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Curry sausage maze to teach Berliners wurst risks

BERLIN (Reuters) - German officials have created a labyrinth in the shape of a giant sausage to help people learn about the health risks associated with the popular fast food currywurst (curried sausage).
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:44:27 +0000

Help! Police! Stop that man giving away free money

BERLIN (Reuters) - German police called to investigate a suspected scam in a Bavarian town found a man handing out money to passersby as a retirement celebration.
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:49:36 +0000

Chinese pilots who faked resumes back in the air

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese pilots who had lied about their flying experience have been allowed to return to work after they took remedial action to make up their hours, according to the country's aviation watchdog.
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:50:03 +0000

Men seeking to impress on the dance floor, move that body

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Men hoping to impress women on the dance floor now have science to help them. A European study has found that men who move their necks and trunks more to the beat are most likely to attract women.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:43:32 +0000

German farmer's 24 hour milk filling station a hit

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German dairy farmer has come up with a novel way to drum up new business -- he opened a "milk filling station."
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:04:52 +0000

Circus forced to stop live fish regurgitation act

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A Russian circus has been forced to cancel an act in which a woman swallows a live fish and regurgitates it after Australian officials deemed it cruel.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:38:37 +0000

Fines of $7 in "tough" new China anti-smoking rules

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's "toughest" ever smoking ban which aims to stop people lighting up during November's Asian Games will carry fines of $7 (£4.5), state media said on Wednesday, a limited deterrent to smokers in one of China's richest cities.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:39:19 +0000

Mystery eye problem at dairy show caused by cow urine

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The cause of a mystery eye ailment that struck about 50 visitors to a dairy pavilion at an agricultural show in Australia has been traced -- to cow urine.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:39:53 +0000

Detroit, Los Angeles most stressful U.S. cities

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Detroit, Los Angeles and Cleveland are the most stressful cities in America, according to a new study.
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:29:03 +0000

A hoax? Joaquin Phoenix film gets viewers guessing

VENICE (Reuters) - Whether a hoax or not, a new documentary about Joaquin Phoenix and his transition from acclaimed, brooding actor to bearded, shambolic hip-hop wannabe has captivated viewers at the Venice International Film Festival.
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:41:38 +0000

Hundreds of looted artefacts returned to Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The headless statue of a Sumerian king and more than 500 other artefacts looted from Iraq's museum and archaeological sites during the 2003 U.S.-led invasion have been returned home, officials said on Tuesday.
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:47:31 +0000

Get the celebrity scent with UK tabloid's perfume

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's tabloid Sun newspaper launched its own celebrity perfume on Monday to provide readers with the scent of showbiz.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:51:39 +0000

Giant German "sand" cake protest to avoid the pits

BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - A protest group in Germany has built a giant cake as part of a campaign to stop the construction of an industrial sand quarry.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:06:24 +0000

Paris metro body heat to help warm building

PARIS (Reuters) - The warmth generated by human bodies in the Parisian metro will help heat a public housing project in the city centre, the capital's largest owner of social housing said on Friday.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:26:31 +0000

German party mistakenly hands out porn pens to kids

BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - To sweeten their first day at primary school German children are normally given a cardboard cone filled with sweets, but schoolchildren in Essen this year opened their cones to find pens which project erotic images.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:54:08 +0000

Tourist treat in Berlin - city's famous toilets

BERLIN (Reuters) - For tourists tired of traditional sightseeing tours, one Berlin tour guide is offering something altogether different: a tour of Berlin's public conveniences.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:42:37 +0000

Rat bite ruins Indian shooter's Commonwealth bid

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian shooter Sanjeev Rajput is blaming the sharp teeth of a rodent for robbing him of his shot at glory on home soil at next month's Commonwealth Games.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:01:21 +0000

Dirty jokes and papal rosaries mix in Chile mine saga

COPIAPO, Chile (Reuters) - Contact between 33 Chilean miners trapped for weeks underground and the outside world took an irreverent twist on Thursday, as the men passed dirty jokes to the surface -- and the Pope sent down blessed rosaries.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:37:13 +0000

Iran's first lady of skiing trains on grass

DIZIN, Iran (Reuters) - Skiing down a grassy mountain in the middle of summer is not the only unusual thing about Marjan Kalhor. She is also an Olympic competitor -- a rare thing for a woman in a male-dominated sport in Iran.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:30:07 +0000

UEFA bans vuvuzelas from European competition

BERNE (Reuters) - Vuvuzelas have been kicked out of European competitions after UEFA said that the controversial plastic trumpets drowned out supporters and detracted from the emotion of the game.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:31:34 +0000