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Japan train with "rice balls" to sharpen soccer skills

May 20, 2012 - 10:12pm
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan have come up with a novel way of preparing themselves for this year's London Olympic men's soccer tournament - training with odd-bouncing triangular 'rice balls.'

Italy "dog and cat tax" muzzled after uproar

May 18, 2012 - 12:23pm
ROME (Reuters) - A proposal to levy a tax on cats and dogs that stunned Italy on Friday turned out to be all bark and no bite after a wave of popular anger saw it withdrawn on the same day it was made public.

Cloak and dagger world of spies exposed in NYC show

May 18, 2012 - 10:24am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mysterious cloak and dagger world of international espionage and its real-life heros and villains are exposed in a new exhibition, the first to be sanctioned by U.S. intelligence agencies.

Presidential penis portrait riles S.Africa's ANC

May 18, 2012 - 6:25am
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC threatened to take legal action against a Johannesburg gallery for displaying art which lampoons President Jacob Zuma and accuses the party of corruption.

'Psychic' pig to make Euro tips

May 18, 2012 - 4:16am
KIEV (Reuters) - A psychic pig is set to take over where Paul the Octopus left off at the 2010 World Cup by predicting the results of matches at the European championships in Ukraine and Poland.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Breyer robbed again

May 17, 2012 - 1:47pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who was robbed in February at his Caribbean vacation home by a man armed with a machete, recently was the victim of a burglary at his residence in Washington, a court spokeswoman said on Thursday.

Canada museum kills masturbation video after outcry

May 17, 2012 - 9:20am
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's federal science museum has removed an animated video showing youth masturbating from an upcoming sex exhibit following a public outcry, a museum spokesman said.

Fugitive penguin 337 spotted alive in Tokyo Bay

May 16, 2012 - 7:14pm
TOKYO (Reuters) - After Penguin Number 337 made a daring bid for freedom from a Tokyo aquarium and vanished into the waters of Tokyo Bay two months ago, many feared the worst for the adventurous feathered fugitive.

Canada museum kills masturbation video after outcry

May 16, 2012 - 4:05pm
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's federal science museum has removed an animated video showing youth masturbating from an upcoming sex exhibit following a public outcry, a museum spokesman said on Wednesday.

Sniffer dog nabs smuggler hiding heroin in rectum

May 16, 2012 - 12:45pm
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A man who tried to smuggle heroin into the United States concealed in his rectum was caught by U.S. officials - with the help of a drug-sniffer dog named Malone - as he walked across the border from Mexico.

Paris exotic dancers strike, say wages "miserable"

May 16, 2012 - 9:39am
PARIS (Reuters) - Topless dancers at the renowned Crazy Horse night club in Paris have gone on strike, saying they are not being paid enough to take the shirts off their backs.

Aussie shooter Mark squirms under "mankini" bet threat

May 14, 2012 - 9:23pm
(Reuters) - Australian Olympic shooting gold medalist Russell Mark is set to parade in a lime-green "mankini" made famous by the movie character "Borat" at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics as the penalty for losing a bet.

Man bitten by rattlesnake at Washington state Walmart

May 14, 2012 - 6:49pm
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - When Mica Craig reached down to brush what he thought was a stick off some mulch in the garden section of a Washington state Walmart, it turned around and sank its fangs into his hand.

Topless Ukraine activist grabs Euro soccer cup

May 14, 2012 - 12:11pm
KIEV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian women's rights activist stripped to the waist and seized the Euro-2012 soccer trophy while it was on public display in Kiev on Saturday in a protest against the forthcoming month-long championship.

Shock-seekers snap up new Aussie art dare

May 13, 2012 - 9:11pm
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Smelling excrement may not be everyone's idea of fun, but for those who like to push the boundaries, Australia's most controversial new museum may be just what they are looking for.

Topless Ukraine activist grabs Euro soccer cup

May 13, 2012 - 8:24am
KIEV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian women's rights activist stripped to the waist and seized the Euro-2012 soccer trophy while it was on public display in Kiev on Saturday in a protest against the forthcoming month-long championship.

"Subversive" newspaper crossword stirs Venezuela

May 11, 2012 - 1:07pm
CARACAS (Reuters) - A veteran Venezuelan crossword-writer has been accused of hiding a coded message to assassinate President Hugo Chavez's brother in the latest surreal twist to election year politics in the South American nation.

Afterlife comes at a discount for diehard Benfica fans

May 11, 2012 - 7:30am
LISBON (Reuters) - Diehard fans of Portugal's Premier League soccer club Benfica can now rest in peace knowing they can be buried at a discount thanks to a deal signed between the club and the country's largest undertakers agency.

Gambling, drinking monks raise hell in South Korea

May 11, 2012 - 5:33am
SEOUL (Reuters) - Six leaders from South Korea's biggest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage showed some supposedly serene monks raising hell, playing high-stakes poker, drinking and smoking.

World's biggest boxes of pasta on sale in Turkey

May 10, 2012 - 11:56pm
ROME (Reuters) - Shoppers can buy a half-tonne box of pasta from Thursday at supermarkets in Turkey, but not in the world's spaghetti capital of Italy.