Podgiest pets compete in slimming contest (Reuters)

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Reuters - Eight of Britain’s fattest pets are to embark on a 100-day diet and fitness regime in a bid to crowned this year’s pet fit club champion.

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Italy’s new combat jet trainer a flying pizza pie? (Reuters)

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Reuters - An Internet contest to name the new M-346 combat jet trainer has elicited more than 2,000 ideas. First prize includes a free ride.

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Dutch couple in India pays $200 for “special” samosas (Reuters)

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Reuters - A Dutch couple on a visit to the eastern Indian state of Bihar paid 10,000 rupees (136 pounds) for four samosas, a spicy deep-fried snack that usually doesn’t cost more than a few rupees, a newspaper reported on Monday.

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Russian pawn shops boom in financial crisis (Reuters)

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Reuters - Pawnbrokers in the Russian capital are enjoying the global credit crunch.

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Climber plumps for portable toilets for Everest (Reuters)

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Reuters - A young Nepali climber is seeking to popularise a toilet fashioned from a plastic bucket with a lid to promote eco-friendly climbing on Mount Everest.

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Introducing the Bamboo Mobile

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A Car Made of Bamboo

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Man’s Mohawk May Be World’s Tallest

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Times Square getting its first ‘green’ billboard (AP)

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AP - This winter, New Year’s Eve revelers will have a close-up view of Times Square’s first environmentally friendly billboard powered entirely by wind and sun.

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Plagued by fungus? Bacteria? Try copper socks (Reuters)

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Reuters - Copper socks? Copper towels? How about copper subway poles? These are only a few of the ways Chile, the world’s biggest copper producer, is utilizing the red metal which is more commonly found in the construction and auto sectors.

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