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BERLIN, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Dozens of naked Berlin students braved freezing temperatures to streak through town protesting plans to cut spending for universities.

SYDNEY, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Australian officials are hunting a wild deer that has been seen in Sydney and reportedly looks like legendary Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The Louisville Zoo announced Friday Makari, a member of the zoo's gorilla band, has given birth to a healthy baby.

NEW YORK, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The New York City Transit Court has refused to rescind a ticket given to a woman with an injured leg who propped it up on a subway seat on doctor's orders.

LONDON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- British police had to break into the home of an Elvis Presley fan who was deafening his neighbors with 24 hours of non-stop "Heartbreak Hotel."

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Several hundred lonely hearts in central Illinois were a bit lonelier Friday after learning their dating service has stopped taking calls.

LONDON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- A British survey indicates one in five workers have sex at work during the Christmas season.

BEIJING, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Japanese carmaker Toyota was forced to apologize to China for two ads showing stone lions saluting two Toyota cars.

HOUSTON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- A Houston woman who ran over a McDonald's employee with her car in a fury over missing mayonnaise on a cheeseburger Friday faced 10 years in jail.

WASHINGTON, England, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- London's luxury food store Christmas puddings have failed the taste test of British consumer magazine, Which?, the BBC reports.

An Austrian union that represents department store workers thinks the repetitive playing of Christmas carols is a form of "psycho-terrorism."

Clay Aiken, who may be the biggest thing to hit North Carolina since Andy Griffith, is issuing personalized invitations for people to visit his hometown.

UPI horoscopes for Friday, December 5, 2003.

Today is Friday, Dec. 5, the 339th day of 2003 with 26 to follow.