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Irish woman seeks "husband" for 120 litres of beer.

Mnet — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:05:00 +0100

SONKAJÄRVI, FINLAND (JULY 5, 2008) REUTERS -
Julia Galvin came to Finland looking for a man that would carry her
120 kg over a 253-metres track -- the incentive being the chance to win the...

Police say fire death pair were stabbed

Mnet — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:12:35 +0100

Police confirm that two Frenchmen found dead after a house fire in London
had both been stabbed in the head, neck and chest before the fire started.

LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JULY 3, 2008)ITN -...

Fast food restaurant in Beirut offers meals with a bang.

Mnet — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:28:24 +0100

"Buns and Guns", a new fast food restaurant in Beirut's infamous
southern suburb, operates with the moto "a sandwich can kill you"
and serves customers a variety of sandwiches named after weapons and explosive
materials. ...

UN council 'regrets' Zimbabwe's run-off election.

Mnet — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:44:14 +0100

United Nations Security Council says conditions for free and fair election
did not exist in Zimbabwe.  

 UNITED NATIONS (JUNE 27, 2008) UNTV - 

 The U.N. Security Council said it deeply regretted Zimbabwe's

decision to press ...

Boss of U.S. body parts ring gets 18-54 years.

Mnet — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:21:08 +0100

The leader of a U.S. body parts ring is sentenced to 18 to 54 years in
prison.  Michael Mastromarino and his team stole body parts from corpses,
including that of British journalist Alistair Cooke, and ...

Thousands celebrate Mandela's 90th in Hyde Park.

Mnet — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:21:00 +0100

Thousands gather in Hyde Park to honour Nelson Mandel and celebrate his
up-coming 90th birthday.

LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JUNE 27, 2008) 46664 HANDOUT -
 Hollywood actor Will Smith kicked off a star-studded concert on...

IWC wraps up, nations fail to halt Japanese whale hunting.

Mnet — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:20:40 +0100

International Whaling Commission meeting wraps up with anti-whaling nations
unable to stop Japan's continued hunt. 

 AT SEA, ARGENTINA REUTERS -
 A week-long International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting wrapped

up in Chile on Friday (June 27) ...

Giant rats help rid Mozambique of landmines.

Mnet — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:00:17 +0100

Giant rats in are being used to detect landmines in Mozambique which
continue to kill several people every month even though the country's civil
war ended in 1994. The rats, too light to set off ...

America's next president should lead IMF and World Bank reform says Commonwealth head.

Mnet — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:38:05 +0100

America's next president should take a lead in reforming the International
Monetary Fund and the World Bank so they protect poor states and help them

develop in a globalised world, the head of the Commonwealth ...

Rome's Saint Laurent store to shut down as mark of respect during the designer's funeral in Paris.

Mnet — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:35:26 +0100

Rome's Yves Saint Laurent store will shut down during the designer's
funeral in Paris . 

 ROME, ITALY (JUNE 5, 2008) REUTERS - 
The Yves Saint Laurent store in Rome's central via Bocca di Leone

shuts ...

Strikes over fuel prices hit states worldwide

Mnet — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:26:25 +0100

About 400 to 500 bikers demonstrated with a 'slow go' on a motorway in
Manchester, England, while Madrid taxi drivers and French lorry drivers also
protested over high fuel costs. In India, left-wing allies of ...

Residents of New York's Harlem neighborhood react to Obama's nomination

Mnet — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:26:13 +0100

African American residents of New York's Harlem neighborhood say they're
encouraged by Barack Obama's nomination as the U.S. Democratic Presidential
candidate.


NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (JUNE 04, 2008) REUTERS - 
 As Senator Barack ...

Australia police arrests 70 in child porn raids.

Mnet — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:26:00 +0100

Australian police arrest 70 people in child porn raids linked to an
internet site which received 12 million hits worldwide. 

PAMBULA, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA (RECENT) (AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL

POLICE MEDIA UNIT - 
 Seventy people have ...

You can sink your teeth into a $175 hamburger at one New York City restaurant

Mnet — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:31:05 +0100

At $175 (USD), a restaurant in New York City offers what it believes is the
most expensive hamburger in the city.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA (MAY 19, 2008) REUTERS -

It's a decadent treat ...

American artist Robert Rauschenberg dies

Mnet — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:55:41 +0100

Acclaimed American artist Robert Rauschenberg dies at his home in Florida.-

REUTERS -Acclaimed American artist Robert Rauschenberg died at his home on
Captiva Island, Florida on Monday night (May 12) at the age of 82, ...

