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Library book is returned -- 45 years late
Reuters
(19 March 09:20) |
| 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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Cat-calling men give all men a bad name
Reuters
(19 March 09:19) |
| 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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Citizens told to brush up on etiquette
Reuters
(19 March 09:19) |
| 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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Sex shop must pay full tax rate
Reuters
(18 March 11:41) |
| 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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For sale Nice little runabout fit for a queen
Reuters
(18 March 11:40) |
| 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 radio link... |
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Town planning Luddite anniversary
Reuters
(18 March 11:39) |
| 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
Reuters
(17 March 07:30) |
| 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 foreigne... |
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Top private school in poison soup mystery
Reuters
(17 March 07:29) |
| 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, police said ... |
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Love in a cold climate lethal for couple
Reuters
(17 March 07:28) |
| 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
Reuters
(17 March 07:27) |
| 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 Porsche owners. |
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Help wanted Space flight experience required
Reuters
(15 March 10:37) |
| 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
Reuters
(15 March 10:37) |
| 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 weeks. |
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Pair faces jail time in Dubai over kiss
Reuters
(15 March 10:36) |
| 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 their indis... |
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Want to live like a cowboy Try Wyoming
Reuters
(13 March 01:01) |
| 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
Reuters
(13 March 01:01) |
| 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 to choose the... |
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Man takes double hit from wife
Reuters
(13 March 01:00) |
| 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
Reuters
(12 March 02:53) |
| 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 midnight... |
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Nurses union Care does not include sex
Reuters
(12 March 02:51) |
| 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 care. |
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Old sea dog sets tongues wagging at Crufts
Reuters
(11 March 11:48) |
| Reuters - 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 this year. |
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Japans spouse hunters hone skills at marriage school
Reuters
(11 March 11:47) |
| Reuters - 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
Reuters
(11 March 11:47) |
| 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 midnight... |
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Canada Parliament eats seal to defy ignorant EU
Reuters
(11 March 01:16) |
| 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 products. |
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Dead baby elephant calf born alive in Sydney zoo
Reuters
(11 March 01:04) |
| Reuters - 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
Reuters
(11 March 01:02) |
| 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
Reuters
(11 March 01:01) |
| Reuters - 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 online auction, local m... |
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Cyprus holds two for theft of ex-leaders corpse
Reuters
(10 March 07:39) |
| 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 three months ... |
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Ex-presidents body stolen for ransom Cyprus says
Reuters
(09 March 11:36) |
| 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 disappeared f... |
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Chocolate-powered racecar makes sustainability sexy
Reuters
(09 March 11:24) |
| Reuters - 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 miles per hour... |
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Residents flee Angolan village invaded by elephants
Reuters
(09 March 11:20) |
| 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 neighboring Na... |
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Canada drops plans for politically correct anthem
Reuters
(08 March 11:58) |
| 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 national ant... |
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US blacks Hispanics losing more sleep over worries
Reuters
(08 March 11:54) |
| 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
Reuters
(08 March 11:54) |
| 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
Reuters
(06 March 12:41) |
| Reuters - 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
Reuters
(06 March 12:36) |
| 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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Pilot with fake licence arrested at airport
Reuters
(04 March 09:23) |
| 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 Turkey, Dutch pol... |
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London stage fright rats mice and fleas survey
Reuters
(04 March 09:22) |
| 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 survey by ac... |
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Chinese youth accused of not being fighting fit
Reuters
(04 March 09:22) |
| 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 head of the c... |
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Canada may adopt gender-neutral national anthem
Reuters
(04 March 09:21) |
| 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
Reuters
(03 March 10:26) |
| 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 International Air... |
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Army nixes raid after Facebook leak
Reuters
(03 March 10:26) |
| 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, Israel's Army R... |
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Hurt Locker producers sued days before Oscars
Reuters
(03 March 10:25) |
| 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 film is based o... |
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Marriages last longer than living together
Reuters
(02 March 11:05) |
| 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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Tanks a lot
Reuters
(01 March 09:38) |
| 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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Panda found eating like a pig
Reuters
(01 March 09:37) |
| 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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Baby born in traffic jam as leader drives by
Reuters
(26 February 11:30) |
| 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 drive by. |
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Man must pay for injury caused in suicide bid
Reuters
(26 February 09:55) |
| 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 suicide ... |
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Man caught robbing same bank twice in 24 hours
Reuters
(26 February 09:54) |
| Reuters - A German robber held up the same bank in Hamburg twice within 24 hours just a week after being released from jail -- for the same crime. |
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Boozy chimp sent to rehab
Reuters
(26 February 09:53) |
| Reuters - A Russian chimpanzee has been sent to rehab by zookeepers to cure the smoking and beer-drinking habits he has picked up, a popular daily reported on Friday. An ex-performer, Zhora ... |
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Tax officials caught over unpaid fines
Reuters
(25 February 09:43) |
| Reuters - There were some embarrassed faces at Bulgaria's tax office on Thursday after an investigation found more than 400 tax inspectors had failed to pay their traffic fines. |
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Tribes show best camels at beauty pageant
Reuters
(25 February 09:41) |
| Reuters - Ten golden-colored camels adorned with sparkling ornaments line up for the finale of a beauty contest in one of the UAE's northern emirates, awaiting the selection of two proud win... |
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