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?Self-important and irritating?
2008-05-09 19:26:00 LONDON (Reuters) - England is an irritating and insular country full of overweight, binge-drinking, reality TV addicts, a new guide warns tourists. More About: Irritating
Chef wants to outlaw out-of-season vegetables
2008-05-09 19:26:00 LONDON (Reuters) - Celebrity British chef Gordon Ramsay said restaurants should be fined if they serve out-of-season fruit and vegetables. More About: Vegetables , Season , Chef , Outlaw
Royal jewels, rare watches to test auction market
2008-05-09 19:25:00 GENEVA (Reuters) - Auction houses offering royal jewels and rare luxury watches in Geneva next week shrug off any suggestion that the global economic downturn will dampen what they say is still a strong market for high-end pieces. More About: Watches , Market , Jewels , Royal
Woman fired for giving 16-cent treat to toddler
2008-05-09 13:42:00 TORONTO (Reuters) - An attendant at a Canadian restaurant who was sacked for giving a bite-sized doughnut, worth 16 cents, to an agitated toddler was given her job back on Thursday after the case received wide media attention. More About: Cent , Woman , Giving , Fired , Treat
You want fries with that? YES!!!!
2008-05-08 19:44:00 BERNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - The Swiss government has agreed to ease restrictions on the importation of potatoes following fears that Euro 2008 soccer fans could face a shortage of French fries next month. More About: Fries
Woman fired for giving 16-cent treat to toddler
2008-05-08 19:40:00 TORONTO (Reuters) - An attendant at a Canadian restaurant who was sacked for giving a bite-sized doughnut, worth 16 cents, to an agitated toddler was given her job back on Thursday after the case received wide media attention. More About: Cent , Woman , Giving , Fired , Treat
Sexy orchids do more than embarrass wasps?
2008-05-08 18:47:00 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Orchids that mimic female wasps may not only waste the time of the male wasps they lure into spreading their pollen -- they also seduce them into wasting valuable sperm, Australian researchers reported on Wednesday. More About: Sexy , Wasps
Non-stick chewing gum firm raises $20 million
2008-05-07 17:45:00 LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A British company developing a non-stick chewing gum that can be easily removed from pavements and shoes has raised 10 million pounds ($20 million) to help bring its product to market. More About: Chewing Gum , Million , Stick , Chewing
Building boom drives dump truck thefts
2008-05-07 17:42:00 MOSCOW (Reuters) - Forget the luxury cars that cram Moscow's streets: Russian thieves are after dump trucks, cranes and asphalt pavers to feed a booming construction sector. More About: Building , Truck , Boom
Safety in numbers for speeding drivers
2008-05-07 17:39:00 BEIJING (Reuters) - Speeding drivers in south China are getting clear away thanks to machines which switch the numbers on their licence plates in seconds, state media said on Tuesday. More About: Drivers , Safety , Numbers
Bride rejects groom over maths
2008-05-07 08:45:00 Maths has always been the toughest subject to me. Thanks god, my wife didn’t care about it! But a bride in Bhore of Gopalganj district, India thinks her groom should be a maths wiz. The bride rejected her groom as he failed to solve a simple mathematical puzzle of four and three during a marriage ... More About: Bride , Maths
Moral brigade for Bollywood actresses
2008-05-07 08:34:00 A hindu organization in Tamil Nadu, India seem to be forming a ”moral brigade” for film actresses these days. Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) wants to enter actresses’ wardrobes to choose which dress is decent and which is not. The group has filed a complaints against bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat over the issue of improper attire ... More About: Bollywood , Actresses , Moral
Drivers fined for slow-drive on scenic bridge
2008-05-06 18:58:00 BEIJING (Reuters) - China opened the world's longest cross-sea bridge last week aiming to cut travel time between two major ports, but hundreds of drivers have been fined already for, unexpectedly, driving too slow to enjoy the view. More About: Drivers , Drive , Slow , Bridge
Registering potentially dangerous knives
2008-05-06 18:38:00 BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese citizens must register their identities when they buy potentially deadly knives, Xinhua quoted the Ministry of Public Security on Tuesday as saying. More About: Knives , Dangerous
