And the gold medal for Olympic scams goes to...
May 30, 2008 08:49 AM ET
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Tricksters are setting up fake Olympic ticket
websites, selling Olympic bonds that do not exist and running
fraudulent Olympic-linked competitions, state media said Thursday,
warning people not to be taken in.
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Smugglers busted over zip wire border racket
May 29, 2008 01:38 PM ET
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Sixteen members of a smuggling gang in
China and Hong Kong have been arrested for rigging a 300-metre
long cable to send contraband goods across the heavily-policed
border, a newspaper reported Thursday.
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Space station incommoded by broken toilet
May 29, 2008 01:43 PM ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronauts aboard the NASA space shuttle
Discovery will be carrying an extra piece of cargo when they
launch on Saturday -- a new toilet pump.
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Israel names biblically banned Hoopoe national bird
May 29, 2008 11:22 AM ET
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - It may not be kosher, but the Hoopoe was
chosen Thursday as Israel's national bird.
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Lawyer sues Delta for ruining family vacation
May 29, 2008 11:23 AM ET
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York lawyer is suing Delta Air Lines
for $1 million, saying his family vacation turned into a nightmare
after they were stranded in an airport for days and treated
disdainfully by airline employees.
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Twin, separated at birth, sues for mix-up
May 28, 2008 11:15 AM ET
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MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish twin, separated from her family
for 28 years, is suing the Canary Islands for a mix-up at the
maternity hospital which led to her being taken home by the
wrong mother, media reported Wednesday.
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Vietnam reports "UFO" explosion
May 29, 2008 05:45 AM ET
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HANOI (Reuters) - An unidentified flying object exploded in mid-air
over a southern Vietnamese island, state media said Wednesday,
a day after Cambodia's air force retracted a report of a mysterious
p*** crash.
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Baby put up for sale on Craigslist?
May 28, 2008 11:17 AM ET
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - A couple has been arrested
in what Canadian police said on Tuesday was an apparent offer
to sell a seven-day-old baby girl on Craigslist for C$10,000
($10,100).
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Boy, they REALLY make tourists feel welcome here!
May 27, 2008 11:25 AM ET
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TOKYO (Reuters) - One of the travelers who arrived at Tokyo's
Narita airport over the weekend may have picked up an unusual
souvenir from customs -- a package of cannabis.
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Heartbroken man climbs into morgue freezer
May 27, 2008 02:16 PM ET
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TAIPEI (Reuters) - A Taiwan man grieving over the death of his
girlfriend climbed inside a morgue freezer to be with her and
was only pulled out alive half an hour later, media and an official
said on Tuesday.
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