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• Oksana asks Gibson to pay her PR bill
  MEL Gibson's ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva has asked a judge to order the star to pay her back tens of thousands of dollars she spent on public relations.
  
  
• Man's giant trees can seen from space
  A NIGHTMARE neighbour is refusing to chop down trees in his front yard that are so big they can be seen easily on Google Earth satellite images.
  
  
• Doctor 'sucked nipple for diagnosis'
  A FINNISH court is to hear a sexual molestation case against a doctor who says he sucked a patient's nipple to diagnose a medical problem.
  
  
• Stoning labelled 'barbaric beyond words'
  THE European Union has condemned the stoning to death sentence passed against an Iranian woman convicted for adultery, saying it was "barbaric beyond words".
  
  
• China concerned over fishing boat crash
  CHINA has expressed "great concern" over a collision between a Japanese coastguard vessel and Chinese fishing boat in disputed waters and urged Japan to stop patrolling the area.
  
  
• Pepsi dumps 'healthy' version of drink
  COLA giant PepsiCo has axed its "healthy" cola Pepsi Raw from its product range in Britain amid dwindling sales.
  
  
• Japan to make energy from couch potatoes
  IN a bid to capture and exploit wasted heat, a consortium of Japan’s biggest companies plans to use body warmth generated by lazing around into energy for powering TV remotes.
  
  
• Balloon ban unlawful, judge decides
  CHILD protection group Bravehearts has permission to fly its white balloons as it likes.
  
  
• Hundreds flee fast-moving fires in the US
  A WIND-whipped wildfire has sent flames roaring through a rugged canyon in the Colorado foothills, forcing hundreds of people to flee.
  
  
• Nepal parliament to hold seventh vote
  NEPAL'S parliament will make its seventh attempt to elect a new prime minister and end a stalemate that has held up vital government spending and threatened the fragile peace process.