Search results

VIENNA (Reuters) - Whether it has any bearing on Monday's crunch Euro 2008 match between the two countries is debatable but Austria drew first blood on Sunday when their topless women's soccer team beat Germany 10-5. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore man with a penchant for sniffing women's armpits was sentenced to 14 years in jail and 18 strokes of the cane for molesting his victims, a local newspaper reported Friday.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Should you reject a friend on MySpace? How do you ward off an old lover on Facebook?</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A woman who attempted to escape from jail in Sydney had to be rescued by police after she became stuck in an air conditioning duct, police said on Thursday.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Mumbai city officials are upset by an American warning about the risks of falling into manholes in India's commercial capital during the monsoon season.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Unlucky for some? Dutch statisticians have established that Friday 13th, a date regarded in many countries as inauspicious, is actually safer than an average Friday.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian drugs trial lasting more than three months and costing taxpayers over A$1 million ($947,000) has been aborted after a number of jurors were found to have spent up to half the time playing Sudoku puzzles. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian politician who told a pregnant rival that her baby could be born a demon was ordered to seek anger counseling on Wednesday after a string of allegations about her caustic behavior. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore man has been banned from owning a camera phone for a year after he was found guilty of secretly filming a woman in an airport toilet, a newspaper reported Tuesday. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

TOKYO (Reuters) - A firefighter in Japan lost his job after city officials found out he had been driving ambulances and fire trucks for over 20 years without a driver's license, an official in Takaoka City, central Japan, said on Tuesday. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - It turns out choosing a vice president isn't that complicated after all. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - One of the last shipments to a U.S. research base in Antarctica before the onset of winter darkness was a year's supply of condoms, a New Zealand newspaper reported Monday. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

TORONTO (Reuters) - You can browse the latest porn magazines at Canadian shops, but tough new laws mean that cigarette packages are simply too suggestive. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

PATNA, India (Reuters) - A rich 80-year-old Indian widow has spent thousands of dollars on a feast for 100,000 people in the hope it would please the gods and open the doors of heaven for her, local officials said.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

NICOSIA (Reuters Life!) - Drivers in Cyprus have been told not to abandon their car in motion, or wave their hands and legs out of car windows.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alison DeLauzon thought the snapshots and home videos of her infant son were gone for good when she lost her digital camera while on vacation in Florida.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - America's first female Supreme Court justice unveiled a videogame project on Wednesday to teach children how courts work, saying she wanted to counter partisan criticism that judges are "godless" activists.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing organizers are promoting an officially sanctioned chanting routine for Chinese spectators at August's Olympics, state media said Thursday.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mendocino County's reputation as a marijuana haven of California may be going up in smoke.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - America's first female Supreme Court justice unveiled a videogame project on Wednesday to teach children how courts work, saying she wanted to counter partisan criticism that judges are "godless" activists.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters