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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Hyenas spark admiration, not fear, in Ethiopia's Harar city

HARAR, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Hyenas roam the streets of the ancient walled city of Harar in eastern Ethiopia every night, seeking scraps of meat to drag to the nearby caves.

River roll call as 'swan upping' gets under way on Britain's Thames

SHEPPERTON, England, (Reuters) - Six old-fashioned skiffs interrupted the sleepy pace of life on a stretch of the river Thames on Monday as teams embarked on the annual "upping" - a combined census and health visit for swans.

Slovenian comic's parody has Merkel dancing with 'zombie' refugees

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - A Slovenian comic who has attracted millions of online hits with extravagant musical parodies of such figures as Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and the pope gives Angela Merkel the same satirical treatment in a clip released on Monday.

Baboon causes power cut in Zambian tourist town

LUSAKA (Reuters) - A baboon plunged a Zambian tourist town into darkness on Sunday after tampering with equipment at a hydro-electric power station, the state electricity company said on Monday.

At a snail's pace. Larry lands world snail racing title

LONDON (Reuters) - "Ready, steady, slow," was the cry as 'Team Uslime Bolt' and their rivals got underway at the World Snail Racing championships in the English village of Congham.

Texas ATM's choices: deposit, withdraw, release trapped repairman

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas repairman found that one of the hardest parts about being trapped while servicing a bank's automated teller machine was convincing customers coming for cash that he was stuck.

Missing something? UK police want help to solve severed finger mystery

LONDON (Reuters) - British police have launched a public appeal to find the owner of a human finger, seven years after it was found in London.

Saudi king orders newspaper columnist to stop piling on the praise

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz has ordered an over-enthusiastic columnist to be suspended from his job after he equated him with God, Saudi media reported on Sunday.

Canada's Yukon seeks 'backups' after toe used in cocktail stolen

(Reuters) - The theft of a famed cocktail ingredient, a mummified human toe, has spurred the northern Canadian territory of Yukon to launch a tongue-in-cheek campaign for an "insurance" toe, in case the digit gets stolen again.

Sand sculpture festival brings super-heroes to Belgian beach

OSTEND, Belgium (Reuters) - A beach in Belgium has been transformed into a giant sandy gallery, featuring larger-than-life super heroes, cartoon characters and Cinderella's castle, for one of the world's biggest sand-sculpture festivals.