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Bangladesh asks factories to shut for World Cup
Venezuela's Chavez offers cure for kids' insomnia
Elephant blocks U.S. squad on trunk road
Woman striving to be world's heaviest
Scientists use Calvin Klein cologne to lure jaguars
Farmer fires home-made cannon to defend land
Galileo lost tooth, fingers go on show in Florence
Bahraini sex shop thrives in conservative Gulf
Canada grilled over "half-baked fake lake" at G20
Smelly studios and fleas cause Cyprus TV walkout


Bangladesh asks factories to shut for World Cup
June 14, 2010 09:31 AM ET
DHAKA (Reuters) - Authorities in soccer crazy Bangladesh on Monday asked all manufacturing factories in and around the capital Dhaka to suspend operations each evening until the end of the World Cup in South Africa.

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Venezuela's Chavez offers cure for kids' insomnia
June 11, 2010 12:22 PM ET
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is offering parents a cure for children who don't want to go to sleep. Have them watch his televised speeches.

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Elephant blocks U.S. squad on trunk road
June 11, 2010 04:52 PM ET
RUSTENBURG (Reuters) - The United States training session ahead of Saturday's World Cup Group C opener with England was briefly delayed after an elephant blocked the route of the team bus.

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Woman striving to be world's heaviest
June 09, 2010 07:26 PM ET
OLD BRIDGE, New Jersey (Reuters) - A New Jersey woman is waging a campaign to become the world's heaviest living woman, admitting that she is as hungry for attention as she is for calorie-rich food.

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Scientists use Calvin Klein cologne to lure jaguars
June 09, 2010 09:29 PM ET
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters Life!) - Biologists tracking jaguars in the Guatemalan jungle might smell nice but it's all in the name of science, with researchers finding the Calvin Klein cologne Obsession for Men attracts big cats.

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Farmer fires home-made cannon to defend land
June 08, 2010 12:16 PM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese farmer has declared war on property developers who want his land, building a cannon out of a wheelbarrow and pipes and firing rockets at would-be eviction teams, state media said on Tuesday.

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Galileo lost tooth, fingers go on show in Florence
June 08, 2010 12:19 PM ET
FLORENCE (Reuters) - A tooth, thumb and finger cut off from the body of renowned Italian scientist Galileo, who died in 1642, go on display this week in Florence after an art collector found them by chance last year.

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Bahraini sex shop thrives in conservative Gulf
June 09, 2010 05:05 PM ET
MANAMA (Reuters) - Where does one buy lingerie, sex toys and ointments designed to enhance female sexual pleasure in a Gulf region which frowns on open displays of sexuality?

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Canada grilled over "half-baked fake lake" at G20
June 09, 2010 09:20 AM ET
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's government found itself in hot water on Monday after it emerged that the media center for two international summits this month will feature a C$1.9 million ($1.8 million) artificial lake, complete with canoes and a bar.

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Smelly studios and fleas cause Cyprus TV walkout
June 07, 2010 01:54 PM ET
NICOSIA (Reuters Life!) - News staff at Cyprus's state broadcaster briefly walked off the job on Monday over conditions which included smelly studios and an infestation of fleas, workers said.

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