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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
Obama in a grass skirt? Hawaii to host APEC 2011
REFILE - CORRECTING BYLINE APEC Leaders pose for a family photograph after their dinner at the APEC Summit in Singapore November 14, 2009. Pictured (L-R) are: Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, U.S. President Barack Obama, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, China's President Hu Jintao, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon. REUTERS/Jason Reed SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama invited fellow lead… 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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