Hanoi, a city of a hundred lakes, has an island in the centre called Banana Island. No marks for guessing what it grows!

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French actor Gerard Depardieu says he grabbed by the hips a woman who has accused him of sexual abuse. French actor Gerard Depardieu (centre) walks with his lawyer Jeremie Assous (right ...