| Ex-president's body stolen for ransom, Cyprus says
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 Reuters - Cyprus said Tuesday ransom was the motive of thieves who stole the body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, found in a shallow grave Monday three months after it disappeared from its tomb.
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| Residents flee Angolan village invaded by elephants
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| Reuters - Wild elephants rampaged through a southern village in Angola last weekend, destroying farms and dozens of houses and prompting most of its 4,000 residents to flee to neighboring Namibia, a local official said Tuesday. |
| Chocolate-powered racecar makes sustainability sexy
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| Reuters - Fueled by leftover chocolate and with components made from carrots, potato starch and flax, the world's first sustainable Formula 3 racing car has a top speed of 135 miles per hour and can go from zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds. |
| Seal meat to be on menu at Canadian Parliament
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 Reuters - 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.
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| U.S. blacks, Hispanics losing more sleep over worries
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| Reuters - Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely than whites and Asians to lose sleep over job and money worries, a sleep survey released on Monday found. |
| Canada drops plans for politically correct anthem
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| Reuters - Don't mess with a century-old tradition even if it is sexist, Canadians told the Conservative government this week, forcing Ottawa to scrap plans to make the country's national anthem gender-neutral. |
| Aussie underwear has gone bananas
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| 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
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 Reuters - 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.
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| Pilot with fake licence arrested at airport
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| 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
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| 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. |
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