Archive for December, 2009

Stalin’s grandson launches second libel case (Reuters)

Russian communists stand in line in Red square to attend a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin marking the 130th anniversary of his birthday at the Kremlin wall in Moscow, December 21, 2009. REUTERS/Sergei KarpukhinReuters - The grandson of Josef Stalin is suing the radio station Ekho Moskvy, it said on Saturday, in a second attempt to stem media criticism of the leader whom many Russians still revere for victory in World War Two.


Luxury goods are a guilt-inducing indulgence? (Reuters)

Reuters - What's Christmas without a little indulgence and a lot of guilt, with a global survey showing two in three people occasionally treat themselves to a luxury purchase, but a third then feel bad about it.

Auschwitz sign thieves detained, not neo-Nazis (Reuters)

Reuters - Polish police detained five men on Monday for stealing the metal sign that hung over the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz, and said they were common thieves, not neo-Nazis.


Japanese man takes video game character as wife (Reuters)

Reuters - A Japanese man has married a character in a popular video game, taking her -- and his handheld game console -- on an overseas honeymoon.

Happy Christmas honey – here’s a divorce voucher (Reuters)

Reuters - Stuck for Christmas gift ideas? Is your marriage or a friend's going through a rocky patch? How about a divorce voucher?

Biblical bedroom billboard rouses ire (Reuters)

A man walks past a billboard outside St. Matthew's church before it is covered in paint smeared by a protestor in Auckland, New Zealand, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. The billboard, featuring Joseph and Mary, was the idea of a New Zealand Anglican priest that has stirred controversy with a Christmas billboard that challenges Christian stereotypes about the conception of Jesus. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Sarah Ivey)Reuters - A billboard sponsored by a local Anglican church that shows Joseph and Mary in bed has set tongues wagging in New Zealand, with the Catholic Church condemning it as others found it funny.


There’s something wrong with redheads? (Reuters)

Model has make-up applied before Jaeger's Autumn/Winter 2008 show at London Fashion Week February 10, 2008. REUTERS/Alessia PierdomenicoReuters - An ad for a TV dating show has been banned for suggesting that redheads are unattractive, Britain's advertising watchdog said on Wednesday.


Dead drunk policeman stripped of martyrdom (Reuters)

Reuters - The Chinese police captain who named his subordinate a "martyr" after he died from a drinking binge has been suspended, the Shenzhen Public Security Authority said on Tuesday.

Court splits jackpot between rival gamblers (Reuters)

A woman plays a slot machine at the Island View Casino in Gulfport, Mississippi November 9, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - A French court has split the jackpot from a casino slot machine between the woman who put in the money and the man who pulled the lever, ending months of argument between the two.


Branson offers Lotus F1 boss a stewardess challenge (Reuters)

Reuters - Richard Branson challenged aviation rival Tony Fernandes to a Formula One duel on Tuesday with the loser having to dress up as an airline stewardess.

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