Japanese court rules artist's 'vagina' kayak is legal, sharing is not and other top stories.

• Japanese court rules artist's 'vagina' kayak is legal, sharing is not

  

  On Tuesday, a Japanese court ruled a floating replica of an artist's vagina was in fact "pop art."However, it also ruled that 3D data enabling supporters to create their own oversized vagina was not.Confused? So is artist Megumi Igarashi."Genitals are not obscene at least for lots of woman including myself so I think it doesn't make sense," she told CNN.Igarashi, a conceptional artist who goes by the by the pseudonym Rokudenashiko (which means "good-for-nothing kid"), created controversy in 2014..

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• Palestinian play to remain on school curriculum

  

  Critics of the production 'A Tale Of A City By The Sea' say it portrays Israel as a "blood-thirsty war machine". For Palestinian-born playwright Samah Sabawi, it is a love story. The story explores the difficulties confronting those wanting to marry someone from the "outside", and is told largely through a dilemma faced by female lead Jamana. “Choose to be with the love of her life and leaving her home for ever, and possibly not seeing her family for ever or staying with her family - and not se..

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• Photos of George W. Bush during 9/11 terrorist attacks released

  

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• N. Korea ends congress with massive rally

  

  North Korea's Kim Jong Un has attended a parade in Pyongyang marking the end of a four-day congress by the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, a news report says. Kim "took the tribune of honour at the square before the start of the mass rally", Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency was quoted as saying by Japan's Kyodo News agency. Thousands of people waved flags and balloons in the capital, and statues of Kim's predecessors in the dynasty, founder Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il. Kim was awa..

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• The rise of the Philippines' unlikely new leader Duterte

  

  AFP on May 10, 2016, 8:31 pm The rise of the Philippines' unlikely new leader Duterte Manila (AFP) - In a nation with a famously raucous political scene, Rodrigo Duterte stands out as one of the Philippines' most colourful, unorthodox and controversial figures.The longtime mayor of the southern city of Davao has captivated Filipinos with vows of brutal but quick solutions to crime and poverty, offering himself as a strongman capable of up-ending politics as usual.A lawyer and former..

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• London's New Mayor Won't Be Able To Visit U.S. If Donald Trump Is The New President

  

  The new mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said that he wants to travel to the United States to share ideas with other contemporary mayors of the country, but he worries he won’t be able to do so in the event that the Republican frontrunner Donald Trump gets elected to the White House. Khan is the first Muslim mayor of the city after winning the election by a margin of 13.6 percent — the widest margin in mayoral elections in 16 years. Khan fears that he won’t be allowed in the United States simply be..

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• One dead in train station stabbing

  

  One dead in train station stabbing

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• Islamic 'Glory be to God' adverts to appear on Bradford buses, months after Christian ad ban

  

  A CAMPAIGN by an Islamic charity to raise money for international aid and help change the “negative climate” surrounding the Muslim community has been denounced as unfair by Christian groups. To celebrate Ramadan and encourage donations to Islamic Relief, adverts containing the slogan Subhan Allah, which translates as “Glory be to God”, will run on 460 buses in Bradford and three other cities after the end of the holy festival.The adverts will also run on 180 buses in London in the two weeks be..

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• US warship sails by South China Sea reef, irking Beijing

  

  AFP on May 10, 2016, 7:31 pm Beijing (AFP) - The US on Tuesday sailed a warship close to a disputed South China Sea reef Beijing has built up into an artificial island, reports and officials said, prompting China to express "dissatisfaction and opposition".Guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence navigated within 12 nautical miles of the Fiery Cross Reef, occupied by China and also claimed by Vietnam and the Philippines, the Wall Street Journal reported.It is Washington's third "fre..

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