Italy collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers
Reuters - Saturday November 21, 06:23 AM
ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum announced on Friday.

Diplomats arrested for cigarette smuggling
Reuters - Saturday November 21, 05:04 AM
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,000 cigarettes into the Nordic country, the Swedish Customs Office said Friday.

Ageing Santa gets $100,000 facelift for Christmas
Reuters - Saturday November 21, 05:04 AM
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to Christmas so that his aging face does not scare children.

Gang accused of killing to sell human fat
Reuters - Saturday November 21, 05:03 AM
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics.

New EU president wins fans in Japan -- as a poet
Reuters - Saturday November 21, 04:43 AM
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Herman Van Rompuy, the European Union's new president, may not be very well known around the world but he's already winning fans in Japan -- as a poet rather than a politician.

New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles
Reuters - Friday November 20, 10:21 AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world

U.S. election, iPhone among decade's top 10 Internet moments
Reuters - Friday November 20, 10:20 AM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards.

All Blacks face dressing down over Twitter leak
Reuters - Friday November 20, 12:47 AM
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Neemia Tialata and Cory Jane can expect a talking to from All Blacks coach Graham Henry after revealing on the social networking site Twitter they had been left out of the New Zealand to play England this weekend.

Obama gets five minutes with half-brother in China
Reuters - Thursday November 19, 08:09 AM
BEIJING (Reuters) - President Barack Obama took time out of his busy diplomatic schedule in China to meet with his half-brother, who lives in the southern part of the country -- but only for five minutes.

Lost man drives nine hours to get newspaper
Reuters - Thursday November 19, 06:56 AM
CANBERRA (Reuters) - An elderly man who went out to fetch a morning newspaper ended up driving nearly 400 miles after getting lost and taking a wrong turn onto a major Australian highway, police said on Wednesday.