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Going, going, gone - dodo bone up for sale in London
LONDON (Reuters) - A rare four-inch fragment of a dodo bone will go on sale in Britain in April, around 300 years after the flightless bird and icon of obsolescence was hunted to extinction.
March 28, 2013, 6:00 am
..."Devil's Advocate" convicted in London of being fake lawyer
LONDON (Reuters) - An Italian man known as the "Devil's Advocate" who said he provided legal representation to the likes of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, was not a genuine lawyer but a fraudster...
March 28, 2013, 6:03 am-
Rhode Island city drops fine for allegedly foul-mouthed cockatoo
By Daniel Lovering
March 28, 2013, 5:03 am
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Rhode Island city has dropped its case against a woman who was fined $15 for violating a noise ordinance after her pet cockatoo allegedly swore a... -
U.S. film festival cancels award to UK film after tax scam
LONDON (Reuters) - A U.S. film festival has withdrawn an award given to a British movie about a Gulf War veteran seeking justice after a London court jailed five people for making the movie as part of...
March 27, 2013, 6:54 am 
Battle rages over bones of England's Richard III
By Michael Holden
March 27, 2013, 2:42 am
LONDON (Reuters) - King Richard III is at the center of a new fight over the location of his final resting place, just weeks after the remains of the last English king...-
"Shameful" sexist Ford car ads spark outrage in India
MUMBAI (Reuters) - A series of car ads, including one showing women bound and gagged in the trunk of a Ford driven by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has prompted Internet outrage in ...
March 26, 2013, 8:48 pm 
Want to browse? That'll be $5 thanks
A Brisbane specialty grocery store owner is charging customers to browse after becoming fed up with people who enquire but don't buy.
March 26, 2013, 7:22 pm
"Panda-monium" as giant pandas arrive in Canada from China
By Fred Thornhill
March 26, 2013, 6:46 am
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada got a taste of international panda diplomacy on Monday with the arrival of two "Very Important Pandas" at the start of a 10-year loan to two...
Sochi organisers store snow, just in case
By Gennady Fyodorov
March 26, 2013, 3:21 am
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - While Moscow digs itself out of a huge snow storm that hit the Russian capital in the last few days, organizers of the Winter Olympics are ...-
Harvard stripped of quiz tournament titles
By Daniel Lovering
March 23, 2013, 11:04 am
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Harvard University will be stripped of four national quiz championship titles after organizers found a competitor from the Ivy Le... 
Punxsutawney Phil charged with fraud for early spring forecast
By Kim Palmer
March 23, 2013, 11:01 am
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - With a snow storm expected to batter the Plains, Midwest and East Coast this weekend, a spring-deprived Ohio prosecutor is taking out his frustration...
Swiss court jails "healer" for infecting 16 with HIV
ZURICH (Reuters) - A self-styled healer was sentenced to 12 years and nine months in jail on Friday after a Swiss court found the acupuncturist guilty of infecting 16 people with HIV.
March 23, 2013, 3:46 am
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Tunisian rapper gets jail term for calling police dogs in song
TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian court has sentenced a rap singer to two years in jail in absentia for insulting the police in a case likely to fuel debate over free speech under the Islamist-led governme...
March 23, 2013, 1:02 am -
Russian serial killer sentenced to life for nine murders
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian serial killer who butchered his nine victims with a knife and hammer, and said he ate the hearts of two of them, was sentenced to life in prison on Friday.
March 23, 2013, 12:49 am
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Manual to "goblinproofing" chicken coops named Oddest Book Title
LONDON (Reuters) - A book offering advice on how to protect chicken coops from goblins has won the Oddest Book Title of the Year award, organizers of the contest said on Friday.
March 22, 2013, 1:05 pm
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Would-be thieves camped out above Toronto-area bank
TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto-area police say they have foiled a Hollywood-style heist, arresting five men they say camped out in vacant office space above a bank branch and, under cover of night, cut t...
March 22, 2013, 8:56 am 
No sex please, we're Balinese
Officials on the Indonesian island of Bali are considering putting up "no sex" signs at Hindu temples after an Estonian couple were caught in the act.
March 8, 2013, 7:09 pm-
FAA looking into safety of sky-high Harlem Shake
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A sky-high video of the Internet dance craze Harlem Shake that went viral on YouTube has captured the attention of aviation officials who said on Friday they are looking into the ...
March 2, 2013, 8:07 am -
Farts - it's important to let rip, say researchers
Farting, cutting the cheese, letting her rip, breaking wind - whatever you call it, experts say it's better out than in, even on a plane.
February 15, 2013, 12:43 pm 
Scientists spot elusive giant squid
Scientists and broadcasters in Japan say they have captured footage of an elusive giant squid up to eight metres long that roams the depths of the Pacific Ocean.
January 8, 2013, 12:36 pm
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