http://observers.france24.com/en/category/tags/christmas The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://observers.france24.com/en/content/christmas_japan_afghanistan <p>We could have done a world tour of ‘Christmas in...' But we decided on Kabul<br /> and Tokyo. A little culture shock. Post your questions to <a href="/en/node/370">Lee Chapman</a> and <a href="/en/node/2519">Nasim Fekrat</a>, our observers in the two cities.</p> http://observers.france24.com/en/content/christmas_japan_afghanistan#comments photo Afghanistan Christmas Japan 35.299435 139.320374 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:11:02 +0100 Julien 2559 at http://observers.france24.com http://observers.france24.com/en/content/dancing_policeman <p> For the past 23 years, police officer Tony Lepore has been coming out of retirement to direct traffic on Rhode Island, Massachusetts. The 60-year-old ex-warden spends each Christmas directing drivers with a festive version of the traffic warden's code. This year his moves have caught the attention of internet users. Videos of the dancing policeman can be found on blogs all over the world. </p> <p> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="475" height="397"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oIQu14pjOaY&amp;rel=1" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <param name="menu" value="false" /> <param name="wmode" value="" /> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oIQu14pjOaY&amp;rel=1" wmode="" quality="high" menu="false" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="475" height="397"></embed> </object> </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> <p align="right"> <span style="font-size: xx-small"><span style="font-size: xx-small">Video posted 13 December 2007.</span> </span> </p> http://observers.france24.com/en/content/dancing_policeman#comments video Christmas dancing police traffic Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:07:48 +0100 Julien 1869 at http://observers.france24.com