German man has last laugh with "new home" obituary
BERLIN | Thu May 10, 2012 11:20am EDT BERLIN (Reuters) – A man who announced his change of address in a local newspaper sparked national media attention on Thursday due to the unusual location of his “new home” – six feet under the ground. Karl Albrecht, who died last month at the age of 88, [...]
"Subversive" newspaper crossword stirs Venezuela
By Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS | Fri May 11, 2012 4:07pm EDT CARACAS (Reuters) – A veteran Venezuelan crossword-writer has been accused of hiding a coded message to assassinate President Hugo Chavez’s brother in the latest surreal twist to election year politics in the South American nation. Neptali Segovia was interviewed by intelligence agents, his newspaper [...]
Afterlife comes at a discount for diehard Benfica fans
LISBON | Fri May 11, 2012 10:30am EDT LISBON (Reuters) – Diehard fans of Portugal’s Premier League soccer club Benfica can now rest in peace knowing they can be buried at a discount thanks to a deal signed between the club and the country’s largest undertakers agency. In addition to a 12.5 percent rebate, the [...]
Gambling, drinking monks raise hell in South Korea
SEOUL | Fri May 11, 2012 8:33am EDT SEOUL (Reuters) – Six leaders from South Korea’s biggest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage showed some supposedly serene monks raising hell, playing high-stakes poker, drinking and smoking. The scandal erupted just days before Koreans observe a national holiday to celebrate the birth of Buddha, [...]
Handshake ends S.African "Tempest in a D-cup" race row
By Ed Cropley JOHANNESBURG | Thu May 10, 2012 10:21am EDT JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Two models at the eye of a race storm that has exposed the thin veneer of social harmony in South Africa 18 years after the end of apartheid shook hands on Thursday and vowed to work towards Nelson Mandela’s vision of [...]
