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Blondes to hold parade to cheer Latvia up

RIGA, May 27 (RIA Novosti) - Some 2,000 blonde women are to hold a parade in the Latvian capital of Riga as a cheer-up event during the ongoing economic crisis, the head of the Latvian Blondes association said on Wednesday.

"People need positive emotions, and I hope this event will cheer them up," Marika Gederte said.

Sunday's blonde parade, to be held under the motto "Make the world a brighter place," will involve an orchestra composed of fair-haired women, the organizer said.

The parade will be followed by a ball and contests to find the best "blonde lawyer," "blonde journalist," and others.

Polish postman refused 'license to thrill'

MOSCOW, May 27 (RIA Novosti) - A Polish postman who wants to change his name to James Bond as the first step in getting a new life has been refused permission to do so by local authorities, national media said on Wednesday.

Rafal Jarosinski, from the central Polish town of Radomsko, who is also a computer science student, is convinced that "to begin a new life, one should first of all change his first and second name."

Explaining his stance, Rafal said: "First, it is to prove that nothing is impossible. Now at my work I am no one and I have got nothing. When I will become James Bond, I will be someone."

The postman first started applying to local authorities a year ago, but his requests have been denied on the grounds that changing his name to that of the secret agent could be used with criminal intent.