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Good for what ails you -- Finns go ice swimming
OULU, Finland (Reuters) - Some call it sport, some call it fun, others swear by its health benefits, rattling off a list that would make a snake-oil salesman blush.

Indian tribe takes up bows, arrows to fight Maoists
DORNAPAL, India (Reuters) - Clutching their bows and arrows, a group of tribesmen and young boys mill around outside a crude refugee camp in the forests of central India.

Germany's sex industry gears up for World Cup
BERLIN (Reuters) - The combination of nail-biting soccer matches and crowds of beer-swilling males could mean hefty profits for Germany's sex industry.

US Army overhauls education: Eating soup with a knife
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kansas (Reuters) - The U.S. Army, the world's most powerful fighting force, has overhauled its education and training to prepare for conflicts that cannot be won by ...

Uneasy Rider: Harley swerves to avoid demographic wall
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Harley-Davidson Inc., the U.S. motorcycle maker, insists it isn't nervous.

Vanishing toads could portend extinction crisis
OSLO (Reuters) - Exotic frogs and toads are dying out in the jungles of Latin America, apparent victims of global warming in what might be a harbinger of one of the worst waves of ...

Thriving British private schools preserve social rifts
ETON (Reuters) - Every weekday, visitors to the picturesque town of Eton are confronted by dozens of teen-aged boys in tailcoats, pinstripe trousers and stiff white collars ...

When Iraq death squads come calling: a family story
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - It didn't take long for the wave of sectarian hatred that washed over Iraq last month to hit the Baghdad home of the Samarrai family -- just a few hours, in fact ...

China's Northeast points way to pension reform
CHANGCHUN, China (Reuters) - Greying Li Xianglin has tended the rusting machines of his run-down car parts factory for 14 years. He is looking forward to the day he can put his feet up.

Brain drain in Iraq as academics targeted
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Sami al-Muthafar, a former chemistry professor at Baghdad University, survived a car bomb attack in early February, walking away unscathed although several of his ...

Journey brings Cuban rafter back to Guantanamo
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE (Reuters) - Virgilio Franqui was a sun-blistered Cuban migrant plucked off a makeshift raft in the Florida Straits when he first set eyes on the U.S.

Peacemakers lose hope for quick end to Cyprus divide
NICOSIA (Reuters) - After decades of braving insults, harassment and even violence in their efforts to bring rival communities in Cyprus together, peace activists on the divided ...

War on opium gives Golden Triangle a different hue
PHONGSALI, Laos (Reuters) - The mountains of northern Laos have changed color.

Fame goes to film director Cuaron's heart not head
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fame has not gone to Mexican film director Alfonso Cuaron's head but to his heart.

Kazakhs hunt with eagles to honor, preserve past
CHENGELSY GORGE, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - With its piercing eyes fixed on a frightened fox, the golden eagle swoops down from the sky, its huge wings blending into the shadows of the ...

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