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FILE - In this April 2, 2013 file picture Canadian singer Justin Bieber performs at O2 World in Hamburg, Germany. German officials say Justin Bieber will have to pay the bill for his monkey’s two month stay at a Munich animal shelter. A spokesman for Munich’s customs office says the cost of …

Bieber will have to pay for German monkey business

FILE - In this April 2, 2013 file picture Canadian singer Justin Bieber performs at O2 World in Hamburg, Germany. German officials say Justin Bieber will have to pay the bill for his monkey’s two month stay at a Munich animal shelter. A spokesman for Munich’s customs office says the cost of …

Animal shots of the week

Flamingos stand in their snow covered compound in the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, northern Germany, Monday, March 18, 2013. Meteorologists predict the unusual cold and snowy weather to continue in northeastern Germany. (AP Photo/dpa, Sven Hoppe)

Animal shots of the week

A raccoon (Procyon lotor) looks into the camera of the photographer from its compound at an animal park in Hamburg, northern Germany, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Sven Hoppe)