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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 9:42am PDT
Reuters - The Aymara priest who blessed Bolivian President Evo Morales at an inauguration ceremony four years ago has been arrested in possession of 530 pounds (240 kg) of cocaine, police said Thursday.
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Reuters - A partial set of British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill's gold-mounted dentures has fetched 15,200 pounds ($23,770) at auction, over three times the estimate.
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Reuters - A Dutch brewer with a penchant for competition has laid claim to creating the world's strongest brew: a beer that is some 60 percent alcohol by volume.
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Reuters - A vicar was found guilty on Thursday of conducting hundreds of sham marriages between African nationals and cash-strapped eastern Europeans to allow illegal immigrants to gain residency in Britain.
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Reuters - Rangers captured an escaped tiger at a South African farm on Wednesday after a two-day helicopter search that had dominated news broadcasts.
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Reuters - Authorities in China's far west have bred and trained "an army" of silver foxes bought from a fur farm to fight a plague of rats threatening a huge expanse of grasslands, state media said on Wednesday.
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Posted: July 28th, 2010, 9:41am PDT
Reuters - Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice abandoned international affairs for a Mozart piano concerto on Tuesday, teaming up with Soul legend Aretha Franklin to perform at a charity concert.
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Reuters - The Islamist rulers of the Gaza Strip have ordered lingerie shops to display more modesty.
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Posted: July 27th, 2010, 10:57am PDT
Reuters - A 17-month-old tiger escaped from the back of a pick-up truck while it was being driven to a veterinary clinic in South Africa, triggering a helicopter search by police and wildlife experts.
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Reuters - A black bear attracted by the smell of a peanut butter sandwich managed to open the door of a car, climb in and got stuck, knocking the gear stick into neutral and sending the car rolling down a slope into trees.
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Reuters - Staff at the Jenolan Caves west of Sydney have added a new out-of-this-world attraction -- a tour in the Star Trek language Klingon.
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Posted: July 26th, 2010, 9:26am PDT
Reuters - On the way home from a hard day's work, Ferenc Nagy often gets the urge to pop into his favorite boozer for another round of binge reading.
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Posted: July 26th, 2010, 9:24am PDT
Reuters - A 15-year-old New Zealand boy has survived with minor injuries after falling 16-storeys from the balcony of his family's apartment onto a concrete floor, New Zealand media reported Monday.
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Reuters - The Force was with a man when he robbed a bank wearing a Darth Vader mask and a cape.
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Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 9:39am PDT
Reuters - British Prime Minister David Cameron has said prisoners will not be allowed to hold parties behind bars after a minister proposed lifting a ban on arts events for inmates introduced by the previous administration.
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Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 9:36am PDT
Reuters - French fries in Germany could be significantly shorter this year due to the heatwave that has baked Germany and much of Europe this month, the German Farmers' Association (DBV) said on Friday.
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Reuters - An unemployed woman who said she was desperate for money has been arrested on charges she robbed an Oklahoma McDonald's with a white stretch girdle wrapped around her face as a makeshift mask.
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Posted: July 22nd, 2010, 10:03am PDT
Reuters - New York police arrested a man on Wednesday accused of robbing two banks -- with a bunch of flowers and a potted plant.
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Posted: July 21st, 2010, 10:11am PDT
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Reuters - Romantic comedies might provide 90 minutes of light-hearted fun but the happy-ever-after movies are also impacting people's real love lives, according to an Australian survey.
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Posted: July 21st, 2010, 10:09am PDT
Reuters - Plainclothes police severely beat the wife of a provincial official, mistaking her for one of many Chinese who petition government offices in the hope of redressing wrongs, the China Daily reported on Wednesday.
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Reuters - A laid off paramedic who turned to delivering pizzas to make ends meet is credited with saving the life of a man who went into cardiac arrest just as a pizza was delivered to his door.
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Posted: July 20th, 2010, 10:49am PDT
Reuters - U.S. border police have nabbed a Mexican teen caught cycling over the Arizona border with a load of marijuana -- his second such arrest in five days, authorities said.
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Posted: July 20th, 2010, 10:47am PDT
Reuters - Saudi artist Maher al-Luqman is always nervous when he goes on stage to eat glass and fire or to walk on nails, for fear the country's religious police will disrupt his show.
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Reuters - French police have arrested an Air France stewardess on suspicion of stealing thousands of euros in cash, cards and jewelry as passengers slept on long haul flights, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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Posted: July 20th, 2010, 10:46am PDT
Reuters - A British man murdered his wife after constant arguments about her ability to play bridge, a court heard Tuesday. Stephen Green, 52, is accused of stabbing his wife Carole to death in January, after fights about her card playing.
