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Reuters – Spectators were hospitalized after a race horse hurdled the wrong fence and plunged into the crowd at a steeplechase in Australia Thursday.
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Reuters – If tourists find Rome unusually quiet next Wednesday, the reason will probably be that thousands of locals have left town in fear of a devastating earthquake allegedly forecast for that day by a long-dead seismologist.
Read More: Romans gripped by fear of quake forecast for May 11
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Reuters – Researchers have begun their hunt for the remains of the woman who might have been the model for Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, hoping to unravel a mystery that has baffled art historians for over five centuries.
Read More: Hunt for the true Mona Lisa begins
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Reuters – In South Korea, home of kimchi and other pungent, garlicky food, having fresh breath for life’s big moments — such as a kiss — is a major concern.
Read More: South Korea's "kiss apple" for better breath, dating pleasure
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Reuters – An Australian Rules footballer sporting a spiky mohawk was sent off for having a dangerous haircut in a minor league match near Melbourne last weekend.
Read More: Aussie Rules player sent off for "dangerous haircut"
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Reuters – In a bank with no security gates, guards or locks, deposits from thousands of customers from across India are stacked on shelves, protected from theft by the grace of God.
Read More: Pious Indians bank on holy deposits
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Reuters – Several thousand bees that were part a multi-million pound neuroscience research project have been stolen from a British university.
Read More: Scientists stung by theft of research bees
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Reuters – The Alabama Senate approved a measure on Wednesday that would eliminate references to “Jim Crow” or segregationist laws as well as all mentions of race from the state constitution.
Read More: Alabama leaders seek to kick racist language from constitution
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Reuters – An Austrian deacon is making a special offer at his local supermarkets — free spiritual guidance and counseling when you pick up your groceries.
Read More: Deacon offers holy guidance at supermarket
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Reuters – Unbelievable as it may sound, not all young men want more sex.
Read More: Not all young Australian men want more sex?
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Reuters – Former South Korean president Roh Tae-woo was admitted to hospital with a bad cough and ended up on the operating table to remove an acupuncture needle from his right lung.
Read More: Acupuncture needle found in ex-S.Korea president's lung
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Reuters – Turkish police donned white coats and stethoscopes to disguise themselves as doctors, then knocked on people’s doors to see how easily they would fall for a confidence scam.
Read More: Police dress up as doctors to test citizens
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Reuters – A Japanese lingerie maker Wednesday unveiled a bra that carries messages of encouragement from overseas as the country struggles to recover from a devastating quake and tsunami that struck exactly two months ago.
Read More: Japan bra carries messages of encouragement after disaster
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Reuters – A New York gallery on Sunday offered adventurous eaters the opportunity to sample cheese made from human breast milk, getting mixed reviews and some puzzled looks.
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Reuters – The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is being credited with rekindling the loyalty of New Zealand, the likely future king’s most distant realm.
Read More: Royal wedding douses New Zealand's republican flame
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Reuters – A Cuban-American father and daughter face a possible jail term or hefty fines after their attempt to bring 72 unhatched pigeon eggs from Cuba to the United States fell foul of U.S. Customs.
Read More: Cuban eggs, not cigars, fall foul of U.S. Customs
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Reuters – Part of the European Union embassy in Berne was evacuated on Thursday after a scare over a suspect package — but it turned out to be a Christmas present, Swiss police said.
Read More: Suspect parcel in Berne is Christmas present: police
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Reuters – A fireman has admitted causing the death of a farmer who was crushed to death by a herd of cows after they were startled by fire engine sirens.
Read More: Fireman admits causing farmer's death with siren
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Reuters – A Catholic nun with a reputation for gambling trips to Atlantic City was accused of embezzling more than $850,000 from a college where she oversaw the school’s finances, officials said on Friday.
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Reuters – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez moved on Tuesday to bypass parliament and govern by decree for one year in the oil-producing state, prompting opposition charges he was acting like a dictator.
Read More: Venezuela opposition denounces Chavez as dictator
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Reuters – Squeaky-clean Singapore needs cleaner toilets and public awareness is one way to achieve this, a civic group said at the launch of the latest stage of its LOO campaign — Let’s Observe Ourselves.
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Reuters – Billy the Kid, the Wild West outlaw who is reputed to have killed 21 men and whose exploits have been widely chronicled in U.S. popular culture, is under consideration for a pardon.
Read More: New Mexico governor to weigh Billy the Kid pardon
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Reuters – Police stopped a driver for running a red light and discovered more than 500 pounds of marijuana inside his minivan, authorities said on Monday.
Read More: Running red light leads to 500-pound marijuana bust
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Reuters – A Taiwan forensic scientist nicknamed the “jigsaw expert” has helped one fortunate man recover cash he accidentally shredded, piecing together the remains of 200 bills in just seven days.
Read More: "Jigsaw expert" saves man's shredded cash
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Reuters – An anonymous thief sent an envelope of cash to a family-owned supply store in western Pennsylvania to pay for a hammer stolen decades ago, one of the store owners said on Monday.
Read More: Anonymous thief pays for stolen hammer, decades later
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Reuters – A team of scientists say they have positively identified an embalmed head, presumed lost in the chaos of the French Revolution, as that of King Henri IV of France who was assassinated in 1610.
