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25 Chess Set: Charles Hollander Price:  $600,000 With 320 carats of black and white diamonds only seven of these luxury chess sets have ever been created. Although another set known as the Jewel Royale has been rumored by some websites to be the most expensive in the world at $9.8 million it was never actually created and remains little more than a concept. 24 Burger: Le Burger Extravagant Price:  $295 Sold at Serendipity 3 in New York City this deliciously expensive hamburger is held together with a solid gold, diamond-encrusted toothpick. 23 Car: 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Price:  $35 million Not long ago this 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO became the most expensive car ever when it was sold in the United Kingdom to a private collector. 22 Camera: Susse Freres daguerreotype camera Price:  $775,000 Dating back to 1839, this daguerreotype camera sold at auction in 2007 is believed to be the oldes...

Eight injured near French mosque Worshippers leaving the Arrahma mosque in Avignon were approached by two hooded suspects at about 22:30 local time (21:30 GMT) on Sunday. The suspects, carrying a handgun and a shotgun, arrived in a Renault Clio before opening fire on the crowd,  La Provence newspaper reports . Police said they were not treating the incident as a terrorist attack. Four people were wounded outside the mosque and a family of four - including a seven-year-old girl - also suffered injuries from shrapnel while in their apartment, located some 50 metres away, La Provence said, citing a source. Two of the eight wounded were hospitalised, according to the source, who also said that worshippers leaving the mosque had not been the intended target. An eyewitness interviewed at the scene said that dozens of people near the mosque started to run when they saw the two suspects exit the vehicle and approach them with firearms. "It was a black Renault car,...