• Police foil radio control zeppelin jailbreak

  Reuters – 2 hrs 7 mins ago

  

  MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police said on Friday they had foiled an Italian drug trafficker’s plan to break out of jail in the Canary Islands using climbing equipment and a four-meter-long zeppelin.

• Game show looks to convert atheists

  Reuters – 2 hrs 8 mins ago

  ISTANBUL (Reuters) – What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists?

• Would you pledge your soul as loan collateral?

  Reuters – 2 hrs 10 mins ago

  

  RIGA (Reuters) – Ready to give your soul for a loan in these difficult economic times? In Latvia, where the crisis has raged more than in the rest of the European Union, you can.

• Airline crew bares all to get flyers’ attention

  Reuters – Thu Jul 2, 10:02 am ET

  

  WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Air New Zealand has hit on a novel way to make sure even the most jaded flyers keep their eyes glued on its flight safety briefing.

• Housewife first up for 100-day “live sculpture”

  Reuters – Thu Jul 2, 10:04 am ET

  

  LONDON (Reuters) – A housewife from Sleaford in Lincolnshire will be the first of thousands of people to stand for one hour on top of a plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square as part of a 100-day “live sculpture” exercise.

• “Great Train Robber” is refused parole

  Reuters – Thu Jul 2, 10:09 am ET

  LONDON (Reuters) – “Great Train Robber” Ronnie Biggs lost his long-running bid for early jail release on Wednesday after the British government said he should not be allowed out on parole because he was “wholly unrepentant.”

• Fireworks spread terror in war weary town

  Reuters – Wed Jul 1, 12:40 pm ET

  

  GOMA, Congo (Reuters) – Independence day fireworks sent terrified Congolese sprinting for cover on Tuesday in fear that war had broken out again in their eastern city.

• Russia bans all gambling and shuts casinos

  Reuters – Wed Jul 1, 12:42 pm ET

  

  MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia closed down its casinos overnight as gambling was banned nationwide, a move the industry says could throw a third of a million people out of work.

• Man had boss killed to save job?

  Reuters – Tue Jun 30, 11:53 am ET

  

  MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police have arrested a man whom they suspect hired a contract killer to murder his boss in a desperate bid to avoid being laid off, newspaper El Pais reported on Tuesday.

• Mosquito repellent firm in dock for mosquito breeding

  Reuters – Tue Jun 30, 11:51 am ET

  

  COLOMBO (Reuters) – A Sri Lankan court threatened a mosquito repellent factory manager with six months in jail for failing to destroy mosquito breeding areas on company premises to stop the spread of dengue fever, an official said Tuesday.