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Priest who blessed Morales found with cocaine (Reuters)

Posted on: Friday, July 30th, 2010 in: Uncategorized

Reuters - The Aymara priest who blessed Bolivian President Evo Morales at an inauguration ceremony four years ago has been arrested in possession of 530 pounds (240 kg) of cocaine, police said Thursday.

Churchill's dentures fetch nearly $24,000 (Reuters)

Posted on: Thursday, July 29th, 2010 in: Uncategorized

Reuters - A partial set of British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s gold-mounted dentures has fetched 15,200 pounds ($23,770) at auction, over three times the estimate.

Brewer claims world's strongest beer (Reuters)

Posted on: Thursday, July 29th, 2010 in: Uncategorized

Reuters - A Dutch brewer with a penchant for competition has laid claim to creating the world’s strongest brew: a beer that is some 60 percent alcohol by volume.

Vicar conducted 360 sham marriages (Reuters)

Posted on: Thursday, July 29th, 2010 in: Uncategorized

Reuters - A vicar was found guilty on Thursday of conducting hundreds of sham marriages between African nationals and cash-strapped eastern Europeans to allow illegal immigrants to gain residency in Britain.

Escaped tiger found after massive South Africa search (Reuters)

Posted on: Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 in: Uncategorized

Reuters - Rangers captured an escaped tiger at a South African farm on Wednesday after a two-day helicopter search that had dominated news broadcasts.

Fur farm foxes trained to combat rat plague (Reuters)

Posted on: Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 in: Uncategorized

Reuters - Authorities in China’s far west have bred and trained “an army” of silver foxes bought from a fur farm to fight a plague of rats threatening a huge expanse of grasslands, state media said on Wednesday.

Former top diplomat Rice opts for Mozart concerto (Reuters)

Posted on: Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 in: Uncategorized

Reuters - Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice abandoned international affairs for a Mozart piano concerto on Tuesday, teaming up with Soul legend Aretha Franklin to perform at a charity concert.

Hamas targets women's underwear in modesty drive (Reuters)

Posted on: Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 in: Uncategorized

Reuters - The Islamist rulers of the Gaza Strip have ordered lingerie shops to display more modesty.

Tiger escapes from trip to the vet (Reuters)

Posted on: Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 in: Uncategorized

Reuters - A 17-month-old tiger escaped from the back of a pick-up truck while it was being driven to a veterinary clinic in South Africa, triggering a helicopter search by police and wildlife experts.

Bear crashes in runaway car (Reuters)

Posted on: Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 in: Uncategorized

Reuters - A black bear attracted by the smell of a peanut butter sandwich managed to open the door of a car, climb in and got stuck, knocking the gear stick into neutral and sending the car rolling down a slope into trees.