Pilots in India often fail alcohol tests
June 25, 2008 12:22 PM ET
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Around 50 pilots each year in India are
being grounded because they had consumed alcohol before taking
a flight, the country's civil aviation authorities said Tuesday.
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Drugs, phones wing their way to prisoners
June 25, 2008 12:24 PM ET
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A sharp increase in drugs and cellphones
found inside a Brazilian prison mystified officials -- until
guards spotted some distressed pigeons struggling to stay airborne.
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Mayor fuming over cigar case probe
June 25, 2008 12:25 PM ET
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LONDON (Reuters) - London's flamboyant mayor Boris Johnson is
fuming after police took possession of a cigar case he removed
from the looted home of former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq
Aziz shortly after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
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Woman finds brand new grenade in backyard
June 24, 2008 11:09 AM ET
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CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canadian military and police are
investigating after a package containing a brand new hand grenade,
belonging to the army, was found in a suburban backyard, police
said on Monday.
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Drugs in rugs
June 24, 2008 11:08 AM ET
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Drug traffickers in China's far west are
smuggling heroin into the country woven into carpets imported
from Afghanistan and Pakistan, state media said on Tuesday.
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Mobile phone battery dead? Try dancing
June 24, 2008 11:09 AM ET
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LONDON (Reuters) - What do you do if you are stuck in a field
at a pop festival but there's trouble ahead because your mobile
phone's battery is about to run out?
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UK's funny bone tickled in tourism campaign
June 24, 2008 11:06 AM ET
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's comic side will play a central part
of a new campaign aimed at luring tourists to the country's
funny spots.
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Man in wheelchair charged with drunk driving
June 23, 2008 01:52 PM ET
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CANBERRA (Reuters) - Police in Australia have charged a man for
drink driving in a motorized wheelchair after he was found to
be six times over the legal alcohol limit, local media reported
on Monday.
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Railway changes orange strip to avoid mixup
June 23, 2008 01:29 PM ET
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BASEL (Reuters) - Switzerland's national railway has told its
workers to stop using their normal orange reflective vests after
confused Dutch soccer fans started following them on to the
tracks.
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Beijing enlists army of toilet trained staff
June 23, 2008 01:32 PM ET
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing has dispatched 8,000 toilet maintenance
staff, each responsible for a specific public restroom in the
city and trained in hygiene standards and techniques, Olympic
knowledge and practical English expressions, Xinhua said Friday.
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