
Updated : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:04:57 GMT
Reuters - Rangers captured an escaped tiger at a South African farm on Wednesday after a two-day helicopter search that had dominated news broadcasts.
Publ.Date : Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:01:21 GMT
Reuters - New York police arrested a man on Wednesday accused of robbing two banks -- with a bunch of flowers and a potted plant. Publ.Date : Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:03:01 GMT
Reuters - French fries in Germany could be significantly shorter this year due to the heatwave that has baked Germany and much of Europe this month, the German Farmers' Association (DBV) said on Friday. Publ.Date : Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:36:53 GMT
Reuters - Plainclothes police severely beat the wife of a provincial official, mistaking her for one of many Chinese who petition government offices in the hope of redressing wrongs, the China Daily reported on Wednesday. Publ.Date : Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:09:13 GMT
Reuters - On the way home from a hard day's work, Ferenc Nagy often gets the urge to pop into his favorite boozer for another round of binge reading. Publ.Date : Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:26:15 GMT
Reuters - A Dutch brewer with a penchant for competition has laid claim to creating the world's strongest brew: a beer that is some 60 percent alcohol by volume.
Publ.Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:59:00 GMT
Reuters - Romantic comedies might provide 90 minutes of light-hearted fun but the happy-ever-after movies are also impacting people's real love lives, according to an Australian survey.
Publ.Date : Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:11:02 GMT
Reuters - A vicar was found guilty on Thursday of conducting hundreds of sham marriages between African nationals and cash-strapped eastern Europeans to allow illegal immigrants to gain residency in Britain.
Publ.Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:53:21 GMT
Reuters - Authorities in China's far west have bred and trained "an army" of silver foxes bought from a fur farm to fight a plague of rats threatening a huge expanse of grasslands, state media said on Wednesday.
Publ.Date : Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:42:49 GMT
Reuters - Staff at the Jenolan Caves west of Sydney have added a new out-of-this-world attraction -- a tour in the Star Trek language Klingon.
Publ.Date : Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:56:39 GMT
Reuters - The Force was with a man when he robbed a bank wearing a Darth Vader mask and a cape.
Publ.Date : Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:05:39 GMT
Reuters - A black bear attracted by the smell of a peanut butter sandwich managed to open the door of a car, climb in and got stuck, knocking the gear stick into neutral and sending the car rolling down a slope into trees.
Publ.Date : Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:57:12 GMT
Reuters - The Islamist rulers of the Gaza Strip have ordered lingerie shops to display more modesty.
Publ.Date : Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:32:41 GMT
Reuters - A 15-year-old New Zealand boy has survived with minor injuries after falling 16-storeys from the balcony of his family's apartment onto a concrete floor, New Zealand media reported Monday. Publ.Date : Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:24:41 GMT
Reuters - A laid off paramedic who turned to delivering pizzas to make ends meet is credited with saving the life of a man who went into cardiac arrest just as a pizza was delivered to his door.
Publ.Date : Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:01:28 GMT
Reuters - An unemployed woman who said she was desperate for money has been arrested on charges she robbed an Oklahoma McDonald's with a white stretch girdle wrapped around her face as a makeshift mask.
Publ.Date : Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:13:17 GMT
Reuters - A partial set of British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill's gold-mounted dentures has fetched 15,200 pounds ($23,770) at auction, over three times the estimate. Publ.Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:04:57 GMT
Reuters - Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice abandoned international affairs for a Mozart piano concerto on Tuesday, teaming up with Soul legend Aretha Franklin to perform at a charity concert. Publ.Date : Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:41:51 GMT
Reuters - British Prime Minister David Cameron has said prisoners will not be allowed to hold parties behind bars after a minister proposed lifting a ban on arts events for inmates introduced by the previous administration. Publ.Date : Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:39:32 GMT
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