated,
Strumming her pain with cell bars,
Hill to pay her dues.

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Three US women missing for years rescued in Ohio (BBC)

A ten year saga,
Mystery finally solved,
Kidnapped girls escape!

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Parliament House marks 25th anniversary (SBS)

Twenty-five years young,
Parliament House party time,
MPs still get lost.

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17 arrested as Seattle May Day protests turn violent (CNN)

Workers celebrate,
Police protect capital,
Why no holiday?

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(Guest post by Osman Faruqi)

Russian Dogs Take To Train Lines (abc news)

Moscow dogs take trains,
Figuring out metro lines,
Seasoned commuters.

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NBA star makes landmark revelation that he is gay (ABC)

"I'm black and I'm gay,"
A slam-dunk for acceptance,
B-baller comes out.

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