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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/odd/reuters-uk odd Oddly Enough - Reuters UK en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:44:46 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/odd/reuters-uk http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_germany_cup nm/20100209/oukoe_uk_germany_cup Reuters odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:10:22 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 Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_paranormal_italy nm/20100209/oukoe_uk_paranormal_italy Reuters odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:56:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_paranormal_italy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r4240446147.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=kHSlSUbebNxiKeWkpsBzAw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="A scene from the horror thriller "Paranormal Activity". REUTERS/Paramount Pictures/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Italy's government is mulling whether to slap restrictions on horror thriller "Paranormal Activity" after some movie-goers suffered panic attacks, sparking protests by children's and consumer groups.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_paranormal_italy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r4240446147.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=kHSlSUbebNxiKeWkpsBzAw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="A scene from the horror thriller "Paranormal Activity". REUTERS/Paramount Pictures/Handout" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_saudi_sex_court nm/20100209/oukoe_uk_saudi_sex_court Reuters odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:21:06 GMT Reuters - A Saudi appeals court has upheld a sentence of five years in jail and 1,000 lashes for a Saudi man who bragged about his sexual exploits on television, newspapers reported Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_google_china_goojje nm/20100209/oukoe_uk_google_china_goojje Reuters odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:37:39 GMT Reuters - Google Inc has sent a cease and desist letter to the operators of a Chinese search website whose logo bears a close resemblance to its own. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_beer_health_life nm/20100209/oukoe_uk_beer_health_life Reuters odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:19:57 GMT Reuters - Beer drinkers now have a good excuse to order another round -- the brew may help keep bones strong, a study has found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_japan_pedometer_life nm/20100209/oukoe_uk_japan_pedometer_life Reuters odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:56:30 GMT Reuters - Looking for extra motivation to walk away the pounds? A Japanese company is selling a pedometer that calculates how much money you save on taxi fares by walking as well as the calories you burn. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_dating_valentines_life nm/20100209/oukoe_uk_dating_valentines_life Reuters odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:08:29 GMT Reuters - Singles looking for love put too much emphasis on looks and passion in trying to find their perfect match, according to research released ahead of Valentine's Day. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_olympics_torch_arnie nm/20100209/oukoe_uk_olympics_torch_arnie Reuters odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:51:30 GMT Reuters - The Olympic torch relay just got bigger, much bigger. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_rat nm/20100208/oukoe_uk_rat Reuters odd Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:11:27 GMT Reuters - 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/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_olympics_luge_lynx nm/20100209/oukoe_uk_olympics_luge_lynx Reuters odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:53:36 GMT Reuters - A rare visitor got a first-hand inspection of the Whistler Sliding Centre on Monday when a lynx was spotted prowling in trees near the start area. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_swordswallowing_record_life nm/20100208/oukoe_uk_swordswallowing_record_life Reuters odd Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:18:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_swordswallowing_record_life"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.78fc6250db85410997f64b50a70368b6.australia_sword_swollowing_syd801.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=XecBfhWEDul4pxkSAzLQWQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In this photo supplied by Buscopan, Chayne Hultgren, AKA The Space Cowboy, put 18 swords in mouth at Martin Place in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Space Cowboy, has set a new Guinness World Record by sticking 18 swords (52cm each) at the same time. (AP Photo/Buscopan, Joe Lararrte)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_swordswallowing_record_life"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.78fc6250db85410997f64b50a70368b6.australia_sword_swollowing_syd801.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=XecBfhWEDul4pxkSAzLQWQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo supplied by Buscopan, Chayne Hultgren, AKA The Space Cowboy, put 18 swords in mouth at Martin Place in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Space Cowboy, has set a new Guinness World Record by sticking 18 swords (52cm each) at the same time. (AP Photo/Buscopan, Joe Lararrte)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_crime_germany_banker nm/20100208/oukoe_uk_crime_germany_banker Reuters odd Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:15:09 GMT Reuters - Four elderly Germans went on trial on Monday charged with kidnapping their financial adviser and holding him prisoner in a basement in an attempt to recover 2.5 million euros (2.19 million pounds) in lost savings, a court spokesman said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_olympics_figure_skating_china_dumplings nm/20100209/oukoe_uk_olympics_figure_skating_china_dumplings Reuters odd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:17:54 GMT Reuters - China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo are getting ready to launch a dumpling-powered assault for a pairs gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_japan_monk_hiphop_life nm/20100208/oukoe_uk_japan_monk_hiphop_life Reuters odd Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:39:55 GMT Reuters - He raps. He chants. And this month, Japan's famed hip-hop loving monk, better known as MC Happiness, will tap dance on stage, in the name of Buddhism. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_poll_pets_valentines_life nm/20100208/oukoe_uk_poll_pets_valentines_life Reuters odd Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:45:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_poll_pets_valentines_life"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100128/i/r3278061816.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=ON7Yz1M_rG1Mie6zbkB5_g--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="A dog owner takes her pet for a walk down a snow-covered path in downtown Stockholm January 28, 2010. REUTERS/Bob Strong (SWEDEN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS SOCIETY)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Rather than spending Valentine's Day with their partner, one fifth of adults would prefer to be with their pet, although the French still came top for romance, according to a joint global poll by Reuters/Ipsos.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_poll_pets_valentines_life"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100128/i/r3278061816.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=ON7Yz1M_rG1Mie6zbkB5_g--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="A dog owner takes her pet for a walk down a snow-covered path in downtown Stockholm January 28, 2010. REUTERS/Bob Strong (SWEDEN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS SOCIETY)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100206/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_investment_barclays_piigs nm/20100206/oukoe_uk_investment_barclays_piigs Reuters odd Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:51:13 GMT Reuters - Barclays Capital told its research analysts in a memo this week not to use the relatively new but increasingly common "PIIGS" acronym to describe five European nations with strained fiscal conditions, a source at the bank told Reuters on Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_belgium_netherlands_prison nm/20100205/oukoe_uk_belgium_netherlands_prison Reuters odd Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:21:35 GMT Reuters - Supplementing one's income by renting out a spare room is hardly a novel concept, but the Netherlands took it a big step further Friday when, in an European first, it officially leased a prison to Belgium. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_latvia_base nm/20100205/oukoe_uk_latvia_base Reuters odd Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:52:20 GMT Reuters - A town left empty after the withdrawal of Soviet and Russian forces from the Baltic state of Latvia was sold at auction Friday for $3 million (1.92 million pounds). http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_usa_wingbowl nm/20100205/oukoe_uk_usa_wingbowl Reuters odd Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:42:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_usa_wingbowl"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100205/i/r270281167.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=69peeaZCS9lFkWWqPgm7Qg--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="Wingbowl 18 champion John "Super Squibb" Squibb eats one of 238 chicken wings to win the annual chicken wing eating contest in Philadelphia, February 5, 2010. REUTERS/Tim Shaffer" border="0" /></a>Reuters - About 18,000 people turned out before dawn on Friday for the 18th Wing Bowl, an eating competition dubbed the world's biggest, and an annual celebration of Philadelphia's raucous sports-crazed culture.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_usa_wingbowl"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100205/i/r270281167.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=69peeaZCS9lFkWWqPgm7Qg--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="photo" title="Wingbowl 18 champion John "Super Squibb" Squibb eats one of 238 chicken wings to win the annual chicken wing eating contest in Philadelphia, February 5, 2010. REUTERS/Tim Shaffer" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenoughuk/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_india_tribe nm/20100205/oukoe_uk_india_tribe Reuters odd Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:10:29 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.