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HANOI (Reuters) - Many sick passengers who flew to Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam took fever reducers to cheat temperature scanners...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester's toilets will soon be contributing to the local gas network under a green energy project planned by...
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FREETOWN (Reuters) - Power hoses and AK-47 assault rifles have succeeded where Sierra Leone's snake-charmers failed by removing 400...
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska's Rat Island is finally rat-free, 229 years after a Japanese shipwreck spilled rampaging rodents...
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BERLIN (Reuters) - A fox has been unmasked as the mystery thief of more than 100 shoes in the small western German town of Foehren,...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama laid out his vision for recrafting U.S. financial regulation on Wednesday, vowing to...
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AP - A man wearing a suit and driving a BMW tried to rob a Boston-area bank at gunpoint but was foiled when an employee texted another...
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AP - After being told by her daughter that a man in their home was an armed intruder, a 77-year-old woman pulled a gun on him and sent...
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AP - Continental Airlines is apologizing for sending a 10-year-old Massachusetts girl flying alone to New Jersey instead of Ohio. Jonathan...
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A 96-year-old Taiwanese man who will receive his master's degree in philosophy this weekend said he was able to compete with ...
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Brandon Norwood had just taken out the trash at his grandparents' Jackson home around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday when he noticed something...
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This lobster will catch your eye, but not because you're imagining its tail dipped in butter. It is bright orange and yellow, ...
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An Israeli woman mistakenly threw out a mattress with $1 million inside, setting off a frantic search through tons of garbage ...
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A profile set up in the name of a rancher who won a $232 million Powerball jackpot has been disabled, a Facebook spokesman said.
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What could be the world's longest lobster roll turned out to be even longer than expected.
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In the world according to North Korea's official news agency, the country is a paragon of peace, forced against its wishes to ...
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A Long Island convenience store owner confronted by a bat-wielding would-be robber said Tuesday he decided to show mercy on the ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack...
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A rare white tiger was killed by two lions that managed to sneak into its enclosure in a Czech zoo, officials...
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Reuters - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world
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Reuters - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack...
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift...
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LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people...
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,000...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack...
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Reuters - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift...
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Reuters - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens...
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Reuters - Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,...
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A rare white tiger was killed by two lions that managed to sneak into its enclosure in a Czech zoo, officials said Thursday.
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Reuters - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world
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Reuters - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were...
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to Christmas...
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LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat...
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Reuters - Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,000 cigarettes into...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the...
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,000 cigarettes into the...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the...
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Reuters - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to...
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Reuters - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and...