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Posted: July 19th, 2010, 4:39am PDT
Reuters - China's National Tourism Administration has issued an advisory on travel to Hong Kong after a video of mainland tourists being insulted and "forced to shop" by a Hong Kong tour guide sparked outrage on the Internet.
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Posted: July 19th, 2010, 4:38am PDT
Reuters - About three million people turned a busy motorway into one of the biggest open-air festivals in Germany's history on Sunday.
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Reuters - Indonesia's Muslims learned on Friday they have been praying in the wrong direction, after the country's highest Islamic authority said its directive on the direction of Mecca actually had people facing Africa.
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Posted: July 16th, 2010, 9:02am PDT
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Reuters - A Dutch priest has been suspended for dedicating a Mass to the Dutch national soccer team -- while wearing an orange cloak -- ahead of the World Cup final against Spain.
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Posted: July 15th, 2010, 10:22am PDT
Reuters - An Austrian woman has had to convince her electricity supplier that she is alive after the company wrote to her asking for information about her contract following her "passing away."
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Posted: July 15th, 2010, 10:21am PDT
Reuters - A male llama chased his prospective mate onto a busy German motorway forcing police to rescue her, authorities said Wednesday.
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Posted: July 14th, 2010, 10:15am PDT
Reuters - Pakistani censors have banned an Indian comedy film featuring a lookalike of al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden, the film's distributor said on Wednesday.
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Posted: July 14th, 2010, 10:14am PDT
Reuters - An advert featuring a moving image of Tudor Queen Mary I turning into a flesh-eating zombie has been banned after complaints that it scared children.
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Reuters - Twenty percent of Britons have managed to send racy texts to the wrong person, and nearly one in 10 has been caught red-handed "sexting," according to a poll on Tuesday.
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Reuters - Just like his Medieval counterparts 600 years ago armourer Tomasz Samula has hardly any time to outfit his knights before battle commences.
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Reuters - The lakeside Canadian resort that played host to a summit of the Group of Eight rich nations last month is up for sale.
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Reuters - Two Russian curators were found guilty Monday of inciting religious hatred in a case that has highlighted the growing influence of the church and its links to the Russian government.
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Posted: July 12th, 2010, 10:26am PDT
Reuters - Bio-fuel pellets made from horse manure will help power the new barracks of the Royal Horse Artillery, the Ministry of Defense announced.
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Posted: July 9th, 2010, 9:28am PDT
Reuters - An unemployed British antiques dealer with a taste for the high life faces jail after he was convicted Friday of handling a stolen copy of a rare first collection of Shakespeare's plays.
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Posted: July 9th, 2010, 9:27am PDT
Reuters - A runner was gored in the thigh by a bulls' horn on Friday as Spain's adrenaline-filled week-long running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona entered day three.
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Posted: July 8th, 2010, 8:50am PDT
Reuters - A spate of thefts from gardens and washing lines in a southern English town had been puzzling police.
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Posted: July 8th, 2010, 8:50am PDT
Reuters - A car belonging to Germany's Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere was stolen in the eastern city of Dresden, police said Thursday.
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Reuters - Some Germans are calling for a public roasting of the oracle octopus who correctly picked the winner of all six of their national soccer team's World Cup matches -- including a bitter defeat to Spain on Wednesday.
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Posted: July 7th, 2010, 8:53am PDT
Reuters - Rebel insurgency and civil war were not enough to deter Sultan Amin from opening a tourist hotel in the north Yemen city of Saada this week, even as the region teeters on the brink of renewed conflict.
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Posted: July 7th, 2010, 8:52am PDT
Reuters - Nordic customs officials have arrested a truck driver after he tried to illegally import 28 tons of Chinese garlic into the European Union.
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Posted: July 7th, 2010, 8:52am PDT
Reuters - Four handguns belonging to the bodyguards of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have disappeared from airline cargo during a U.S. visit, Israel's Shin Bet security service said on Wednesday.
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Posted: July 6th, 2010, 7:48am PDT
Reuters - It wasn't exactly pennies from heaven but it was perhaps the next best thing: a truck carrying 2.5 million euros in coins overturned on a highway in southern Italy and motorists picked up the money like mushrooms.
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Reuters - A "motivation day" organized by one of Italy's biggest real estate agencies ended in tears and scars when nine staff had to be treated in hospital after walking barefoot on a bed of hot coals.
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Reuters - Women in Iran must cover their hair in public to comply with Sharia law, and men, too, are expected to have modest haircuts -- but what exactly does that entail?
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Posted: July 6th, 2010, 7:46am PDT
Reuters - Sweden's Feminist party roasted a pile of bank notes worth 100,000 Swedish crowns ($13,010) on Tuesday in a stunt designed to highlight wage disparities between men and women ahead of a national election.
