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  Cat-calling men give all men a bad name (19 March 09:33)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Men who harass women with cat calls and sexual comments are actually harming their whole gender, a study has found.
  Library book is returned -- 45 years late (19 March 09:20)
LONDON (Reuters) - Staff at the Dinnington library are used to people bringing books back late but the package they received last month was in a class of its own.
  Citizens told to brush up on etiquette (19 March 09:19)
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has compiled a list of do's and don'ts for its citizens at this year's Commonwealth Games to help showcase New Delhi's charms.
  For sale Nice little runabout fit for a queen (18 March 11:47)
LONDON (Reuters) - At first sight it seems just another second-hand luxury car for sale but this Jaguar included some special extras in its day such as emergency convoy lights and a direct r...
  Sex shop must pay full tax rate (18 March 11:41)
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European judges have ruled that a sex shop with movie cubicles does not qualify for a reduced rate of sales tax because it is not a cinema.
  Town planning Luddite anniversary (18 March 11:39)
HUDDERSFIELD, England (Reuters) - The people of Huddersfield are rising up again, but this time it's to celebrate the city's 19th century local weavers rather than smash modern technology. ...
  Airline crew face jail over sexy texts (17 March 07:30)
DUBAI (Reuters) - Two Emirates airlines cabin crew have been ordered jailed for three months in Dubai over sexually explicit text messages, the latest in a string of indecency cases against ...
  Top private school in poison soup mystery (17 March 07:29)
LONDON (Reuters) - An investigation has begun at one of Britain's most prestigious private schools after a member of staff was arrested on suspicion of trying to poison the pupils' soup, pol...
  Love in a cold climate lethal for couple (17 March 07:28)
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian couple having sex in a car parked in a tiny garage have died from carbon monoxide poisoning, Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday.
  Drive a Porsche Up your status with a phone (17 March 07:27)
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - As if a Porsche isn't enough of a status symbol, the German luxury sports car company's subsidiary, Porsche Design, is marketing a mobile phone that's exclusive to Pors...
  Help wanted Space flight experience required (15 March 10:37)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - For astronauts worried about their future with NASA, good news: a private company is hiring.
  Female porn director swaps sex for British politics (15 March 10:37)
BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - A woman who has directed 300 "female-friendly" sex films is to test the liberal-mindedness of British voters and run for parliament in an election due within ...
  Pair faces jail time in Dubai over kiss (15 March 10:36)
DUBAI (Reuters) - A British pair caught kissing in public in Dubai face up to a month in jail in the Gulf Arab emirate for indecency after an Emirati mother complained her child had seen the...
  Want to live like a cowboy Try Wyoming (13 March 01:01)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Whether you want to live like a rock star or a cowboy, or become an urban gardener or just opt for the simple life, there is a town in America to suit everyone's taste. ...
  Paying to pick seats loathsome many passengers say (13 March 01:01)
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Paying for extras has become routine for airline passengers but it doesn't mean they like it, with a poll showing more than half all travelers hate having to fork out t...
  Man takes double hit from wife (13 March 01:00)
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand man is recovering from injuries after being run over by his wife -- twice, local media reported on Friday.
  The price you pay for being romantic (12 March 02:53)
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German woman, fearful that a burglar was trying to break into her second storey apartment, called police after she heard someone climbing up to her balcony shortly after...
  Nurses union Care does not include sex (12 March 02:51)
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard c...
  Old sea dog sets tongues wagging at Crufts (11 March 11:48)
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A 16th century dog, the only known female to have served aboard King Henry VIII's ill-fated flagship the Mary Rose, has stolen the show at Britain's Crufts dog show ...
  Japans spouse hunters hone skills at marriage school (11 March 11:47)
TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - In search of Mr. or Mrs. Right, dozens of Japanese are attending a newly launched school in Tokyo that aims to turn them into marriage material.
  No wine from burglar boyfriend for light sleeper (11 March 11:47)
BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - A German woman, fearful that a burglar was trying to break into her second storey apartment, called police after she heard someone climbing up to her balcony shortly...
  Canada Parliament eats seal to defy ignorant EU (11 March 01:16)
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian parliamentarians tucked into a meal of seal meat on Wednesday to defy both animal right activists and the European Union, which has banned imports of seal product...
  Dead baby elephant calf born alive in Sydney zoo (11 March 01:04)
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - An elephant gave birth to a calf at Sydney's main zoo on Wednesday, surprising vets and keepers who two days earlier declared the baby had died in the womb.
  Air Canada learns that hockey trumps flying (11 March 01:02)
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canada's largest airline has learned it sometimes has to take a back seat to the country's biggest sporting passion, ice hockey, the head of Air Canada said on Tuesday....
  New Zealander auctions ghosts in a bottle (11 March 01:01)
WELLINGTON (Reuters Life!) - A New Zealand woman sold two vials that she said contained the ghosts of an old man and a young girl for almost NZ$2,000 ($1,410) after a fiercely contested onli...
  Canadian Parliament eats seal to defy ignorant EU (11 March 01:00)
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian parliamentarians tucked into a meal of seal meat on Wednesday to defy both animal right activists and the European Union, which has banned imports of seal product...
