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Flying veggies for Mexican Cinco de Mayo (Reuters)

Reuters - One of the few places in Mexico still celebrating Cinco de Mayo, thanks to an enduring family tradition, did so on Friday with a tequila-fuelled fiesta of cannon firing, flying vegetables and forced haircuts.

U.K. Copter Crashes in Iraq; Iraqis Cheer (AP)

AP - A British military helicopter crashed in the southern city of Basra on Saturday, and a crowd of Iraqis cheered and threw stones at British forces who raced to the scene to seal off the area.

Hollywood wonders: "What would Jesus direct?" (Reuters)

Reuters - Long criticised by conservative Christians for profiting from violent or sexually graphic films that corrupt the young, Hollywood is starting to see there is money to be made catering to those critics.

First lady wins damages for divorce story (Reuters)

Reuters - Mexican first lady Marta Sahagun won $178,000 in damages against an Argentine author and a Mexican magazine on Tuesday for invasion of privacy in an article about the breakup of a previous marriage.

The "Lunatic Express" (Reuters)
Reuters - The man-eating lions of Tsavo may be no more.

China Paper: Man Buys Fighter Jet on EBay (AP)
AP - A Chinese businessman has bought a MiG-21f plane from a U.S. seller on the online auction Web site eBay for $24,730 and plans to use it to decorate an empty space at his offices, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Bolivia Military Told to Occupy Gas Fields (AP)

AP - President Evo Morales ordered soldiers to occupy Bolivia's natural gas fields Monday and threatened to evict foreign companies unless they give Bolivia control over the entire chain of production.