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LONDON - A student who was expelled from her university for wearing a mini dress has won 15,000-pounds payout from her university.

LONDON - The governments of the United States and Afghanistan have reportedly made separate contacts with the Haqqani network, the most fearsome insurgent group in Afghanistan, though their talks are being described by sources as extremely tentative.

LONDON - A Chinese farmer has broken the world record for growing the biggest ever cucumber - using house dung.

LONDON - Students from Moscow university have made a racy calendar asserting their love for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who turns 58 on Thursday.

LONDON - Today's women too value thoughtfulness above sex in relationships, a survey said. Almost half the women listed emotional understanding and intimacy as most important in a relationship. Only two percent put sex first.