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Snail rush defies downturn for Bulgarians
PLEVEN, Bulgaria (Reuters) - On a quiet patch of land apparently devoid of inhabitants, Krasimir Kostov's farm is silently booming as more than one million snails, hiding from the sun under planks of wood, munch their way to market.
October 2, 2009, 3:52 am -
London mayor appears in EastEnders
LONDON (Reuters) - London Mayor Boris Johnson makes a brief appearance on Thursday in "EastEnders" and gets a broadside from feisty pub landlady Peggy Mitchell who is angry about public services.
October 2, 2009, 1:21 am -
Britain asks Schwarzenegger to close prostitute website
LONDON (Reuters) - A government minister asked California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Wednesday to shut down a U.S. website that allows men to rate prostitutes, including many working in London.
October 1, 2009, 8:43 am -
Miss Singapore World resigns after lingerie fraud
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Beauty queen Miss Singapore World has given up her crown after it emerged that she had stolen credit cards to go on a shopping spree for lingerie.
October 1, 2009, 8:37 am -
Hillary Clinton likes being president--at the U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton liked being president on Wednesday -- at the U.N. Security Council.
October 1, 2009, 7:54 am -
Girls warned not to hide boyfriends' guns
LONDON (Reuters) - A campaign warning girls not to stash or carry guns for their boyfriends was launched by London police Wednesday.
October 1, 2009, 5:46 am -
Giant candy store to open in gigantic mall
DUBAI (Reuters) - A Dubai-based company is opening what it says will be the world's largest confectionary store in Dubai as it looks to tap demand from the Gulf Arab region's hunger for candy.
October 1, 2009, 5:43 am -
Beijing locked down ahead of national day parade
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese capital Beijing is under lockdown on the eve of a massive military parade to mark six decades of Communist Party rule, with gun-toting police manning street corners to ensure nothing spoils the event.
October 1, 2009, 1:07 am -
A mai tai with the Mai Mai?
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo's army has suspended an officer accused of drinking with the enemy ahead of a militia attack that the United Nations said left six soldiers dead, a top army commander said Tuesday.
September 30, 2009, 8:19 am -
Fashionistas furious over Berlusconi link
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian fashionistas on Wednesday hit back at foreign media reports that their latest creations were for "bimbos" inspired by the sex scandals surrounding Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's private life.
September 30, 2009, 8:18 am -
Rental pets and robots in "Blade Runner" Tokyo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Only in Tokyo could you hire a cat out for an hour and stroke it while you have a cappuccino -- or better still, while a robot cooks your noodles for you.
September 30, 2009, 8:17 am -
Canada's "Prince of Pot" starts extradition to U.S.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canada's self-proclaimed "Prince of Pot" gave himself up for extradition to the United States on Monday where he is expected to be jailed for up to five years for selling marijuana seeds to U.S. buyers.
September 29, 2009, 10:15 am -
German minister-to-be rebuffs question in English
BERLIN (Reuters) - Guido Westerwelle, who is widely expected to become foreign minister in the next German government, admonished a reporter who asked him a question in English on Monday, saying.
September 29, 2009, 3:36 am -
Tweeting Ugandan gorillas make friends online
BWINDI IMPENETRABLE FOREST, Uganda (Reuters) - Lurking deep in the mist-glazed forests of east Africa, Uganda's mountain gorillas are preparing to 'tweet' for their survival.
September 29, 2009, 3:35 am -
Military may lift ban on women in submarines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Pentagon officials are calling for an end to the U.S. military's historical ban on allowing women to serve in submarines.
September 29, 2009, 3:31 am -
German minister-to-be rebuffs English question
BERLIN (Reuters) - Guido Westerwelle, who is widely expected to become foreign minister in the next German government, admonished a reporter who asked him a question in English Monday, saying.
September 29, 2009, 3:30 am -
Malaysia religious court orders caning for woman
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian religious court appeals panel on Monday upheld a caning sentence for a woman who drank beer, despite criticism from groups worried about the rise of conservative Islam in the multi-racial Southeast Asian nation.
September 29, 2009, 2:06 am -
Brown left irate by "pills" questioning
LONDON (Reuters) - The BBC faced a rash of criticism on Monday after one of its interviewers asked Gordon Brown if he took pills and prescription painkillers.
September 29, 2009, 12:48 am -
Poland okays forcible castration for paedophiles
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland on Friday approved a law making chemical castration mandatory for paedophiles in some cases, sparking criticism from human rights groups.
September 29, 2009, 12:33 am -
Prison sentence for woman who kept mom's body
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida woman was sentenced on Monday to a year and a day in prison for keeping her dead mother's body in a bedroom for years while collecting more than $230,000 in pension benefits, prosecutors said.
September 22, 2009, 5:25 am
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