Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/odd/reuters-oddly-enough odd Oddly Enough - Reuters en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:32:32 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/odd/reuters-oddly-enough http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_nm/us_germany_cup nm/20100209/us_germany_cup Reuters odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:32:32 GMT Reuters - A thief in the German town of Hamelin robbed an amusement arcade by threatening the attendant with a cup of coffee, authorities said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_nm/us_rat nm/20100209/us_rat Reuters odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:01:42 GMT Reuters - British broadcaster ITV pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and was fined by an Australian court on Monday after a rat was killed and eaten on the reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/od_nm/us_newzealand_rescue nm/20100208/us_newzealand_rescue Reuters odd Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:09:58 GMT Reuters - A tourist who got lost on a New Zealand mountain was rescued after sending text messages to his family in Greece, newspapers and websites reported on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/od_nm/us_swordswallowing_record nm/20100208/us_swordswallowing_record Reuters odd Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:10:47 GMT Reuters - An Australian performance artist set a new Guinness World Record on Monday by simultaneously swallowing 18 swords, each nearly as long as two and a half rulers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/od_nm/us_banker nm/20100205/us_banker Reuters odd Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:53:23 GMT Reuters - An Australian banker who became an internet sensation after he was caught on live television viewing images of a scantily clad supermodel on his computer will keep his job, Macquarie Bank said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/od_nm/us_italy_mcdonalds_italyburger_odd nm/20100205/us_italy_mcdonalds_italyburger_odd Reuters odd Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:52:09 GMT Reuters - Fast food chain McDonald's has teamed up with the Italian government to cook up a hamburger with a national twist, but the unusual initiative is giving some food lovers cultural indigestion. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/od_nm/us_india_tribe_odd nm/20100205/us_india_tribe_odd Reuters odd Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:48:24 GMT Reuters - One of the world's oldest dialects, which traces its origins to tens of thousands of years ago, has become extinct after the last person to speak it died on a remote Indian island. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/od_nm/us_woman_alba nm/20100204/us_woman_alba Reuters odd Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:05:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/od_nm/us_woman_alba"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100204/i/r4164454779.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ITxxXDuxghNjYLl4Ivl1yw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Xiaoqing gives an interview to Reuters in the Time Plastic surgery clinic in Shanghai February 4, 2010. The 21-year-old, who would only give her name as Xiaoqing, is seeking extensive plastic surgery to look like U.S. actress Jessica Alba, mainly because she hopes to win back her boyfriend who she said always wished she looked more like the Hollywood star. The hospital has agreed to do it for free to showcase their surgery skills. REUTERS/Nir Elias" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A Chinese woman is seeking extensive plastic surgery to look like U.S. actress Jessica Alba, mainly because she hopes to win back her boyfriend who she said always wished she looked more like the Hollywood star.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/od_nm/us_woman_alba"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100204/i/r4164454779.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ITxxXDuxghNjYLl4Ivl1yw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Xiaoqing gives an interview to Reuters in the Time Plastic surgery clinic in Shanghai February 4, 2010. The 21-year-old, who would only give her name as Xiaoqing, is seeking extensive plastic surgery to look like U.S. actress Jessica Alba, mainly because she hopes to win back her boyfriend who she said always wished she looked more like the Hollywood star. The hospital has agreed to do it for free to showcase their surgery skills. REUTERS/Nir Elias" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/od_nm/us_emirates_camel nm/20100204/us_emirates_camel Reuters odd Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:04:34 GMT Reuters - A traditional Emirati restaurant in Dubai has added a new entree to its menu billed as a fat-free choice for carnivorous but health-conscious diners: the Camel Burger. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/od_nm/us_australia_banker_odd nm/20100203/us_australia_banker_odd Reuters odd Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:06:13 GMT Reuters - A red-faced banker has been caught looking at racy near-nude photographs on his computer, with his actions broadcast live on Australian television. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/od_nm/us_minibus_odd nm/20100203/us_minibus_odd Reuters odd Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:05:34 GMT Reuters - A South African minibus taxi driver five times over the legal blood alcohol limit at breakfast time was arrested on Wednesday for transporting 49 children in a 16-seat vehicle. