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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.
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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.
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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.
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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... |
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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.
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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.
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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 ... |
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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... |
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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.
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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... |
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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.
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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 ... |
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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... |
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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.
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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... |
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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.
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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... |
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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... |
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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 ... |
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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.
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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... |
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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... |
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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.
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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.... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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.
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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... |
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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.
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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... |
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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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