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

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 15:04
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.
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Brewer claims world's strongest beer (Reuters)

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 14:59

A waiter takes a tablet of beer mugs on the opening day of Schweizerhaus beer garden in Vienna March 15, 2010. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter BaderReuters - 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.


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Vicar conducted 360 sham marriages (Reuters)

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 14:53

Wedding bell balloons fly from a storefront in Rhinebeck, New York, July 26, 2010. REUTERS/Mike SegarReuters - 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.


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Escaped tiger found after massive South Africa search (Reuters)

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 19:01

A tiger looks on as it rests at the Lionsrock Big Cat Sanctuary near Bethlehem, South Africa April 26, 2010.REUTERS/Peter AndrewsReuters - Rangers captured an escaped tiger at a South African farm on Wednesday after a two-day helicopter search that had dominated news broadcasts.


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Fur farm foxes trained to combat rat plague (Reuters)

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 16:42

A silver fox looks out of its cage at the private farm in Rovnoye village, about 230 km (143 miles) southwest of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk November 30, 2009. REUTERS/Ilya NaymushinReuters - 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.


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Former top diplomat Rice opts for Mozart concerto (Reuters)

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 16:41
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.
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Hamas targets women's underwear in modesty drive (Reuters)

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 16:32

A Palestinian woman walks next to mannequins outside shops in Gaza City July 28, 2010. REUTERS/Ismail ZaydahReuters - The Islamist rulers of the Gaza Strip have ordered lingerie shops to display more modesty.


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