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Man torches car battling frost (Reuters)
Reuters – A 76-year-old German man trying to thaw out his car incinerated it instead when he decided to speed things up by putting a blow heater under the hood.
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Dog washed out to sea has lucky escape (Reuters)
Reuters – A dog had a lucky escape when a Polish boat rescued him from an ice floe that had carried him more than 100 miles up a river and…
Leader slaughters goats to ward off evil? (Reuters)
Reuters – Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has a black goat slaughtered at his house almost every day to ward off “evil eyes” and protect him from “black magic,” a…
Church offers for a prayer for wedding day nerves (Reuters)
Reuters – The Church of England is offering to pray for lovestruck couples to help ease any jitters ahead of their wedding day.
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Draft law to jail dog eaters whets debate (Reuters)
Reuters – A proposal to jail people who eat dog meat for up 15 days has caused controversy in China, where dog hot pot is traditionally popular.
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Mobsters buck downturn, may target bourse (Reuters)
Reuters – Italy’s mafia crime syndicates bucked the recession in 2009 to raise ‘profits’ by almost 8 percent with the financial crisis making companies and even the stock market even…
Peruvian doctors amputate wrong leg, then right one (Reuters)
Reuters – Peruvian doctors amputated the healthy leg of an 86-year-old man, then amputated the other leg when they realized their mistake.
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Cypriot police charge mum after boy racer car chase (Reuters)
Reuters – Cypriot police who pursued a car speeding at more than twice the legal limit were surprised to discover they really were chasing a “boy racer.”
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Italian teen stabs father in PlayStation row (Reuters)
Reuters – An Italian man who argued with his son over Sony PlayStation tactics was recovering in hospital on Monday after the teenager stabbed him in the neck with a…
Human "bed-warmers" at Holiday Inn (Reuters)
Reuters – International hotel chain Holiday Inn is offering a trial human bed-warming service at three hotels in Britain this month.
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Bus-riding cat Casper killed in hit & run (Reuters)
Reuters – A cat which became famous in Britain for riding on the buses around the southern English city of Plymouth has died after being run over, media reported.
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…Alexander the Great’s ring stolen from "theft" show (Reuters)
Reuters – Organizers of the “Antiquities Theft in Israel” exhibition could not have chosen a more fitting name for their display.
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Kremlin guards stop deluded would-be suitor (Reuters)
Reuters – An unemployed construction worker alarmed Kremlin guards when he tried to barge past them for what he said was a meeting with the Russian president to become his…
Angry boss radio ad ruled "offensive to Germans" (Reuters)
Reuters – Britain’s advertising watchdog has banned a radio ad featuring a man speaking loudly in German and which asked: “Is your boss a bit of a tyrant?”
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