Reuters: Oddly Enough

Angry Argentine commuters torch train in rush hour

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:13:09 -0400

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Furious rail commuters in Argentina set fire to a train on Thursday in anger over delays during the morning rush hour.

"Cremated" father reunited with family

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:43:27 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - A father mistakenly declared dead after going missing eight years ago has been reunited with his family after his son spotted him on television, police said on Thursday.

"Robin Hoods" steal at the store, give to the poor?

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:44:16 -0400

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek anarchists stormed a supermarket on Thursday and handed out food for free in the latest of a wave of raids provoked by soaring consumer prices.

Tycoon jailed 2 hours for organ trading: paper

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:46:14 -0400

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore retail tycoon Tang Wee Sung was Wednesday jailed for two hours and fined S$17,000 ($11,850) for lying to get approval for a kidney transplant and for organ trading, the Straits Times newspaper said.

Nudist vows to hike on after jail

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:31:25 -0400

BERLIN (Reuters) - A naked German hiker has vowed to carry on rambling in the nude despite spending 10 days in jail for breaking public nudity laws.

Ancient bronze mirrors stolen from museum

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:15:24 -0400

BEIJING (Reuters) - A bronze mirror that is more than 1,600 years old was stolen from a museum in Dunhuang in northwest China's Gansu Province, the Xinhua news agency said Wednesday, citing a museum curator.

Police hunt high-speed skateboard outlaw

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:14:23 -0400

BERLIN (Reuters) - Police are trying to track down a man filmed riding a skateboard down a steep stretch of south German motorway at 100 km an hour (62 mph), far above the speed limit.

Ex-boxing champ shot dead in smoking dispute

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:40:07 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - Former British heavyweight boxing champion James Oyebola was shot in the neck in a nightclub after asking a group of men to stop smoking, a court heard Tuesday. Prosecutor Jeremy Donne told the Old Bailey that the boxer died after the "senseless" shooting at the Chateau 6 club in Fulham, west London, in July 2007.

Woman eyes skydive record over Everest

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:39:14 -0400

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A British woman plans to make a parachute jump over Mount Everest hoping to become the first woman ever to skydive over the world's highest peak, organizers said Sunday.

Putin saves TV crew from Siberian tiger

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:36:41 -0400

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was feted by Russian media on Sunday for saving a television crew from an attack by a Siberian tiger in the wilds of the Far East.