Seal meat to be on menu at Canadian Parliament (Reuters)

Canadian Minister of Defence Peter MacKay gives a piece of seal meat to the Chief of Defence Staff General W.J. Natynczyk (L) during a community event in Iqaluit, Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic August 22, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Andy ClarkReuters - Canada's parliamentary restaurant will be serving seal meat on Wednesday in a gesture of defiance aimed at a European Union ban on imports of seal products.


Aussie underwear has gone bananas (Reuters)

Reuters - Australian underwear company AussieBum has been monkeying around and the result is a range of men's underwear made with bananas.

Hamas bans men from women’s hair salons in Gaza (Reuters)

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh prepares himself inside the plane before landing in Tehran December 7, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Suhaib SalemReuters - The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Thursday banned men in the Gaza Strip from working in women's hair salons, vowing to arrest and try offenders.


Pilot with fake licence arrested at airport (Reuters)

Reuters - A Swedish pilot with a fake commercial license was arrested in his cockpit at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport as he prepared to fly 101 passengers on a Boeing 737 to Turkey, Dutch police said Wednesday.

London stage fright: rats, mice and fleas: survey (Reuters)

Reuters - Performers in London's West End are having to cope with a different kind of stage fright in the form of mice, rat and flea infestations in theatres, according to a new survey by actors' union Equity.

Chinese youth accused of not being fighting fit (Reuters)

Children exercise during a weight-losing summer camp in Shenyang, Liaoning province, August 3, 2009. REUTERS/Sheng LiReuters - China must urgently address the physical fitness of the nation's youth or run the risk of raising a generation incapable of fighting the Japanese in a future war, the head of the country's top sports university said Thursday.


Canada may adopt gender-neutral national anthem (Reuters)

Canadians celebrate by singing the Canadian national anthem at the Eternal Flame in Ottawa, February 28, 2010. REUTERS/Chris RoussakisReuters - "O Canada," the country's national anthem, has included the line, "True patriot love in all thy sons' command," for nearly 100 years.


Child’s play at air traffic tower sparks inquiry (Reuters)

Reuters - An investigation is underway into why a young child, apparently under an adult's supervision, was allowed to direct air traffic at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport, U.S. authorities said on Wednesday.

Army nixes raid after Facebook leak? (Reuters)

An Israeli soldier takes position during clashes with Palestinian stone-throwers at Qalandiya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah October 8, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi ArouriReuters - The Israeli military called off a raid in Palestinian territory after a soldier posted details, including the time and place, on social networking website Facebook, Israel's Army Radio reported Wednesday.


“Hurt Locker” producers sued days before Oscars (Reuters)

Reuters - A U.S. Army sergeant on Tuesday sued the makers of Oscar-nominated film "The Hurt Locker" five days before the Academy Awards, claiming the central character in the film is based on him.


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