Read More: Embalmed head of France's King Henri IV found
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Reuters – Egypt said on Sunday it was reopening its shores to tourists at a popular Red Sea resort after a series of shark attacks over the last two weeks, which killed one person and injured four.
Read More: Egypt to reopen beaches after deadly shark attack
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Reuters – A soldier who stole the gun and credit card details of Israel’s military chief was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment Sunday, Israeli media reported.
Read More: Soldier jailed for stealing Israeli army chief's gun
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Reuters – The United States executed fewer people this year, in part because there is a shortage of the drug used in lethal injections and because executions are too expensive in tough economic times, a report released on Tuesday said.
Read More: Executions fall due to cost, lack of lethal drug
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Reuters – “Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day?,” asked Shakespeare. Now, women of the world have replied: “No, just tell me I have beautiful lips.”
Read More: Online flirting: it's all about lip service
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Reuters – Norwegian reindeer owners have a Christmas safety tip for Santa — put reflectors on his fleet-footed animals so they won’t get hit by cars.
Read More: Traffic tip for Santa: reflective reindeer collars
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Reuters – Ending nearly two weeks of suspense, a 64-year-old substitute teacher and single parent from Arizona claimed a $95.3 million Powerball jackpot.
Read More: Arizona teacher claims $95.3 million lottery jackpot
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Reuters – Whatever you think about using grating words, at the end of the day it’s actually better not to say whatever, if you know what I mean.
Read More: "Whatever" voted most irritating word in poll
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Reuters – As if a string of technical woes and delays wasn’t enough trouble for Qantas Airways, a recent domestic flight was briefly grounded by a cheetah.
Read More: Cheetah handling woes briefly ground plane
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Reuters – The Berlin Wall came tumbling down two decades ago, but you can still revel in the rural holiday splendor enjoyed by the man whose iron rule of East Germany crumbled with the collapse of communist power.
Read More: Ghosts of the Cold War haunt hotel
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Reuters – An Aboriginal elder who claimed to have seen the location of a missing child in a dream has led Australian police to a body — but it was not the corpse of a child but of an adult woman.
Read More: Aboriginal elder leads police to body — but wrong one
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Reuters – Dirty Harry the saltwater crocodile has picked, or should that be bitten, Australia’s Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard to win Saturday’s cliffhanger general election.
Read More: Harry the croc picks Labor in Australia snap poll
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Reuters – A German bank robber led his pursuers straight to him after taunting police in an email over their efforts to catch him. Authorities in the southern city of Wuerzburg said on Wednesday the 19-year-old sent emails to police and two newspapers to point out factual errors in the report of his bank raid in the town of Roettingen a week ago.
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Reuters – A huge quantity of olive stones on an ancient shipwreck more than 2,000 years old has provided valuable insight into the diet of sailors in the ancient world, researchers in Cyprus said Thursday.
Read More: Top food was olives in time of the ancient mariner
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Reuters – Britain’s air traffic controllers put pilots on alert this week after a vulture which can soar as high as 30,000 feet escaped from her handlers during a display.
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Reuters – A new McDonald’s ad featuring Gallic champion Asterix enjoying a burger and fries has sparked outrage among French comic purists who see it as an insult to their national heritage.
Read More: Comic character's McDonald's binge sparks Gallic outcry
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Reuters – A Hungarian Roman Catholic priest has become a YouTube hit with his distinctive method of spreading the word on wheels.
Read More: Skateboarding priest becomes YouTube hit
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Reuters – More than 30 Chinese government officials have been ordered to relinquish their membership of a luxurious golf club in the wealthy eastern city of Wenzhou after a torrent of online criticism, state media reported on Friday.
Read More: Officials ordered to quit club following outcry
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Reuters – A French woman discovered her 42-year-old son had been buried in the same cemetery where she was attending her brother’s funeral, after she had tried to invite him to the ceremony, a newspaper said Friday.
Read More: Woman buries brother, discovers dead son
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Reuters – Cricket star Graeme Swann told a police officer who stopped him for drunk driving that he had had to go out to buy screwdrivers to rescue his trapped cat, a court heard Monday.
Read More: Athlete blames cat over drunk driving charge
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Reuters – France has ended restrictions barring people under 1.6 meters (5 ft 3 in) from joining the police force.
Read More: French criminals now face short arm of the law
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Reuters – A Singapore court on Wednesday extended a jail term for a Swiss man by two months to seven and maintained an earlier ruling that he receives three strokes of the cane for trespassing and spray-painting graffiti on a train.
Read More: Singapore extends jail term for Swiss graffiti man
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Reuters – Americans will gather for a group “kiss-in” in Times Square and buglers across the country will play the military funeral tune “Taps” on Saturday in the first national day of remembrance for the World War Two generation.
Read More: U.S. to commemorate WWII with "kiss-in"
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Reuters – A pair of marijuana growers in Western Canada appear to have been using bears to protect their illegal crop, but the well-fed animals proved to be a bit lax in their guard duties, police said on Wednesday.
Read More: Canadian police find bears guarding pot crop
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Reuters – Britain’s advertising watchdog said on Wednesday it had banned a police advertisement encouraging people to report neighbors whose activities raised “suspicions,” saying it could offend innocent citizens.
Read More: UK bans offensive Anti-Terrorist Hotline radio ads
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