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Medieval Love Letters Ignite War of Words in France
PARIS (Reuters) - Two star-crossed medieval lovers, Abelard and Heloise, are again stirring passions in France as a literary controversy rages nearly 900 years after their affair.
Congo Looting Keeps East Awash in Guns
BUNIA, Congo (Reuters) - "I will die in Congo," the Nigerian businessman declared.
Washington Wary as New Predator Creeps Closer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - They're smart, adaptive, secretive and operate under cover of darkness. Alert and wary, they've now been spotted less than 3 miles from the White House.
Industrial Musicals Offer Odes to Tractors, Toilets
NEW YORK (Reuters) - By day, Steve Young toils as a comedy writer for David Letterman. By night, he's an archeologist, historian and sociologist of sorts. Or maybe he's just a demented ...
Iraqi Scientists Leave UK to Unearth Saddam's Graves
LULWORTH, England (Reuters) - Surrounded by the tiny skulls and bones of children, Iraqi scientist Iyad labors under armed guard to unearth the grim truth from a mass grave.
Luxury Hotel Opens at Hitler's Alpine Retreat
OBERSALZBERG, Germany (Reuters) - When Adolf Hitler first encountered the breathtaking mountain scenery and lofty isolation of Obersalzberg in the Bavarian Alps, he fell instantly in ...
Don't Buy That Fake Rolex! It Could Finance Terror
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Think twice before you buy that fake Rolex watch or knock-off designer handbag. The money you pay could end up funding terrorists.
Young Prosecutor Roils Brazil with Gay Marriage Case
TAUBATE, Brazil (Reuters) - Assigned by the Brazilian government to a backwater factory town, 27-year-old prosecutor Joao Gilberto Goncalves has turned the obscure post into anything ...
Tsunami Reveals Tensions in India's Nicobar Islands
PORT BLAIR, India (Reuters) - A week after the December tsunami struck India's Nicobar islands, tribal leaders wrote to the territory's lieutenant-governor.
Nationalist Squatters Take Plum Site in Ancient Rome
ROME (Reuters) - It should be a real estate agent's dream: a huge, stately early 20th century house on three floors, a stone's throw from the Colosseum. Just one drawback: It is ...
Jewish Athletes Star in Documentary on Nazi Era
NEW YORK (Reuters) - At one point in Yaron Zilberman's new documentary about a Jewish girls' swim team in Nazi-era Vienna, one of the team members tries to explain the trauma of starting ...
Hopes for Iraq's Future Hinge on Special Forces
FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's special forces are billed as elite rapid intervention units which can take on the most ruthless insurgents. But as one U.S. Marine discovered just ...
Amazon Land Grab Fuels Brazil Progress, Violence
ALTAMIRA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilians call it "grilagem," the grabbing of land by fraud and violence. In the Amazon jungles of huge, wild Para state, it is carried out by an informal ...
Cameroon Pygmies Face Modern World with Music
BANANA, Cameroon (Reuters) - The woman in the bar by the road of red earth is sure Martin Cradick has not been in today -- they haven't seen any pygmies about.
China's Imperial Treasures Live on in Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) - Fifty-six years ago this month, Suo Yu-ming huddled aboard a navy ship heading for Taiwan, fleeing from Mao Zedong's communists with the retreating ...
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