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Diplomats arrested for cigarette smuggling
Reuters
(20 November 09:34) |
| 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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Ageing Santa gets $100000 facelift for Christmas
Reuters
(20 November 09:34) |
| 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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Gang accused of killing to sell human fat
Reuters
(20 November 09:33) |
| 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
Reuters
(20 November 02:51) |
| 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
Reuters
(20 November 02:50) |
| 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 decade, acco... |
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Lost man drives nine hours to get newspaper
Reuters
(18 November 11:26) |
| 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, police said ... |
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Lawmaker apologizes for insulting rival on Twitter
Reuters
(18 November 11:22) |
| 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 same table ... |
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Johnny Depp named Peoples sexiest man alive
Reuters
(18 November 10:54) |
| 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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Trapped thief drops trousers in bungled burglary
Reuters
(17 November 11:20) |
| 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 police and ... |
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Make toilets cool to fix sanitation woes
Reuters
(17 November 11:19) |
| 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
Reuters
(17 November 11:18) |
| 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 offsprin... |
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Make toilets cool to fix sanitation woes expert says
Reuters
(17 November 11:06) |
| 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
Reuters
(17 November 11:01) |
| 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 "horse ma... |
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Robber behind perfect crime surrenders
Reuters
(17 November 01:40) |
| 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 said on... |
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Women disappointed by Gaddafi party
Reuters
(17 November 01:38) |
| 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 Islam, It... |
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Cannibals nabbed selling corpse to kebab house
Reuters
(17 November 01:34) |
| 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
Reuters
(15 November 01:04) |
| 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
Reuters
(13 November 10:19) |
| 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
Reuters
(13 November 10:18) |
| Reuters - A plant that converts cow dung into energy for homes opened in the Netherlands Friday. |
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Venezuela destroys 30000 guns
Reuters
(12 November 11:19) |
| 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
Reuters
(12 November 11:18) |
| 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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Weird and wacky world records tumble around globe
Reuters
(12 November 11:15) |
| 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 over a d... |
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Flocking to Cinderella ball for monetary bliss
Reuters
(12 November 07:41) |
| 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
Reuters
(12 November 02:29) |
| 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
Reuters
(12 November 12:06) |
| 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
Reuters
(12 November 12:05) |
| 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
Reuters
(12 November 12:04) |
| 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 electron... |
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Bounce back in style at divorce fair
Reuters
(11 November 01:21) |
| 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
Reuters
(11 November 01:20) |
| 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 Tuesday. |
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Mini-dress student readmitted to university
Reuters
(11 November 01:19) |
| 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 opened an inv... |
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Online auction site launches for rich and famous
Reuters
(09 November 08:54) |
| 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
Reuters
(09 November 08:53) |
| 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 track him do... |
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Student expelled after row over short dress
Reuters
(09 November 08:52) |
| 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 wore on camp... |
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Man makes living by selling the shirt on his back
Reuters
(06 November 09:01) |
| 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
Reuters
(06 November 08:59) |
| 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, apparently after first ... |
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Miss England gives up crown over brawl reports
Reuters
(06 November 08:59) |
| 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
Reuters
(05 November 10:44) |
| 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 preferential access to... |
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Wifes free handbag a symbol of derision
Reuters
(05 November 10:43) |
| 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 embarrass... |
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Giant snake capture was a hoax
Reuters
(05 November 10:42) |
| 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 in the p... |
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Give pees a chance student may face jail
Reuters
(04 November 10:29) |
| 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
Reuters
(04 November 10:26) |
| 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 waited respect... |
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Moonshine turns horse race rowdy
Reuters
(04 November 06:12) |
| Reuters - Despite a drinking ban mayhem erupted at a traditional Mayan horse race on Sunday with riders falling off their horses and drunken spectators stumbling through the mountain village... |
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Moonshine turns horse race in rowdy
Reuters
(03 November 11:34) |
| Reuters - Despite a drinking ban mayhem erupted at a traditional Mayan horse race on Sunday with riders falling off their horses and drunken spectators stumbling through the mountain village... |
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Rebels ban musical ringtones on phones
Reuters
(03 November 11:32) |
| 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
Reuters
(03 November 11:30) |
| 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
Reuters
(03 November 03:04) |
| 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 Los Angeles cem... |
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Beefeaters harassed lone female Tower guard
Reuters
(03 November 03:03) |
| 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 harassment. |
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Space hotel says its on schedule to open in 2012
Reuters
(03 November 03:02) |
| 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 time frame for... |
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Hotels come to the rescue of Taipeis pet dogs
Reuters
(03 November 03:02) |
| Reuters - 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
Reuters
(29 October 09:48) |
| 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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