  Cyprus holds two for theft of ex-leaders corpse (10 March 07:39)
NICOSIA (Reuters) - A court in Cyprus remanded two men in custody Wednesday on suspicion of snatching the corpse of former Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos, holding it for ransom for thr...
  Ex-presidents body stolen for ransom Cyprus says (09 March 11:36)
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus said Tuesday ransom was the motive of thieves who stole the body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, found in a shallow grave Monday three months after it dis...
  Chocolate-powered racecar makes sustainability sexy (09 March 11:24)
BOSTON (Reuters Life!) - Fueled by leftover chocolate and with components made from carrots, potato starch and flax, the world's first sustainable Formula 3 racing car has a top speed of 135...
  Residents flee Angolan village invaded by elephants (09 March 11:20)
LUANDA (Reuters) - Wild elephants rampaged through a southern village in Angola last weekend, destroying farms and dozens of houses and prompting most of its 4,000 residents to flee to neigh...
  Canada drops plans for politically correct anthem (08 March 11:58)
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Don't mess with a century-old tradition even if it is sexist, Canadians told the Conservative government this week, forcing Ottawa to scrap plans to make the country's nat...
  US blacks Hispanics losing more sleep over worries (08 March 11:54)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely than whites and Asians to lose sleep over job and money worries, a sleep survey released on Monday found.
  Seal meat to be on menu at Canadian Parliament (08 March 11:54)
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's parliamentary restaurant will be serving seal meat on Wednesday in a gesture of defiance aimed at a European Union ban on imports of seal products.
  Aussie underwear has gone bananas (06 March 12:41)
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Australian underwear company AussieBum has been monkeying around and the result is a range of men's underwear made with bananas.
  Hamas bans men from womens hair salons in Gaza (06 March 12:39)
GAZA (Reuters) - The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Thursday banned men in the Gaza Strip from working in women's hair salons, vowing to arrest and try offenders.
  Chinese youth accused of not being fighting fit (04 March 10:49)
BEIJING (Reuters) - China must urgently address the physical fitness of the nation's youth or run the risk of raising a generation incapable of fighting the Japanese in a future war, the hea...
  Pilot with fake licence arrested at airport (04 March 09:23)
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Swedish pilot with a fake commercial license was arrested in his cockpit at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport as he prepared to fly 101 passengers on a Boeing 737 to Turke...
  London stage fright rats mice and fleas survey (04 March 09:22)
LONDON (Reuters) - Performers in London's West End are having to cope with a different kind of stage fright in the form of mice, rat and flea infestations in theatres, according to a new sur...
  Canada may adopt gender-neutral national anthem (04 March 09:21)
OTTAWA (Reuters) - "O Canada," the country's national anthem, has included the line, "True patriot love in all thy sons' command," for nearly 100 years.
  Childs play at air traffic tower sparks inquiry (03 March 10:26)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An investigation is underway into why a young child, apparently under an adult's supervision, was allowed to direct air traffic at New York City's John F. Kennedy Intern...
  Army nixes raid after Facebook leak (03 March 10:26)
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military called off a raid in Palestinian territory after a soldier posted details, including the time and place, on social networking website Facebook, Isr...
  Hurt Locker producers sued days before Oscars (03 March 10:25)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant on Tuesday sued the makers of Oscar-nominated film "The Hurt Locker" five days before the Academy Awards, claiming the central character in the f...
  Mute Chicago film critic Ebert voices Oscar picks (02 March 11:05)
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Film critic Roger Ebert, rendered mute by several cancer surgeries, delivered his Oscar picks on Oprah Winfrey's television chat show on Tuesday using his newly synthesiz...
  Marriages last longer than living together (02 March 11:05)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. marriages last longer than unions where couples live together outside matrimony, the Centers for Disease Control reported on Tuesday.
  Police catch man snorting drugs on their car (02 March 11:04)
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police detained a nightclub reveler they caught trying to snort amphetamines off the top of their unmarked patrol car.
  Panda found eating like a pig (01 March 09:45)
BEIJING (Reuters) - Hunger drove a wild panda to break into a Chinese farmer's pig pen and eat their food, which was meat and bone, rather than bamboo.
  Getting naked for art at the Sydney Opera House (01 March 09:41)
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Some 5,200 Australians posed naked in front of the Sydney Opera House on Monday for a photo shoot by New York-based artist Spencer Tunick for another signature installatio...
  Tanks a lot (01 March 09:38)
MOSCOW (Reuters) - About 100 modern Russian tanks have been discovered abandoned on the side of a road in the country's Ural mountains, footage published Saturday by websites showed.
  Baby born in traffic jam as leader drives by (26 February 11:30)
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani woman gave birth to a baby girl in an auto-rickshaw stuck in a traffic jam when police closed roads to let President Asif Ali Zardari's motorcade dri...
  Man must pay for injury caused in suicide bid (26 February 09:55)
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A court ruled that a Russian man must pay more than 100,000 rubles ($3,330) for medical bills and damages to the parents of a girl he hit when he jumped from a window in a...
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