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Funny Headlines

Chinese facing shortage of wives

China will have 30 million more men than women by 2020 making it hard for them to find wives, a report says.

Mexico leader in tortilla pledge

Mexico's President Calderon vows to tackle the soaring price of tortillas, the flat corn bread which is a diet staple.

Also, Making Light posted a list of all hamster-headlines in the BBC in the past few years.

Some of my favorites: Apparently deceased hamster revives, gnaws hole in coffin, tunnels out of grave, and finds its way home; Bus company apologizes for charging hamster 10p for ride, issues lifetime bus pass; Oldest hamster food cache found. (Miocene, 17 million years old.); Man jailed for 60 days after drop-kicking ex-girlfriend’s hamster.

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