Funny old world: The week's offbeat news
Funny old world: The week's offbeat news AFP 2 hrs ago AFP © PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU In a ponytail or a bun, Pablo Iglesias' long hair was a key part of his image Our weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world: - Shear politics - When most young radicals enter politics they cut their hair and smarten up. Not Spain's Pablo Iglesias, the founder of left-wing Podemos. Rebel to the end, the former deputy prime minister nicknamed "el coletas" -- the ponytailed one -- got out the scissors when he quit politics this week after his party was left with its tail b...