Firm in trouble for slum tour with a twist
2008-05-06 18:32:00 RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A Rio de Janeiro tour company could be in trouble for giving tourists too intimate a view of life in the city's notorious slums, including photo opportunities with drug gang leaders. More About: Tour , Twist
Rugby strip show caught on video
2008-05-06 18:04:00 VILNIUS (Reuters) - The Austrian national rugby team tried to get over their 48-0 defeat by Lithuania by staging a mass striptease in the capital Vilnius late on Saturday, only to find they had been caught on video and put on the Internet. More About: Video , Show , Rugby , Caught , Strip
64kg tomato from a local plant in Nepal
2008-05-06 01:41:00 A single plant of tomato in general can grow 2-4 kg of tomato in a season and its height is in a range of a meter. But a farmer from western Nepal , Bhagaban Adhikari (Durali-7, Gorkha) has grown a tomato plant that can grow more than a muri (local measure equivalent to about 64kg) of tomato ... More About: Local , Tomato , Plant
Mystery deepens over German poet Schiller?s skull
2008-05-05 19:10:00 BERLIN (Reuters) - A painstaking two-year investigation to determine which of two skulls belonged to Friedrich Schiller has found neither is a match, prolonging a 180-year-old mystery over the celebrated German poet's remains. More About: Mystery , Poet , Skull
China drivers fined for slow-drive on scenic bridge
2008-05-05 17:13:00 BEIJING (Reuters) - China opened the world's longest cross-sea bridge last week aiming to cut travel time between two major ports, but hundreds of drivers have been fined already for, unexpectedly, driving too slow to enjoy the view. More About: Drivers , Drive , Slow , Bridge
German politician may auction his beard
2008-05-05 14:47:00 BERLIN (Reuters) - The head of German y's Social Democrats, who has ambitions to be his country's next leader, is thinking about donating his beard to charity, but is not quite sure. More About: Auction , Politician , Beard
German politician may auction his beard
2008-05-04 15:53:00 BERLIN (Reuters) - The head of German y's Social Democrats, who has ambitions to be his country's next leader, is thinking about donating his beard to charity, but is not quite sure. More About: Auction , Politician , Beard
A portable Toilet as Wedding gift!!!
2008-05-03 18:40:00 Share This More About: Wedding , Portable , Gift , Toilet
Cheerleaders shake India more than Cricket!
2008-05-03 18:25:00 Share This More About: Cricket , India , Cheerleaders
Aussie Beer Commercial - Big Ad - Best Ad
2008-05-03 07:07:00 This sure is a cool ad. I wonder what the beer tastes like? You can say it should be a sucessful ad. Embedded Video Share This More About: Commercial , Beer , Aussie
Hindu outfit ?outraged? over Mallika Sherawat?s dress
2008-05-02 23:58:00 Share This More About: Mallika Sherawat , Dress , Hindu , Outfit
How do baby birdies learn to sing? By babbling
2008-05-02 17:49:00 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Baby birds babble much like human infants do, and they have their own special brain circuits to do it, researchers reported on Thursday. More About: Sing , Learn , Babbling , Birdies
Official suspended for surfing porn at work
2008-05-02 17:29:00 TOKYO (Reuters) - A city bureaucrat in western Japan was suspended from his job after officials discovered he visited porn websites at work almost every day, often spending hours gazing at nude photos, a city official said. More About: Surfing , Work , Official
Tea with Greenspan a bargain at $11,000
2008-05-02 17:24:00 NEW YORK (Reuters) - How would you like a film role with Johnny Depp, tea with Alan Greenspan or tennis lessons from Andre Agassi? More About: Bargain
Ancient meteorite goes unsold as dung sells
2008-05-01 17:33:00 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some dinosaur dung was snapped up at auction in New York even as a 4.5 billion year old meteorite which was supposed to top the sale went unsold. More About: Ancient , Meteorite
Will cards for inmates solve crimes?
More articles from this author:2008-05-01 16:45:00 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Inmates in 58 county jails across New York are getting playing cards with the pictures of missing persons in hopes the photos will jog memories and help solve cold cases. More About: Crimes , Cards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