Skydiver trains for space jump

Mnet — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:35:59 +0100

Daredevil skydiver Steve Truglia, trains to break the world record high
altitude parachute jump from 120,000 feet on the edge of space.

MILTON KEYNES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UK (APRIL 25, 2008) REUTERS -

Steve Truglia, a former ...

French people may have cut down on French baguette.

Mnet — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:26:40 +0100

Global food inflation may force the French to cut down on baguette - one of
their main staples, eaten by many three times a day.

PARIS, FRANCE (APRIL 29, 2008) REUTERS -

As a world ...

guerrilla gardeners

Mnet — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:36:43 +0100

A group of so called guerrilla gardeners go on a night 'dig' in London,
England to beautify some orphaned public land.

Richard Reynolds, founder of online blog Guerrillagardening.org has been
illicitly cultivating neglected public ...

Doodling is doorway to great art, say Filipino artists

Mnet — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:21:40 +0100

Filipino graphic artists turn blank walls into artistic murals, promoting
doodling as a way to cultivate creativity.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES REUTERS -

One group of artists in Manila cannot resist a blank wall and a
bunch of ...

Edna Parker, the world's oldest person, turns 115

Mnet — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:02:25 +0100

The oldest known person in the world reaches yet another milestone. Edna
Parker celebrates her 115th birthday and is still going strong.

SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA, UNITED STATES (APRIL 20, 2008)
It was a big day at ...

Lungless frog discovered in Indonesia's Borneo

Mnet — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:30:00 +0100

A rare and primitive frog living in a remote Borneo stream has no lungs and
apparently absorbs oxygen through its skin, researchers said on Wednesday
(April 16).

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (APRIL 16, 2008) REUTERS -

The ...

Indonesia's East Java province imposes padlocked pants on women to curb prostitution in massage parlours

Mnet — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:53:49 +0100

East Java hopes to curb prostitution by obliging masseuses to wear a
padlock on their pants.

MALANG, EAST JAVA, INDONESIA (APRIL 13, 2008) REUTERS -

Masseuses in Indonesia's East Java province are now required to ...

Giant crane to remove death tug

Mnet — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:50:00 +0100

The Neftegaz-67 collided with a Chinese bulk carrier last month and sank.
Only two of the vessel's 25 crew were rescued. The salvage operation is
expected to take at least two weeks.

Through the morning ...

Viking sailboat replica made of ice-cream sticks sets sail

Mnet — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:58:10 +0100

Viking sailboat replica made of 15 million ice-cream sticks sets sail for
London on the first leg of its Atlantic adventure.

DEN OEVER, THE NETHERLANDS (APRIL 8, 2008) REUTERS -

A Viking ship made from ...

Mother arrested in Shannon kidnap inquiry

Mnet — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:39:45 +0100

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Yorkshire schoolgirl Shannon
Matthews arrest her mother, following the release of two other members of her
stepfather's family on police bail pending further investigations.

DEWSBURY, WEST YORKSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM (ITN)...

Doubt on immigration benefits puts East Europeans on British media again

Mnet — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:36:19 +0100

A new report by the British House of Lords has rejected government claims
that immigration benefits Britain's economy. Last year one third of all
immigrants coming to Britain were Eastern European.

LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM ...

Lincoln letter fetches record price at auction

Mnet — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:34:12 +0100

A letter written by President Abraham Lincoln sells for record 3.4 million
dollars (USD) in what was otherwise a lacklustre auction of historic American
manuscripts at Sotheby's auction house in New York.

NEW YORK CITY, ...

Northern Ireland's former gunmen become community workers

Mnet — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:14:35 +0100

Ten years after the signing of Northern Ireland's Good Friday Agreement,
former gunmen from both sides of the sectarian divide turn to community work
to heal a province deeply scarred by years of the "Troubles". ...

The Washington Post Wins Six Pulitzer Prizes

Mnet — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:27:44 +0100

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Washington Post has won six Pulitzer Prizes, it was announced today by the Pulitzer Prize Board. One of the world’s most prestigious journalism awards, the coveted prize was given ...

Reuters Wins Pulitzer for Breaking News Photography

Mnet — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:26:21 +0100

Reuters Photographer Adrees Latif Honored for Dramatic Image of Japanese Videographer Kenji Nagai from Myanmar

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reuters photographer Adrees Latif has won the breaking news photography Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of ...