Posted under Odd News on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 7:48 am
Reuters – The Israeli military called off a raid in Palestinian territory after a soldier posted details, including the time and place, on social networking website Facebook, Israel’s Army Radio reported Wednesday.
Read More: Army nixes raid after Facebook leak?
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Posted under Odd News on Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
Reuters – Performers in London’s West End are having to cope with a different kind of stage fright in the form of mice, rat and flea infestations in theatres, according to a new survey by actors’ union Equity.
Read More: London stage fright: rats, mice and fleas: survey
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Posted under Odd News on Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
Reuters – China must urgently address the physical fitness of the nation’s youth or run the risk of raising a generation incapable of fighting the Japanese in a future war, the head of the country’s top sports university said Thursday.
Read More: Chinese youth accused of not being fighting fit
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Posted under Odd News on Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
Reuters – The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Thursday banned men in the Gaza Strip from working in women’s hair salons, vowing to arrest and try offenders.
Read More: Hamas bans men from women's hair salons in Gaza
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Posted under Odd News on Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
Reuters – Australian underwear company AussieBum has been monkeying around and the result is a range of men’s underwear made with bananas.
Read More: Aussie underwear has gone bananas
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Posted under Odd News on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Reuters – About 100 modern Russian tanks have been discovered abandoned on the side of a road in the country’s Ural mountains, footage published Saturday by websites showed.
Read More: Tanks a lot…
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Posted under Odd News on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Reuters – Hunger drove a wild panda to break into a Chinese farmer’s pig pen and eat their food, which was meat and bone, rather than bamboo.
Read More: Panda found eating like a pig
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Posted under Odd News on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Reuters – “O Canada,” the country’s national anthem, has included the line, “True patriot love in all thy sons’ command,” for nearly 100 years.
Read More: Canada may adopt gender-neutral national anthem
(Reuters)
Posted under Odd News on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Reuters – A U.S. Army sergeant on Tuesday sued the makers of Oscar-nominated film “The Hurt Locker” five days before the Academy Awards, claiming the central character in the film is based on him.
Read More: "Hurt Locker" producers sued days before Oscars
(Reuters)
Posted under Odd News on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Reuters – An investigation is underway into why a young child, apparently under an adult’s supervision, was allowed to direct air traffic at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, U.S. authorities said on Wednesday.
Read More: Child's play at air traffic tower sparks inquiry
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Posted under Odd News on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Reuters – U.S. marriages last longer than unions where couples live together outside matrimony, the Centers for Disease Control reported on Tuesday.
Read More: Marriages last longer than living together?
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Posted under Odd News on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Reuters – A German robber held up the same bank in Hamburg twice within 24 hours just a week after being released from jail — for the same crime.
Read More: Man caught robbing same bank twice in 24 hours
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Posted under Odd News on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Reuters – A Swedish pilot with a fake commercial license was arrested in his cockpit at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport as he prepared to fly 101 passengers on a Boeing 737 to Turkey, Dutch police said Wednesday.
Read More: Pilot with fake licence arrested at airport
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Posted under Odd News on Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Reuters – A Russian chimpanzee has been sent to rehab by zookeepers to cure the smoking and beer-drinking habits he has picked up, a popular daily reported on Friday. An ex-performer, Zhora became aggressive at his circus and was transferred to a zoo in the southern Russian city of Rostov, where he fathered several baby chimps, learned to draw with markers and picked up his two vices.
Read More: Boozy chimp sent to rehab
(Reuters)
Posted under Odd News on Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Reuters – A Pakistani woman gave birth to a baby girl in an auto-rickshaw stuck in a traffic jam when police closed roads to let President Asif Ali Zardari’s motorcade drive by.
Read More: Baby born in traffic jam as leader drives by
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Posted under Odd News on Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Reuters – The leader of Germany’s 25 million Protestants was stopped for running a red light while driving under the influence of alcohol, the Hanover state prosecutors office said on Tuesday.
Read More: Protestant leader regrets driving drunk
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Posted under Odd News on Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Reuters – A court ruled that a Russian man must pay more than 100,000 rubles ($3,330) for medical bills and damages to the parents of a girl he hit when he jumped from a window in a suicide attempt.
Read More: Man must pay for injury caused in suicide bid
(Reuters)
Posted under Odd News on Thursday, February 25th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Reuters – Ten golden-colored camels adorned with sparkling ornaments line up for the finale of a beauty contest in one of the UAE’s northern emirates, awaiting the selection of two proud winners.
Read More: Tribes show best camels at beauty pageant
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Posted under Odd News on Thursday, February 25th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Reuters – Violence, drunkenness and all manner of debauchery featured on a six-month voyage on a migrant ship bound for Australia 170 years ago, a newly discovered diary reveals.
Read More: A cruise to remember..
(Reuters)
Posted under Odd News on Thursday, February 25th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Reuters – The head of Germany’s 25 million Protestants resigned on Wednesday after police stopped her for driving while under the influence of alcohol just four months after becoming the third woman to head a major Christian Church.
Read More: Protestant head quits after drunk driving
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