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French cash stunt scrapped as huge crowd gathers
PARIS (Reuters) - An Internet company that planned to throw envelopes of cash to passers-by from the top of a bus in Paris had to cancel the publicity stunt for security reasons after thousands of people turned up, police said on Saturday.
November 15, 2009, 7:45 am -
Cow dung to power more Dutch homes
A plant that converts cow dung into energy for homes opened in the Netherlands on Friday.
November 14, 2009, 6:33 am -
Russia's Putin wins respect at hip-hop party
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rubbed shoulders with rappers and was hailed with "respect" in a television show on Friday that could help boost his flagging ratings.
November 14, 2009, 6:32 am -
Putin wins respect at hip-hop party
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rubbed shoulders with rappers and was hailed with "respect" in a television show Friday that could help boost his flagging ratings.
November 14, 2009, 5:49 am -
Heavy metal monk retires from the limelight
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's "Brother Metal," a 63-year-old monk who became famous for singing in a heavy metal band -- habit and all -- is hanging up his microphone, saying the devil made him too much of a celebrity for his own good.
November 13, 2009, 11:47 pm -
Facebook provides alibi for robbery suspect
A 19-year-old New York man who was arrested for armed robbery has been exonerated thanks to a status update he posted on social networking site Facebook.
November 13, 2009, 11:09 am -
Venezuela destroys 30,000 guns
CARACAS (Reuters) - Battling with one of the world's highest murder rates, Venezuela on Wednesday crushed more than 30,000 guns seized from the streets during police raids this year.
November 13, 2009, 6:49 am -
Lawmaker who expensed fine wine, car, jailed
LONDON (Reuters) - A former far-right British member of the European Parliament who cheated on his expense money to buy fine wine and a car was jailed on Wednesday for two years.
November 13, 2009, 6:48 am -
Weird and wacky world records tumble around globe
LONDON (Reuters) - Manjit Singh, a 59-year-old security consultant from Leicester, England known as the "Ironman," on Thursday pulled a double-decker bus weighing more than eight metric tons over a distance of 21.2 meters with his hair.
November 13, 2009, 6:45 am -
Flocking to "Cinderella" ball for monetary bliss
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands of Chinese women are vying to attend a lavish ball in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen, lured by the dream of a possible fairytale match with a millionaire.
November 13, 2009, 3:11 am -
And the ugliest people are...
Britons are among the ugliest people in the world, according to a dating website that says it only allows "beautiful people" to join.
November 12, 2009, 9:59 am -
Looking for a bargain? Madoff's homes get price cut
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's still not cheap, but Livin' La Vida Madoff may now cost a bit less.
November 12, 2009, 7:36 am -
The anti-swine flu holy water dispenser
ROME (Reuters) - An Italian inventor has combined faith and ingenuity to come up with a way to keep church traditions alive for the faithful without the fear of contracting swine flu -- an electronic holy water dispenser.
November 12, 2009, 7:34 am -
China's Hu arrives in Singapore with panda offer
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China will give Singapore two giant pandas to mark 20 years of friendly ties between the two countries, Chinese President Hu Jintao said Wednesday.
November 12, 2009, 6:01 am -
Kawasaki's gum chewers told to keep prize money
TOKYO (Reuters) - Kawasaki Frontale have been told to keep the $5.5 million (3.3 million pounds) prize money the Japanese club offered to return after its players were given a public dressing down for unsporting behaviour following their J-League Cup final defeat.
November 12, 2009, 3:04 am -
Chicago student-journalists probed for motives
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A group of university students who claim their research exonerated a convicted murderer were in court themselves on Tuesday, accused of sloppy work and credibility problems.
November 12, 2009, 3:01 am -
Bounce back in style at divorce fair
PARIS (Reuters) - Sylvie Razafindrakoto, whose divorce was finalized three weeks ago, came looking for tips on coping with difficult teenagers as a newly single mother.
November 11, 2009, 8:51 am -
Villagers confine rare turtle, offer prayers
BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - Hundreds of poor Hindu villagers in eastern India have refused to hand over a rare turtle to authorities, saying it is an incarnation of God, officials said on Tuesday.
November 11, 2009, 8:50 am -
Lethal Kalashnikov designer is now Russia's hero
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The designer of the Kalashnikov, sometimes called the world's most lethal weapon, was named a "Hero of Russia" Tuesday by President Dmitry Medvedev who lauded him for creating "the brand every Russian is proud of."
November 11, 2009, 7:59 am -
Hebrew Bible stolen by Nazis returned to Austria
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A nearly 500-year-old Hebrew Bible stolen by the Nazis shortly before World War Two was returned to the Jewish community of Vienna on Monday, U.S. officials said.
November 10, 2009, 8:20 am
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