Saturday, August 05, 2006

Abusing their power by abusing their power... (Reuters)


Reuters - Two Chinese officials cut off power to a hotel after they were not invited to its opening party and forced managers to drink spirits before they would turn the electricity back on, a state newspaper said Friday.



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Floating prison planned (Reuters)
Reuters - Australia plans to use an armed detention ship to house illegal Asian fishermen caught off its remote northern coast, sparking criticism that keeping people in a floating prison would breach human rights obligations. Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who has enforced a tough border protection policy, said the detention ship was appropriate as Australia faced a stream of illegal fishermen.
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A beer for Lenny -- not the one on "The Simpsons" (Reuters)
Reuters - The California beermaker who brought the world He'brew, Miraculous Jewbilation and Genesis Ale has come up with a new brew commemorating the late Jewish comedian Lenny Bruce on the 40th anniversary of his death.
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Animal home has its claws out for fat cat's owner (Reuters)
Reuters - Workers at an animal home in the German city of Cologne said on Friday they were looking for the owner of an overweight a cat abandoned outside its gates.
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Hound dog mauls Elvis's teddy bear (Reuters)

Guard dog Barney and his handler. Barney the guard dog went berserk at a teddy bear exhibition and ripped the stuffing out of Elvis Presley's beloved bear Mabel, exhibitors said on Thursday. (Wookey Hole Caves/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Barney the guard dog went berserk at a teddy bear exhibition in England and ripped the stuffing out of Elvis Presley's beloved bear Mabel, exhibitors said on Thursday.



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Thursday, August 03, 2006

Dog destroys Elvis' teddy bear at museum (AP)


AP - A guard dog has ripped apart a collection of rare teddy bears, including one once owned by Elvis Presley, during a rampage at a children's museum.



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Monkey business on Indian railway (Reuters)
Reuters - They say it takes a thief to catch a thief, but India's Delhi Metro has hired a monkey to frighten off other monkeys from boarding trains and upsetting passengers.
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"Welcome...you've got death..." (Reuters)
Reuters - A social networking Web site for Americans aged 50-plus went live on Monday -- complete with an online obituary database that sends out alerts when someone you may know dies and that plans to set up a do-it-yourself funeral service.
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Violence in Afghanistan kills 11 (AP)

Afghans look at the wreckage of the vehicle after the explosion on the out skirt of the Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006. A suspected suicide bomber detonated a car bomb in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, killing himself and wounding at least one bystander, the Interior Ministry said. (AP Photo /Musadeq Sadeq)AP - A roadside bomb killed a NATO soldier Thursday, the military alliance's fourth fatality since taking command in southern Afghanistan this week, while police backed by NATO warplanes killed 10 suspected Taliban militants, officials said.



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Soldiers urged to make love, not war (Reuters)

South Korean soldiers salute at a memorial ceremony at Taesungdong, near the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, July 26, 2006. South Korea needs soldiers and is calling on its troops to make them by turning out more babies. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonReuters - South Korea needs soldiers and is calling on its troops to make them by turning out more babies.



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Monday, July 31, 2006

You don't expect this sort of thing in France (Reuters)



Reuters - Parisian sunbathers will no longer be allowed to go nude or wear g-strings on the capital's artificial beaches and risk a fine if they are caught baring their breasts or buttocks.
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McCartney's first guitar sold for $614,000 (Reuters)

Paul McCartney is shown in this file photo. (Seth Wenig/Reuters)Reuters - An American collector has bought Paul McCartney's first acoustic guitar for 330,000 pounds ($614,000) at auction.



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