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Japanese woman overpowers thief with tea and sympathy
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Japanese woman and her six-month-old baby escaped unhurt from a knife-wielding thief this week after the mother calmed him down with a cup of tea and a chat.
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Flush so we don't blush, Taiwan city says
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Reuters - A city in south Taiwan began training potty users this week to flush toilet paper instead of throwing it in the trash, to reduce 340 tonnes of stinky waste generated daily, local media and officials said on Tuesday.
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Russian blogger sentenced for "extremist" post
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Russian man who described local police as "scum" in an Internet posting was given a suspended jail sentence on Monday for extremism, prompting bloggers to warn of a crackdown on free speech online.
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Reuters - Finns are prouder of their country's contributions to animal fodder than they are of achievements in mobile communications technology, according to a study in the home country of Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker.
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Some coffee fans get grim delight in Starbucks woes
(Reuters)
Reuters - One coffee drinker's bad news is another coffee drinker's good news, it seems.
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Thirteen hurt on first day of Spanish bull run
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Reuters - Thirteen people were taken to hospital, one of them seriously injured, on the first day of the annual bull running festival in the northern Spanish town of Pamplona on Monday, organizers said.
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Reuters - It pays to use a toilet in southern India, as residents are earning close to a dollar a month by using public urinals, a scheme launched by authorities to promote hygiene and research in rural areas.
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Police nab two cannabis growers in cemetery
(Reuters)
Reuters - Police have detained two custodians who were about to harvest their first crop of cannabis, a source of drugs like hashish and marijuana, from a cemetery in Vietnam's capital, a state-run newspaper reported on Monday.
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Wax Hitler to return to museum after head repairs
(Reuters)
Reuters - A waxwork of Adolf Hitler will return to Berlin's new Madame Tussauds as soon as experts have restored the head ripped off by a demonstrator on its opening day, the museum said on Monday.
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Londoners "ignorant of councillors' role"
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Reuters - A quarter of Londoners would like to be a councillor, despite many not knowing what the job entails or who runs their council, according to a poll.
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