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No job? Less money? Divorce is off the budget
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Financial woes often drive couples apart but the current recession seems to be having the opposite effect, with less couples able to afford the cost of a divorce.
October 29, 2009, 6:31 pm -
Malaysia state suggests legislators wed single mothers
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian legislators in the poor conservative Muslim northeastern state of Kelantan should marry single mothers to help care for their children, a state representative suggested.
October 29, 2009, 11:40 pm -
Your future, or just java jive?
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Coffee drinkers at a popular Israeli chain can have their fortunes told for free if they buy a cup of the brew that leaves grounds at the bottom.
October 29, 2009, 5:26 am -
Transvestites on trial for theft
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Five Filipino transvestites have gone on trial in Shanghai, accused of drugging men with adulterated foods before robbing them in a city with a reputation for an adventurous nightlife.
October 29, 2009, 5:20 am -
Big and beautiful: Meet India's Miss Buffalo
PATNA, India (Reuters) - The models were hefty, horned, heavily made-up and hooved -- everything you'd expect from contestants at a beauty contest for water buffalo in India that was aimed at improving the lot of the livestock.
October 28, 2009, 10:19 pm -
Did he or did she? Transvestites on trial theft
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Five Filipino transvestites have gone on trial in Shanghai, accused of drugging men with adulterated foods before robbing them in a city with a reputation for an adventurous nightlife.
October 28, 2009, 5:44 pm -
Drunk clown crashes into police car
A Canadian man has learned that if driving erratically in a clown suit is not enough to signal intoxication, then crashing into a police car certainly is.
October 28, 2009, 10:02 am -
Sex, alcohol, fat among world's big killers
LONDON (Reuters) - Tackling just five health factors could prevent millions of premature deaths and increase global life expectancy by almost 5 years, the United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday.
October 28, 2009, 5:17 am -
Man tries to rob bank with a spoon
WARSAW (Reuters) - A would-be bank robber held a teaspoon to the neck of a cashier pretending it was a knife, a Polish news website said Tuesday.
October 28, 2009, 3:41 am -
Well here's your problem right here, sir..
OSLO (Reuters) - A man was caught by Norwegian customs carrying a tarantula in his bag, and a further 14 royal pythons and 10 albino leopard geckos taped to his body, media reported Monday.
October 28, 2009, 3:03 am -
Parents lynch bookseller over abduction fear
BEIJING (Reuters) - A mob of angry parents lynched a book salesman and badly injured four of his colleagues after rumors spread that the men were part of a human smuggling ring, the official Xinhua agency said late Monday.
October 28, 2009, 3:02 am -
Ban on tight trousers for women?
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - Women may soon be banned from wearing tight trousers in parts of an Indonesian province that practices strict Islamic law, and offenders could see their attire cut up.
October 28, 2009, 3:01 am -
U.N. to send Iraqi refugees food aid by text message
GENEVA (Reuters) - Iraqi refugees in Syria will this week start receive U.N. text messages they can redeem for fresh food in local shops, the World Food Program said on Tuesday.
October 28, 2009, 3:00 am -
Yours for $3,500 -- the horsehair fountain pen
LONDON (Reuters) - For those not constrained by these austere times, a German luxury goods company is offering a limited edition fountain pen, adorned with pleated horsehair and starting at $3,500.
October 28, 2009, 2:58 am -
Tweeters ask: is there anybody (famous) there?
LONDON (Reuters) - Tweeters are being invited to submit questions for the spirits of departed celebrities including Michael Jackson and William Shakespeare as part of the world's first Twitter seance.
October 28, 2009, 2:42 am -
Drink relaxes jumpy Irish drivers, MP says
DUBLIN (Reuters) - A politician from Ireland's governing party has said "jumpy" drivers might benefit from having a relaxing alcoholic drink to steady their nerves.
October 28, 2009, 1:07 am -
About-turn as South Korean defects to communist North
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean man who worked at Samsung Electronics' semiconductor unit and more recently at a pig farm has defected to the North by walking across the heavily mined border, the communist state's media said on Tuesday.
October 28, 2009, 12:46 am -
Ewe must be joking! Sheep in the vineyard?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some vineyards in New Zealand and California are milking sheep for all they're worth.
October 27, 2009, 11:50 pm -
Dancer's pole, strobe lights found as U.S. military pack up
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait (Reuters) - A pole-dancer's pole and strobe lights, packs of six-year-old spoiled meat and a brand new, unused van -- just some of the equipment in Iraq that has turned up in the American military withdrawal.
October 27, 2009, 10:47 pm -
South Korean "defects" to communist North
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean man who worked at Samsung Electronics' semiconductor unit and more recently at a pig farm has defected to the communist North by walking across the heavily mined border, the North's state media said on Tuesday.
October 27, 2009, 9:30 pm
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