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Posted: July 2nd, 2010, 7:43pm PDT
Reuters - Mexican quintet Los Pikadientes de Caborca was booked to play a show in Mexico's Jalisco state last year when the band's manager, Jose Juan Segura, ran into an acquaintance.
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Posted: July 2nd, 2010, 9:19am PDT
Reuters - An alligator was found roaming the streets of a small German town in the middle of the night, authorities said on Friday.
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Reuters - Eight percent of Russians believe their national team will win the World Cup, despite the fact that it never qualified for the tournament, an independent poll has showed.
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Posted: July 1st, 2010, 9:40am PDT
Reuters - Teen apparel chain Abercrombie & Fitch Co has closed its Hollister store in New York City due to bedbug infestation.
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Reuters - A Michigan man has sued Wal-Mart Stores Inc for firing him after he tested positive for medical marijuana he was using legally to treat pain from an inoperable brain tumor and sinus cancer.
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Posted: June 30th, 2010, 9:37am PDT
Reuters - The cash-strapped state of Rhode Island is hoping to turn residents' patriotic fervor into a boost in tax revenue this July 4th, after passing a law that legalizes small fireworks for individual use.
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Posted: June 30th, 2010, 9:37am PDT
Reuters - A lock of hair cut from Napoleon Bonaparte's head after he died has sold for US$13,000 at an auction in New Zealand.
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Posted: June 30th, 2010, 9:36am PDT
Reuters - An Austrian university is on the hunt for girls who recoil at the sight of spiders for research into how fear affects the processes of the brain.
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Reuters - Ukrainian and German police have recovered a painting by 17th century Italian artist Caravaggio stolen from a Ukrainian museum, the Interfax news agency quoted Ukraine's interior minister as saying on Tuesday.
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Posted: June 29th, 2010, 8:43am PDT
Reuters - Britain's financial regulator has fined and banned a former broker for manipulating oil prices by buying more than 7 million barrels while on a drinking binge.
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Posted: June 29th, 2010, 8:42am PDT
Reuters - Modern festival-goers who dread ending up with a dead mobile phone battery after days stuck in a muddy field with no electric plug power points may now have a solution -- power boots.
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Reuters - Mexican singer Sergio Vega was murdered while on a national tour at the weekend, just hours after denying reports of his death, local media reported.
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Posted: June 28th, 2010, 7:19am PDT
Reuters - A Russian fisheries official suspected of accepting bribes tossed 10 million roubles ($322,000) from his car after a police chase and a crash on a busy Moscow highway, investigators said on Monday.
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Posted: June 28th, 2010, 7:19am PDT
Reuters - Sudanese police briefly detained more than 20 models, make-up artists and designers after a rare mixed-sex fashion show in Khartoum, participants said Saturday.
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Posted: June 28th, 2010, 7:18am PDT
Reuters - China's military officers have added matchmaking to their duties, after the government banned troops from online dating over fears that lonely hearts might let sensitive information slip, state media said on Monday.
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Posted: June 25th, 2010, 11:08am PDT
Reuters - Stressed-out city executives looking to get away from it all have the chance to buy their own rural village in New Zealand, complete with a pub and population of 40.
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Posted: June 25th, 2010, 11:08am PDT
Reuters - A cat that had both its back legs severed by a combine harvester can walk again after being fitted with prosthetic limbs in a world-first operation.
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Reuters - An octopus born in England and living in a German aquarium that has correctly picked the winner of Germany's three World Cup results so far on Friday tipped Joachim Loew's side to beat England in Sunday's match.
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Posted: June 25th, 2010, 6:15am PDT
Reuters - A Chinese court in the far western region of Xinjiang has sentenced a leading Tibetan collector of antiquities and environmentalist to 15 years in jail for robbing graves, his lawyer said on Friday.
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Posted: June 24th, 2010, 12:34pm PDT
Reuters - A French convict who killed his cellmate and ate his lung was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Thursday.
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Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has axed the traditional lavish Bastille Day garden party in the grounds of his Elysee Palace residence as a symbolic savings measure, parliamentary sources said on Wednesday.
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Reuters - Scientists studying swingers -- straight couples who regularly swap sexual partners and indulge in group sex at organized meeting -- say they have higher rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) than prostitutes.
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Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 12:02pm PDT
Reuters - A Canadian zoo has recovered a Bengal tiger and a pair of camels that went missing last week after thieves made off with the truck and trailer in which they were traveling.
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Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 12:02pm PDT
Reuters - Offering up lion burgers as a tribute to the World Cup in South Africa is getting a Phoenix valley restaurant into controversy.
