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October 05, 2010 12:30 PM ET
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MANILA (Reuters) - In the Philippines, a land of passionate singers, taking on the national anthem is about to get a little more daunting -- get it wrong and you could land in jail for a couple of years and be fined more than $2,000.

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October 05, 2010 12:29 PM ET
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LONDON (Reuters) - Anyone who owns a laptop computer can now fight crime from the safety of their home and win cash prizes for catching thieves red-handed, under a new British monitoring scheme that went live this week.

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October 05, 2010 12:28 PM ET
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Cookery fans fed up with buying large packets of exotic ingredients for a one-off attempt at a new dish can now buy recipes together with the necessary ingredients -- all weighed out -- from a shop in Berlin.

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October 04, 2010 01:19 PM ET
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LONDON (Reuters) - West End actor David Birrell was injured during a London performance over the weekend and taken to hospital when a faulty replica stage gun misfired, sending debris into his eye.

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October 04, 2010 01:18 PM ET
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Voters the world over complain about having clowns for politicians, but Brazilians embraced the idea on Sunday by sending a real one to Congress with more votes than any other candidate.

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October 04, 2010 01:17 PM ET
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Finland may not top the list of the world's power brokers, but when it comes to dealing with the big issues in international affairs, no one sweats it quite like the Finns -- literally.

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October 01, 2010 01:21 PM ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The male erotic dancer company Chippendales stumbled on Friday when an appeals court ruled that it could not trademark the bow tie and shirt cuffs that the men wear.

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October 01, 2010 01:21 PM ET
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - The telephone number pasted on boxes of cereal named for Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco was supposed to be for a charity -- but mistakenly directed callers to a sex line, the player's agent said on Thursday.

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October 01, 2010 02:42 PM ET
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LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - MGM Resorts International is taking the heat for an intense beam of searing desert sunlight, jokingly dubbed the "death ray," that some hotel guests say poses a risk of severe burns to bathers lounging poolside.

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September 30, 2010 01:21 PM ET
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BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Fire Department on Wednesday received a donation of small oxygen masks designed for pets, which will become standard equipment on every fire truck in the city, officials said.

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