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Ageing Santa gets $100,000 facelift for Christmas (Reuters)

Bandages cover the face of a 20-metre (66ft) tall statue of Santa Claus in downtown Auckland November 19, 2009. The 49-year-old statue, which is placed on the busy corner every year, has undergone a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) makeover which will be revealed on Sunday. REUTERS/Fairfax NZ/John SelkirkReuters - 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.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:04:18 GMT
Gang accused of killing to sell human fat (Reuters)

A forensic scientist displays human bones found in the jungle of Huanuco in this undated picture provided by the police. Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang suspected of killing dozens of people and selling their fat to buyers to be used for making cosmetics. Four Peruvians were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, murder and trafficking in human fat. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - 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.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:03:40 GMT
Diplomats arrested for cigarette smuggling (Reuters)

Cartons of contraband cigarettes are put on display at the Finance Ministry in Paris on September 4, 2008. REUTERS/Charles PlatiauReuters - 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.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:04:53 GMT
New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles (Reuters)
Reuters - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy worl. . .
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:21:13 GMT
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