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Ageing Santa gets $100000 facelift for Christmas (20 November 09:53) |
| WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to Christmas so that his aging face does not scare children.
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Diplomats arrested for cigarette smuggling (20 November 09:51) |
| STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,000 cigarettes into the Nordic country, the Swedish Customs Office said Friday.
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Gang accused of killing to sell human fat (20 November 09:33) |
| LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics.
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New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles (20 November 02:51) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world
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US election iPhone among decades top 10 Internet moments (20 November 02:50) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past d... |
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Lawmaker apologizes for insulting rival on Twitter (18 November 11:22) |
| OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian member of Parliament learned the hard way on Tuesday that insulting a rival legislator by Twitter is not a good idea, especially if you're sitting around the sa... |
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Lost man drives nine hours to get newspaper (18 November 11:21) |
| CANBERRA (Reuters) - An elderly man who went out to fetch a morning newspaper ended up driving nearly 400 miles after getting lost and taking a wrong turn onto a major Australian highway, p... |
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Johnny Depp named Peoples sexiest man alive (18 November 11:18) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" on Wednesday, reclaiming a title he first won in 2003.
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Make toilets cool to fix sanitation woes (18 November 12:40) |
| MUMBAI (Reuters) - Jack Sim, founder of the World Toilet Organization, has a theory about why governments and people are so reluctant to talk about hygiene: it isn't cool.
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Whats in a name More than you might think (18 November 12:38) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - A London-based translation firm is offering parents-to-be the chance to check the meaning of prospective baby names in other languages to avoid inadvertently causing their... |
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Trapped thief drops trousers in bungled burglary (17 November 11:07) |
| LISBON (Reuters) - He wiggled, jiggled and even dropped his trousers, but a thief trying to break into a supermarket in Portugal stayed stuck fast in a tiny window until he was rescued by po... |
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Make toilets cool to fix sanitation woes expert says (17 November 11:06) |
| MUMBAI (Reuters) - Jack Sim, founder of the World Toilet Organization, has a theory about why governments and people are so reluctant to talk about hygiene: it isn't cool.
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Whats in an unusual name More than you might think (17 November 11:01) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes might have thought twice about naming their daughter Suri if they'd known that it means "pickpocket" in Japanese, "turned sour" in French, and ... |
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Women disappointed by Gaddafi party (17 November 01:54) |
| ROME (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in Rome for a U.N. food summit, spent several hours in the company of 200 Italian women recruited by an agency and tried to convert them to Is... |
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Robber behind perfect crime surrenders (17 November 01:40) |
| PARIS (Reuters) - The driver of a security van who vanished earlier this month with more than 11 million euros ($16.5 million) in cash has surrendered to police in Monaco, French authorities... |
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Cannibals nabbed selling corpse to kebab house (17 November 01:34) |
| MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police have arrested three homeless people suspected of eating a 25-year-old man they had butchered and selling other bits of the corpse to a local kebab house.
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Obama in a grass skirt Hawaii to host APEC 2011 (15 November 01:04) |
| SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama invited fellow leaders in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation to a summit in Hawaii in 2011, but may have alarmed them with the dress code... |
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Putin wins respect at hip-hop party (13 November 11:04) |
| MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rubbed shoulders with rappers and was hailed with "respect" in a television show Friday that could help boost his flagging ratings.
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Cow dung to power more Dutch homes (13 November 10:18) |
| AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A plant that converts cow dung into energy for homes opened in the Netherlands Friday.
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Weird and wacky world records tumble around globe (13 November 12:00) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Manjit Singh, a 59-year-old security consultant from Leicester, England known as the "Ironman," on Thursday pulled a double-decker bus weighing more than eight metric tons... |
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Venezuela destroys 30000 guns (12 November 11:19) |
| CARACAS (Reuters) - Battling with one of the world's highest murder rates, Venezuela on Wednesday crushed more than 30,000 guns seized from the streets during police raids this year.
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Lawmaker who expensed fine wine car jailed (12 November 11:18) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - A former far-right British member of the European Parliament who cheated on his expense money to buy fine wine and a car was jailed on Wednesday for two years.
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Flocking to Cinderella ball for monetary bliss (12 November 07:41) |
| HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands of Chinese women are vying to attend a lavish ball in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen, lured by the dream of a possible fairytale match with a millionaire.
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And the ugliest people are (12 November 02:29) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Britons are among the ugliest people in the world, according to a dating website that says it only allows "beautiful people" to join.
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Looking for a bargain Madoffs homes get price cut (12 November 12:06) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's still not cheap, but Livin' La Vida Madoff may now cost a bit less.
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Flocking to Cinderella ball for monetary blis (12 November 12:05) |
| HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands of Chinese women are vying to attend a lavish ball in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen, lured by the dream of a possible fairytale match with a millionaire.