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Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 12:01pm PDT
Reuters - A drunk driver trapped after overturning his car cracked open another can of beer while he waited for emergency crews to rescue him, a New Zealand court was told.
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Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 1:47pm PDT
Reuters - A Canadian zoo has recovered a Bengal tiger and a pair of camels that went missing last week after thieves made off with the truck and trailer in which they were traveling.
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Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 11:18am PDT
Reuters - Indonesian police said on Tuesday they will detain a pop star suspected of breaching the country's controversial pornography law by allegedly appearing on widely circulated home-made sex videos.
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Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 11:17am PDT
Reuters - Charles Zevallos, a politician in Peru's Amazon basin, often wins kisses from female supporters, but things have moved to a whole new level as women at his rallies have started throwing their underwear at him.
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Reuters - New Orleans tourism officials have canceled an advertisement that poked fun at the nationality of BP Plc, the company responsible for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, after receiving complaints it was "anti-British."
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Reuters - Pity the Germany players.
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Reuters - With divorce on the rise in Japan, some couples are choosing to celebrate the end of an unhappy marriage by saying "I do" for a final time at a divorce ceremony before friends and family.
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Posted: June 18th, 2010, 11:48am PDT
Reuters - A "delightful" Bengal tiger named Jonas, and two camels named Todd and Sean, have gone missing in eastern Canada after thieves drove off with the truck and trailer in which they were traveling.
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Posted: June 18th, 2010, 5:52am PDT
Reuters - A 71-year-old Russian grandmother has been issued with a restriction order by Moscow police for swindling businessmen out of more than half a million dollars, a spokesman for the force said on Friday.
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Reuters - Got any spare change?
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Posted: June 17th, 2010, 8:50am PDT
Reuters - Russia on Thursday called time on vodka drinkers at its top economic conference, outlawing the national tipple from normally well lubricated stands at the St Petersburg Economic Forum.
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Posted: June 15th, 2010, 7:55am PDT
Reuters - A German student created a major traffic jam in Bavaria after making a rude gesture at a group of Hell's Angels motorcycle gang members, hurling a puppy at them and then escaping on a stolen bulldozer.
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Posted: June 15th, 2010, 5:58am PDT
Reuters - Bangladesh power authorities have asked shops and shopping malls in the capital Dhaka to shut each evening so that fans can watch the World Cup on television without overloading the supply.
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Reuters - Forget famous goal celebrations such as "The Robot" by Peter Crouch and "The Dive" by Juergen Klinsmann, here comes the South African "Diski dance."
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Posted: June 14th, 2010, 6:31am PDT
Reuters - Authorities in soccer crazy Bangladesh on Monday asked all manufacturing factories in and around the capital Dhaka to suspend operations each evening until the end of the World Cup in South Africa.
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Posted: June 11th, 2010, 11:12am PDT
Reuters - The United States training session ahead of Saturday's World Cup Group C opener with England was briefly delayed after an elephant blocked the route of the team bus.
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Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is offering parents a cure for children who don't want to go to sleep. Have them watch his televised speeches.
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Reuters - Biologists tracking jaguars in the Guatemalan jungle might smell nice but it's all in the name of science, with researchers finding the Calvin Klein cologne Obsession for Men attracts big cats.
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Reuters - A New Jersey woman is waging a campaign to become the world's heaviest living woman, admitting that she is as hungry for attention as she is for calorie-rich food.
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Reuters - A tooth, thumb and finger cut off from the body of renowned Italian scientist Galileo, who died in 1642, go on display this week in Florence after an art collector found them by chance last year.
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Reuters - A Chinese farmer has declared war on property developers who want his land, building a cannon out of a wheelbarrow and pipes and firing rockets at would-be eviction teams, state media said on Tuesday.
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Posted: June 8th, 2010, 9:12am PDT
Reuters - Where does one buy lingerie, sex toys and ointments designed to enhance female sexual pleasure in a Gulf region which frowns on open displays of sexuality?
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Reuters - Canada's government found itself in hot water on Monday after it emerged that the media center for two international summits this month will feature a C$1.9 million ($1.8 million) artificial lake, complete with canoes and a bar.
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Posted: June 7th, 2010, 10:54am PDT
Reuters - News staff at Cyprus's state broadcaster briefly walked off the job on Monday over conditions which included smelly studios and an infestation of fleas, workers said.
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Reuters - An Australian cafe is claiming a world record after cooking a giant hamburger with an 81 kg (178 lb) patty that took 12 hours to cook and four men to flip.
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Reuters - Archaeologists believe they may have found the world's best-preserved gladiator cemetery after noticing animal bite marks and combat injuries on some of the 80, mainly headless, Roman skeletons unearthed at a site in the city of York in northern England.