Men keep moustaches for charity

LONDON - From the pencil-thin Errol Flynn version to the coiffed homage to Ming the Merciless, thousands of normally clean-shaven men across the world have been embracing the lost art of moustaches this month.

Almost 850,000 men from London to Singapore shaved carefully around their top lip during November as part of a global campaign to raise awareness and cash for men's cancers, almost double last year's registrations.

Eight years after the first "Movember" in Australia, the campaign has become a big hit in Canada, Britain, the United States, New Zealand and South Africa, as well as winning fans in the Middle East and Asia.