Archive for December, 2009

Liberals remove faked PM assassination shot (Reuters)

Reuters - Canada's opposition Liberal Party has taken down from its website a doctored photo of Lee Harvey Oswald being shot and killed in which Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's face was substituted for Oswald's.

In France, horse falling off restaurant menus (Reuters)

Reuters - Many people love horses and traditionally, many French people have loved them even more with a side of salad.

Black nativity angers Italy’s “White Xmas” party (Reuters)

Reuters - A nativity scene featuring a dark-skinned Jesus, Mary and Joseph that has gone on display in a Verona courthouse has created heated debate in a city with strong links to Italy's anti-immigration Northern League party.

More than 3,000 detained in porn crackdown (Reuters)

Reuters - Chinese police have detained some 3,470 people so far this year during a crackdown on online pornography and closed thousands of pornographic websites, state media said on Saturday.

Anger over elaborate emission cuts hoax (Reuters)

Petro-Canada's Edmonton Refinery and Distribution Centre glows at dusk in Edmonton February 15, 2009. REUTERS/Dan RiedlhuberReuters - Canada condemned on Monday a series of elaborate hoax emails and a fake website story that claimed the country would cut emissions of greenhouse gases by a much greater amount than previously announced.


Rotating house puts family in a spin (Reuters)

An octagonal, three-bedroom, family home built on a rotating platform near Wingham, about 250km (155miles) north east of Sydney, is shown in this undated handout picture. The house, which cost about A$700,000 ($641,000) to build, can complete a full rotation in about 30 minutes according to it's owners. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - An Australian family is turning heads with a rotating house that can guarantee a different view every time they wake up.


Teens ignore laws against texting while driving (Reuters)

A driver sends a text message while stopped at an intersection in Los Angeles December, 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jason RedmondReuters - Karen Cordova, a 17-year-old high school student and part-time supermarket cashier, admits she sometimes texts friends while driving home from work late at night, lonely and bored.


“Secret agent” busted in late night car chase (Reuters)

Reuters - German police arrested a man who claimed to be a "secret agent" after a high speed chase in pursuit of a car with a blue flashing light on its roof.

No more endangered eel at top supermarket (Reuters)

Eels curl up in a bucket in the polders surrounding the Southern Dutch Village of Numansdorp September 28, 2009. REUTERS/Jerry LampenReuters - Smoked eel on toast looks set to become an even rarer treat at Dutch parties, as the main supermarket group in the Netherlands plans to stop selling the endangered fish from 2010.


Alpine enthusiasts, “don’t drink and ski” (Reuters)

Reuters - Britain on Wednesday warned its skiers and snowboarders to avoid excess alcohol when taking to France's ski slopes, after a spate of drink-related deaths and serious accidents.

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