HARADHEERE, Somalia (Reuters) - In Somalia's main pirate lair of Haradheere, the sea gangs have set up a cooperative to fund their hijackings offshore, a sort of stock exchange meets criminal syndicate. Full Story »
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Beverage can tops are still finding their way into the stomachs of some children, especially teens, despite being redesigned in the 1970s to keep people from swallowing them, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Full Story »
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian villagers have named their home-made rakia brandy "Borisovka," playing on the name of Prime Minister Boiko Borisov to thank him for stopping parliament from raising taxes on alcohol. Full Story »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Herman Van Rompuy, the European Union's new president, may not be very well known around the world but he's already winning fans in Japan -- as a poet rather than a politician. Full Story »
Garlic peeler, bell tower revive MPs' expenses row
LONDON (Reuters) - The controversy over MPs' perks erupted again on Thursday when authorities published a new batch of politicians' expense receipts including one filed by a defence minister for repairing a bell tower at his home. Prime Minister Gordon Brown also disclosed that he had repaid 500 pounds he had claimed in expenses for painting an outhouse at his second home. Full Story »
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