Cloak and dagger world of spies exposed in NYC show
By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK | Fri May 18, 2012 1:24pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – The mysterious cloak and dagger world of international espionage and its real-life heros and villains are exposed in a new exhibition, the first to be sanctioned by U.S. intelligence agencies. “Spy, the Secret World of Espionage,” which opens at [...]
Italy "dog and cat tax" muzzled after uproar
ROME | Fri May 18, 2012 3:23pm EDT ROME (Reuters) – A proposal to levy a tax on cats and dogs that stunned Italy on Friday turned out to be all bark and no bite after a wave of popular anger saw it withdrawn on the same day it was made public. Italy was abuzz [...]
Presidential penis portrait riles S.Africa’s ANC
By Peroshni Govender JOHANNESBURG | Fri May 18, 2012 9:25am EDT JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling ANC threatened to take legal action against a Johannesburg gallery for displaying art which lampoons President Jacob Zuma and accuses the party of corruption. The African National Congress wants the Goodman Gallery to remove a painting of Zuma [...]
‘Psychic’ pig to make Euro tips
KIEV | Fri May 18, 2012 7:16am EDT KIEV (Reuters) – A psychic pig is set to take over where Paul the Octopus left off at the 2010 World Cup by predicting the results of matches at the European championships in Ukraine and Poland. Kiev’s city government said on Friday it would wheel out the [...]
Canada museum kills masturbation video after outcry
OTTAWA | Thu May 17, 2012 12:20pm EDT OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s federal science museum has removed an animated video showing youth masturbating from an upcoming sex exhibit following a public outcry, a museum spokesman said. The Canada Science and Technology Museum will open the “Sex: A Tell-all Exhibition” on Thursday as planned despite strong [...]