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/od_nm/us_slovenia_dogs_odd nm/20100203/us_slovenia_dogs_odd Reuters odd Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:05:04 GMT Reuters - A Slovenian who saved his three dogs from being put down for attacking humans was himself mauled to death by them, police said Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/od_nm/us_shark_odd nm/20100203/us_shark_odd Reuters odd Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:04:35 GMT Reuters - A 14-year old New Zealand girl has been praised for fighting off a shark with her boogie board after it had bitten her. The shark bit Lydia Ward on the hip as she was standing in waist-deep water on a beach near the southern New Zealand city of Invercargill on Monday, the Southland Times newspaper reported. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100202/od_nm/us_adverts nm/20100202/us_adverts Reuters odd Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:57:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100202/od_nm/us_adverts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100202/i/r983619639.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=80fx.kjRu.LTLITOtvC41w--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Black Eyed Peas' (from L to R) will.i.am, Taboo, Fergie and apl.de.ap pose with their Grammy awards at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles January 31, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Would the Black Eyed Peas persuade you to shop at Target or Eric Clapton lure you to switch to T-Mobile?</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100202/od_nm/us_adverts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100202/i/r983619639.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=80fx.kjRu.LTLITOtvC41w--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="photo" title="Black Eyed Peas' (from L to R) will.i.am, Taboo, Fergie and apl.de.ap pose with their Grammy awards at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles January 31, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100202/od_nm/us_bestiality nm/20100202/us_bestiality Reuters odd Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:57:54 GMT Reuters - The Internet potentially will lose one of its main sources of bestiality videos under a ban approved Tuesday by the upper house of the Dutch parliament. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100202/od_nm/us_books_cat nm/20100202/us_books_cat Reuters health Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:00:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100202/od_nm/us_books_cat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100131/capt.2bfebec1339c40d7adc0e8af2564e69d.death_cat_ny113.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=l4_qUx6mOG9vgICpY9hwvA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="FILE - In this July 23, 2007 file photo, Oscar, a hospice cat with an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, sits outside a patient's room at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, R.I. Dr. David Dosa profiles Oscar in a book released this week, 'Making Rounds With Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat.' (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - When doctors and staff realized that a cat living in a U.S. nursing home could sense when someone was going to die, the feline, Oscar, was portrayed as a furry grim reaper or four-legged angel of death.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100202/od_nm/us_books_cat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100131/capt.2bfebec1339c40d7adc0e8af2564e69d.death_cat_ny113.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=l4_qUx6mOG9vgICpY9hwvA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this July 23, 2007 file photo, Oscar, a hospice cat with an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, sits outside a patient's room at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, R.I. Dr. David Dosa profiles Oscar in a book released this week, 'Making Rounds With Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat.' (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/od_nm/us_britain_smoking nm/20100201/us_britain_smoking Reuters odd Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:03:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/od_nm/us_britain_smoking"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100201/i/r1677190537.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=2fm_0uOW8KPB3WfWkquc3Q--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A man smokes a cigarette in central London, February 1, 2010. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The UK government launched plans on Monday to halve the number of smokers by the end of the decade and said it would consider removing branding from cigarette packets and banning cigarette vending machines.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/od_nm/us_britain_smoking"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100201/i/r1677190537.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=2fm_0uOW8KPB3WfWkquc3Q--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man smokes a cigarette in central London, February 1, 2010. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/od_nm/us_philippines_tribe nm/20100201/us_philippines_tribe Reuters odd Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:02:55 GMT Reuters - Members of the Hanunuo Mangyan tribe in the Philippines do not leave their dead in the grave for long, digging up the remains of loved ones in an unusual revival ritual that itself is slowly dying out. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/od_nm/us_china_sex nm/20100201/us_china_sex Reuters odd Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:02:05 GMT Reuters - Sexual frustration amongst migrant workers in China's booming southern province of Guangdong is leading to a host of social problems and must be tackled, state media on Saturday cited a local official as saying. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100129/od_nm/us_fingerprints nm/20100129/us_fingerprints Reuters odd Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:46:48 GMT Reuters - A Polish priest has installed an electronic reader in his church for schoolchildren to leave their fingerprints in order to monitor their attendance at mass, the Gazeta Wyborcza daily said on Friday.