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Posted on April 30, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Two arrested over monkey meatballs (Reuters)

Reuters - Indonesian police have arrested a couple who made meatballs from the flesh of protected monkeys, an animal conservation group said on Wednesday.

Posted on April 30, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Province to preserve chalk message (Reuters)

China's President Hu Jintao visits the quake-hit Gyegu town of Yushu county, Qinghai province April 18, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Chinese experts are working to permanently preserve a chalk message written by President Hu Jintao this month at a school for survivors of a deadly quake in the remote Tibetan county of Yushu.



Posted on April 30, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Owner of Stalin museum killed in Russia (Reuters)

Reuters - A Russian businessman who set up a museum dedicated to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin was electrocuted and bludgeoned to death on Friday, media reported.

Posted on April 29, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

“Cougar effect” boosts lingerie sales (Reuters)

Reuters - Sales of sultry lingerie among older women are booming in Britain thanks to the glamorous 40-somethings of "Sex and the City 2" and "Cougar Town," retail chain Debenhams reported on Thursday.

Posted on April 29, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Office survival guide sees humor in job misery (Reuters)

A broker reacts while trading at a stock brokerage firm in Mumbai October 8, 2008. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - Sometime during the recession, work -- or the lack of it -- became funny.



Posted on April 28, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Hapless sailor takes a round trip (Reuters)

A boat is rescued by a Sheerness lifeboat in this handout photo. REUTERS/Barry Crawford/HandoutReuters - A man who thought he was sailing along the coast of southern England had to be rescued by emergency services after his motor boat ran out of fuel while repeatedly circling a small island in the River Thames estuary.



Posted on April 28, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Two arrested two over monkey meatballs (Reuters)

Reuters - Indonesian police have arrested a couple who made meatballs from the flesh of protected monkeys, an animal conservation group said on Wednesday.

Posted on April 28, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Cleaners paint over priceless art (Reuters)

A street artist works near Hosier Lane, that contained a street art stencil by British graffiti artist Bansky, in central Melbourne April 28, 2010. REUTERS/Mick TsikasReuters - An Australian council is rueing a decision to send street cleaners into a Melbourne lane after they painted over a priceless stencil of a rat by the celebrated British graffiti artist Banksy.



Posted on April 27, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

E-mail faux pas, like ones in Goldman case, common (Reuters)

Goldman Sachs' Executive Director in the Structured Products Trading Group Fabrice Tourre prepares to testify at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Investigations Subcommittee hearing on Reuters - Goldman Sach's bond trader Fabrice Tourre has plenty to worry about, being accused of fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission. But his amorous emails made public in the case may have him losing even more sleep at night.



Posted on April 27, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

28 detained in beach “gigolo” raid (Reuters)

Beachgoers watch the sun set at Kuta beach in Bali, Indonesia August 24, 2009. REUTERS/Sharon LeeReuters - Police on Indonesia's resort island of Bali detained 28 people this week in a crackdown on "beach gigolos," who scout for foreign female tourists, officials said on Tuesday.



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