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Japanese town offers ¥200 000 reward to arrest monkey business  2010-09-09 04:00:01 A Japanese town is offering a ¥200 000 (R17 300) reward for the capture of a monkey that has broken into houses and attacked 43 people in the past month. [Full Story...] 0 Comments Cockroach brains may yield antibiotics to kill drug-resistant bacteria 2010-09-08 04:00:01 Cockroach brains may be a source of new antibiotics capable of killing deadly drug-resistant bacteria, according to research that suggests the germ-spreading pests may be good for something after all. [Full Story...] 0 Comments Malaria's cherry pick 2010-09-07 04:00:01 Novartis plans to test a cherry- flavoured version of its malaria drug Coartem in Africa after children preferred it to strawberry and orange varieties in a study. [Full Story...] 0 Comments U2, top Turk give gifts 2010-09-07 04:00:01 U2's Bono gave Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan a red iPod and walked from Asia to Europe across Istanbul's Bosporus bridge before a concert in the city last night, Haberturk reported. [Full Story...] 0 Comments Speeding out the red 2010-09-07 04:00:01 One Nevada gubernatorial hopeful sees a speedy fix to Nevada's budget crisis. [Full Story...] 0 Comments Corot's $1.4m Portrait of a Girl goes missing between bar and home 2010-09-03 04:00:01 A guy walks into a bar with a $1.4 million (R10.1m) Corot under his arm. Stop us if you've heard this one. [Full Story...] 0 Comments Long live the Dutch 2010-09-02 04:00:01 The Dutch are set to live longer, - good news for them but bad news for insurers, which are expected to suffer from higher capital requirements and tighter profit margins. [Full Story...] 0 Comments Kenyan SMS 'causes fear, not haemorrhages' 2010-09-02 04:00:01 Kenya's telecommunications regulator yesterday told cellphone users to ignore rumours that receiving calls from some numbers can cause brain haemorrhage. [Full Story...] 0 Comments Late workers barred 2010-09-01 04:00:01 SNOOZING Nigerian federal employees who reported late to work had a rude awakening yesterday. [Full Story...] 0 Comments Shampoo insures football star's shaggy mane 2010-09-01 04:00:01 American football star Troy Polamalu has a price on his head - with an anti-dandruff shampoo brand taking out a $1 million (R7.31m) insurance policy on his trademark mane of black ringlets. [Full Story...] 0 Comments BA frightens fliers 2010-08-31 06:00:01 British Airways (BA) apologised to passengers after an emergency message warning that they were about to crash into the sea was played by mistake. [Full Story...] 0 Comments Polly Peck's Nadir returns to UK to face the music - and haunt Tories 2010-08-27 04:00:01 A TYCOON who fled Britain almost two decades ago following the spectacular collapse of his Polly Peck business empire would return to London to face charges of fraud, officials said yesterday. [Full Story...] 0 Comments WWII's golden smile 2010-08-26 04:00:01 A partial set of British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill's gold-mounted dentures has fetched £15 200 (R173 000) at auction, more than three times the estimated price. [Full Story...] 0 Comments Shooter on New Year 2010-08-26 04:00:01 A Polish man living in Germany went about his business for about five years without noticing he had been shot in the head. [Full Story...] 0 Comments US dogs inflict pain on insurance firms 2010-08-20 04:00:01 Dog bites cost US home insurers 6.4 percent more last year than in the prior 12 months, with the average claim exceeding $24 000 (R174 500) for the third consecutive year, an industry group said on Wednesday. [Full Story...] 0 Comments Asia's wealthy turn to top-growth French wines as a safe investment 2010-08-19 04:00:01 Like gold, top wines are highly prized, represent wealth and are selling near their historical highs. [Full Story...] 0 Comments So long for all the fish 2010-08-18 04:00:01 US CHEFS breathed a sigh of relief after BP stopped its massive oil leak in the seafood-rich Gulf of Mexico a month ago, but they must still deal with tight supply. [Full Story...] 0 Comments Sudan cities go wild 2010-08-18 04:00:01 Southern Sudan was in talks with two companies about a $10.1 billion (R73bn) project to redesign the region's cities into animal-shaped urban centres, the housing ministry said yesterday. [Full Story...] 0 Comments WWII still disruptive 2010-08-18 04:00:01 Milan's Linate airport will close today and trains linking the city with Venice will be suspended as police detonate a bomb from World War II found near the airport, the second this month. [Full Story...] 0 Comments Green vehicles to go the distance 2010-08-17 04:00:01 Vehicles powered by electricity from renewable energy have begun a race in Switzerland that will run for more than 80 days and cover 30 000km. [Full Story...] 0 Comments |
