Woman buries brother, discovers dead son (Reuters)

Reuters - A French woman discovered her 42-year-old son had been buried in the same cemetery where she was attending her brother's funeral, after she had tried to invite him to the ceremony, a newspaper said Friday.

Harry the croc picks Labor in Australia snap poll (Reuters)

Reuters - Dirty Harry the saltwater crocodile has picked, or should that be bitten, Australia's Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard to win Saturday's cliffhanger general election.

Robber nabbed after mocking police in email (Reuters)

Reuters - A German bank robber led his pursuers straight to him after taunting police in an email over their efforts to catch him. Authorities in the southern city of Wuerzburg said on Wednesday the 19-year-old sent emails to police and two newspapers to point out factual errors in the report of his bank raid in the town of Roettingen a week ago.

Pilots on alert for high-flying vulture (Reuters)

Reuters - Britain's air traffic controllers put pilots on alert this week after a vulture which can soar as high as 30,000 feet escaped from her handlers during a display.

Vuvuzelas make it into the Oxford dictionary (Reuters)

Fans hold vuvuzelas ahead of the 2010 World Cup Group A soccer match between South Africa and Uruguay at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria in this June 16, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Dylan MartinezReuters - The ever-present hum of the vuvuzela during this year's soccer World Cup catapulted the plastic trumpet to prominence and now it has earned a place in the Oxford Dictionary of English.


Canadian police find bears guarding pot crop (Reuters)

Reuters - A pair of marijuana growers in Western Canada appear to have been using bears to protect their illegal crop, but the well-fed animals proved to be a bit lax in their guard duties, police said on Wednesday.

Police bust Paris “booby” trap gang (Reuters)

Reuters - French police have arrested two teenage girls they say stole hundreds of euros from unsuspecting cash machine customers after distracting them by flashing their breasts.

Singapore extends jail term for Swiss graffiti man (Reuters)

Reuters - A Singapore court on Wednesday extended a jail term for a Swiss man by two months to seven and maintained an earlier ruling that he receives three strokes of the cane for trespassing and spray-painting graffiti on a train.

Comic character’s McDonald’s binge sparks Gallic outcry (Reuters)

Reuters - A new McDonald's ad featuring Gallic champion Asterix enjoying a burger and fries has sparked outrage among French comic purists who see it as an insult to their national heritage.

All that glitters isn’t gold, some of it is wine (Reuters)

Reuters - Like gold, top wines are highly prized, represent wealth and are selling near their historical highs.


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