Funny old world: The week's offbeat news

In the "good old days" if you wanted to get ahead among the Konyak of India's far northeast, you lopped off an enemy's head. But now tribal elders complain that the young are going soft.

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Konyak tribesmen gesturing during a community gathering in Hongphoi village in the Mon district of India's Nagaland state. AFP photo
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From the men daring to admit that they are "furries" to Barbie, the "Chinese running dog"... Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world.

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Once before Vietnam stood

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