Former Somerset captain Roebuck found dead
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Peter Roebuck, former captain of English county Somerset and one of the finest cricket writers of his time, has been found dead at the age of 55 in his hotel in South Africa, his employers said on Sunday.
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Bulldog held for ransom found dead in Wash.
An English bulldog that went missing this month has been found dead after his owner received ransom notes by text message demanding cash and drugs.
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Bulldog held for ransom found dead in Wash.
To start life afresh, Thais "practice" death (Reuters)
Reuters – For those facing a run of bad luck and wanting to start things over, one Thai temple has an unusual solution: “rehearse” death with a mock funeral, including lying down in a coffin.
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Bra chain record comes apart at the seams (Reuters)
Reuters – A British attempt to set a new world record for the longest chain of brassieres was called off after volunteers got the lingerie in a twist. Campaigners at “Bra Chain” hoped to hook together over 100 miles of bras in Worcester, a city in the English West Midlands, to raise money for women’s charities and beat the current world record of 166,000 linked brassieres, held by Australia.
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Bra chain record comes apart at the seams
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Nazi warplane lying off Kent coast is intact (Reuters)
Reuters – A rare World War Two German bomber, shot down over the English Channel in 1940 and hidden for years by shifting sands at the bottom of the sea, is so well preserved a museum wants to raise it.
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Suspended teacher defends critical blog (Reuters)
Reuters – A high school English teacher who was suspended from her job after she blogged that her students were “rude, disengaged, lazy whiners,” said on Wednesday that she did nothing wrong.
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Britain being "overrun" by street signs (Reuters)
Reuters – The British government has declared war on the profusion of unnecessary road traffic signs, railings and advertising boards, saying they blight towns’ English character.
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Britain being "overrun" by street signs
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Vettel offers gift to get Webber in a lather (Reuters)
Reuters – Sebastian Vettel suggested a birthday gift to get Red Bull team mate and Formula One leader Mark Webber in a lather at the Belgian Grand Prix Thursday.
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Achtung! Less "Denglish," more German, please (Reuters)
Reuters – The word “Ruckizuckifutti” is not only a mouthful — it doesn’t evoke a sense of American lifestyle like its English equivalent “fast food,” either.
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Achtung! Less "Denglish," more German, please
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Follow the money, not the octopus – economists (Reuters)
Reuters – A German economic think tank, seemingly envious of an octopus who became an international celebrity for picking World Cup winners, said it came to similar conclusions with a better foundation for its picks.
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