Russia's Putin gets a drink fit for dinosaurs
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:28:43 -0500
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin received a drink fit for dinosaurs on Friday when he was presented with a sample of ancient water from a sub-glacial Antarctic lake pierced by Russian scientists.
Canada's winter so tame, festival buys fake snow
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:42:55 -0500
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The usually frigid Canadian city of Winnipeg - often nicknamed Winterpeg - has been so mild and dry this winter that a popular snow-sculpting competition has been forced to truck in 200 loads of fake flakes for this year's annual event.
French min deletes "stay indoors" tip for homeless
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:49:44 -0500
PARIS (Reuters) - A French health minister tried to tweet her way out of embarrassing blog advice that homeless people should not go outdoors during the ice-cold snap in Europe.
India ministers quit after caught watching porn in parliament
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:26:57 -0500
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Three Indian politicians from a morally conservative party, including a women's affairs minister, resigned on Wednesday after being caught watching pornography on a mobile phone during a session of state parliament.
German police use Facebook pictures to nab crooks
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:29:15 -0500
BERLIN (Reuters) - Police in the German state of Lower-Saxony will soon use their networks of Facebook "friends" to find missing persons and hunt out suspected criminals, according to the state's interior minister.
Frozen sauerkraut causes German motorway chaos
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:05:55 -0500
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Piles of sauerkraut tumbled out of a truck on a busy German motorway and quickly froze to the autobahn surface, causing a massive traffic jam near Frankfurt during Tuesday's morning rush hour, police said.
South African man escapes zombies but not police
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:56:47 -0500
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police have arrested a suspected fraudster for impersonating the award-winning traditional singer Khulekani Kwakhe "Mgqumeni" Khumalo, who died in 2009.
Mum tells Westwood to say sorry for swearing
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:27:53 -0500
DUBAI (Reuters) - Lee Westwood was forced to apologize after his mum caught him swearing on live television at last week's Qatar Masters, the world number three said on Tuesday.
Indonesia pilot grounded in pre-takeoff crystal meth check
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:16:45 -0500
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Lion Air's slogan "We make you fly" came a bit too close to home this weekend when one of the Indonesian airline's pilots tested positive for crystal meth after being arrested just hours before he was due to take off.
Anfield cat becomes Internet hit
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:43:18 -0500
LONDON (Reuters) - A cat that invaded the famous Anfield turf for three minutes during Liverpool's 0-0 Premier League draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Monday has become an internet celebrity.
