Reuters: Oddly Enough

Russia's Putin gets a drink fit for dinosaurs

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:58:43 +0530

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin received a drink fit for dinosaurs on Friday when he was presented with a sample of ancient water from a sub-glacial Antarctic lake pierced by Russian scientists.

Canada's winter so tame, festival buys fake snow

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:12:55 +0530

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The usually frigid Canadian city of Winnipeg - often nicknamed Winterpeg - has been so mild and dry this winter that a popular snow-sculpting competition has been forced to truck in 200 loads of fake flakes for this year's annual event.

India ministers quit after caught watching porn in parliament

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:56:57 +0530

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Three Indian politicians from a morally conservative party, including a women's affairs minister, resigned on Wednesday after being caught watching pornography on a mobile phone during a session of state parliament.

French min deletes "stay indoors" tip for homeless

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:19:44 +0530

PARIS (Reuters) - A French health minister tried to tweet her way out of embarrassing blog advice that homeless people should not go outdoors during the ice-cold snap in Europe.

Frozen sauerkraut causes German motorway chaos

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:35:55 +0530

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Piles of sauerkraut tumbled out of a truck on a busy German motorway and quickly froze to the autobahn surface, causing a massive traffic jam near Frankfurt during Tuesday's morning rush hour, police said.

Mum tells Westwood to say sorry for swearing

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:57:53 +0530

DUBAI (Reuters) - Lee Westwood was forced to apologize after his mum caught him swearing on live television at last week's Qatar Masters, the world number three said on Tuesday.

German police use Facebook pictures to nab crooks

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:59:15 +0530

BERLIN (Reuters) - Police in the German state of Lower-Saxony will soon use their networks of Facebook "friends" to find missing persons and hunt out suspected criminals, according to the state's interior minister.

South African man escapes zombies but not police

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:26:47 +0530

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police have arrested a suspected fraudster for impersonating the award-winning traditional singer Khulekani Kwakhe "Mgqumeni" Khumalo, who died in 2009.

Anfield cat becomes Internet hit

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:13:18 +0530

LONDON (Reuters) - A cat that invaded the famous Anfield turf for three minutes during Liverpool's 0-0 Premier League draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Monday has become an internet celebrity.

Indonesia pilot grounded in pre-takeoff crystal meth check

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:46:45 +0530

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Lion Air's slogan "We make you fly" came a bit too close to home this weekend when one of the Indonesian airline's pilots tested positive for crystal meth after being arrested just hours before he was due to take off.