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Diplomats arrested for cigarette smuggling
 Cartons of contraband cigarettes are put on display at the Finance Ministry in Paris on September 4, 2008. REUTERS/Charles Platiau STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish police have arrested two North Korean d… more
Ageing Santa gets $100,000 facelift for Christmas
 Bandages cover the face of a 20-metre (66ft) tall statue of Santa Claus in downtown Auckland November 19, 2009. The 49-year-old statue, which is placed on the busy corner every year, has undergone a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) makeover which will be revealed on Sunday. REUTERS/Fairfax NZ/John Selkirk WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has r… more
Gang accused of killing to sell human fat
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed d… more
New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles
 A flesh model of the head of PancakeCroc (above) and its fossil lower jaw are seen in an image courtesy of National Geographic. PancakeCroc was a fish eater with a 3-foot-long, pancake-flat skull. It likely rested motionless for hours, its open jaws waiting for prey. REUTERS/Mike Hettwer, courtesy National Geographic/Handout WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahar… more
Lost man drives nine hours to get newspaper
CANBERRA (Reuters) - An elderly man who went out to fetch a morning newspaper ended up driving near… more
U.S. election, iPhone among decade's top 10 Internet moments
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. Pres… more
Trapped thief drops trousers in bungled burglary
LISBON (Reuters) - He wiggled, jiggled and even dropped his trousers, but a thief trying to break i… more
Johnny Depp named People's "sexiest man alive"
 Actor Johnny Depp arrives for a Museum of Modern Art tribute to director Tim Burton in New York November 17, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp was … more
Cannibals nabbed selling corpse to kebab house
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police have arrested three homeless people suspected of eating a 25-year… more
Lawmaker apologizes for insulting rival on Twitter
OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian member of Parliament learned the hard way on Tuesday that insulting a… more
What's in a name? More than you might think
LONDON (Reuters) - A London-based translation firm is offering parents-to-be the chance to check th… more
Make toilets cool to fix sanitation woes?
By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Reuters) - Jack Sim, founder of the World Toilet Organization, has a theo… more
Women disappointed by Gaddafi "party"
 Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi arrives for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Food Security Summit in Rome November 16, 2009. REUTERS/Max Rossi ROME (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in Rome for a U.N. fo… more
Robber behind "perfect crime" surrenders
PARIS (Reuters) - The driver of a security van who vanished earlier this month with more than 11 mi… more

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