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The anti-swine flu holy water dispenser (12 November 12:04) |
| ROME (Reuters) - An Italian inventor has combined faith and ingenuity to come up with a way to keep church traditions alive for the faithful without the fear of contracting swine flu -- an e... |
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Bounce back in style at divorce fair (11 November 01:21) |
| PARIS (Reuters) - Sylvie Razafindrakoto, whose divorce was finalized three weeks ago, came looking for tips on coping with difficult teenagers as a newly single mother.
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Villagers confine rare turtle offer prayers (11 November 01:20) |
| BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - Hundreds of poor Hindu villagers in eastern India have refused to hand over a rare turtle to authorities, saying it is an incarnation of God, officials said on... |
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Mini-dress student readmitted to university (11 November 01:19) |
| SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A female Brazilian student who was expelled from a Sao Paulo university after her short dress sparked student protests has been allowed back after federal prosecutors o... |
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Online auction site launches for rich and famous (09 November 08:54) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Millionaires down on their luck now have a place to sell their mega-yachts, super-cars and family jewels without having to resort to the pawn shop.
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Man provides photo for his own wanted poster (09 November 08:53) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - A British man on the run from police sent a picture of himself to his local paper because he disliked the mugshot they had printed of him as part of a public appeal to tra... |
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Student expelled after row over short dress (09 November 08:52) |
| SAO PAULO (Reuters) - In Brazil, famed for its tiny bikinis and carefree attitude, a university student has been expelled after violent protests by students outraged at the short outfit she ... |
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Man makes living by selling the shirt on his back (06 November 09:01) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - A T-shirt a day has kept unemployment at bay for an American man who is making about $85,000 a year by selling advertising space on his torso.
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Driver suspected in Bank of France van heist (06 November 08:59) |
| LYON, France (Reuters) - French police are looking for the driver of a security van suspected of driving off with more than 10 million euros ($14.85 million) after the man vanished, apparent... |
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Miss England gives up crown over brawl reports (06 November 08:59) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Beauty pageant winner Miss England gave up her title on Friday after reports she had been involved in a nightclub brawl with another beauty queen.
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Health worker fired for hockey flu shots (05 November 10:44) |
| CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Senior health officials in the Canadian province of Alberta said on Wednesday they had fired an unidentified worker for giving National Hockey League players pre... |
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Wifes free handbag a symbol of derision (05 November 10:43) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - FIFA vice-president Jack Warner is returning a handbag given to his wife by England's 2018 World Cup bid because he says it has become "a symbol of derision, betrayal and ... |
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Giant snake capture was a hoax (05 November 10:42) |
| MIAMI (Reuters) - A man who caught a 14-foot (4.2-meter) python in a Florida drain pipe was charged with perpetrating a hoax after wildlife officers discovered he owned the snake and put it ... |
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Give pees a chance student may face jail (04 November 10:29) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - A university student who was photographed urinating over a war memorial was warned on Wednesday that he could be jailed for the "disgusting act."
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Cheap mobile calls help more young couples elope (04 November 10:26) |
| MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali courtship was different in Hassan Aden's day. When he was a teenager, you gave the girl's parents 11 camels and an AK-47 assault rifle as bride price and then wa... |
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Moonshine turns horse race rowdy (04 November 06:12) |
| TODOS SANTOS CUCHUMATAN, Guatemala (Reuters) - Despite a drinking ban mayhem erupted at a traditional Mayan horse race on Sunday with riders falling off their horses and drunken spectators s... |
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Moonshine turns horse race in rowdy (03 November 11:34) |
| TODOS SANTOS CUCHUMATAN, Guatemala (Reuters) - Despite a drinking ban mayhem erupted at a traditional Mayan horse race on Sunday with riders falling off their horses and drunken spectators s... |
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Rebels ban musical ringtones on phones (03 November 11:32) |
| NAIROBI (Reuters) - Sacdiyo Sheeq used to love listening to Bollywood movie songs on her mobile telephone.
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Scared of flying Press the fear iButton (03 November 11:30) |
| SYDNEY (Reuters) - People scared of flying can now press a button on their iPhone to help them deal with their panic.
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Marilyn Monroe crypt auction fails again (03 November 03:04) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A second attempt to sell a crypt on top of Marilyn Monroe's final resting place has failed, with not a single bid received for the burial spot in a celebrity-filled L... |
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Beefeaters harassed lone female Tower guard (03 November 03:03) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Two guardians of Britain's historic Tower of London have been suspended after a female colleague, the first woman warden in their 524-year history, accused them of harassm... |
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Space hotel says its on schedule to open in 2012 (03 November 03:02) |
| BARCELONA (Reuters) - A company behind plans to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and ti... |
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Hotels come to the rescue of Taipeis pet dogs (03 November 03:02) |
| TAIPEI (Reuters Life!) - Taipei's dogs are living it up at hotels, complete with VIP suites and pools, that aim to ease the problem of strays that has plagued the city for decades.
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Bad drivers Blame their genes (29 October 09:48) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - No need to curse that bad driver weaving in and out of the lane in front of you -- he cannot help it, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
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