100 arrested for not having toilets
December 19, 2007 09:47 AM ET
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KAMPALA (Reuters) - Local authorities have arrested at least
100 Ugandans for failing to build toilets in their homes in
the midst of a cholera epidemic that has killed 8 people and
infected 164, state media reported Wednesday.
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"Don't Tase Me, Bro" tops '07 memorable quote list
December 19, 2007 09:50 AM ET
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Don't Tase Me, Bro," a phrase that swept
the nation after a U.S. college student used it seeking to stop
campus police from throwing him out of a speech by Sen. John
Kerry, was named Wednesday as the most memorable quote of 2007.
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Magna Carta fetches $21.3 million at Sotheby's auction
December 19, 2007 09:56 AM ET
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A rare 710-year-old copy of the Magna Carta,
among the most important historical documents ever to hit the
auction block, sold for $21.3 million on Tuesday at Sotheby's.
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Even CEOs think CEOs are overpaid?
December 19, 2007 10:03 AM ET
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BOSTON (Reuters) - With many U.S. chief executives taking home
millions of dollars in pay, it is no shock that average workers
regards them as overpaid. But that attitude extends to the corner
office as well.
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Got fleas? Get the vacuum
December 19, 2007 10:11 AM ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vacuum cleaners kill fleas just as well
as any poison, surprised U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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Jingle-bang! Santa's chopper shot up over slum
December 18, 2007 09:58 PM ET
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Not even Santa Claus is safe as the
violent Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro celebrates the Christmas
season.
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Pedestrian charged for walking over car
December 18, 2007 10:00 AM ET
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ATHENS (Reuters) - A pedestrian has been charged with damaging
property after walking over a car that was parked illegally
on the sidewalk in Greece's congested capital.
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Thank God it's not Friday?
December 18, 2007 09:56 AM ET
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ROME (Reuters) - An Italian court has ruled that a couple could
not name their son "Friday" and ordered that he instead be called
Gregory after the saint whose feast day he was born on.
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Itsy-bitsy pink bikini gets serviceman jail
December 18, 2007 10:00 AM ET
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore national serviceman who sashayed
into a lift early one morning wearing only a pink bikini has
been handed a day's jail and a S$11,000 ($7,529) fine by a court
in the city-state, a newspaper said on Tuesday.
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Monkeys and college students equal at mental math?
December 18, 2007 09:52 AM ET
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Monkeys performed about as well as college
students at mental addition, U.S. researchers said on Monday
in a finding that suggests nonverbal math skills are not unique
to humans.
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