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Monday, November 13, 2017

Kenya craftsmen to build boat out of plastic waste

LAMU, Kenya (Reuters) - The beaches of Kenya's idyllic Lamu island are dotted with traditional Swahili stone and coral houses, mansions built by European royalty, the odd donkey and, increasingly, tidal lines of plastic trash.

'That's art?' Baby turns heads in Manhattan auction house window

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A sculpture of a baby sleeping in an unusual New York City exhibit has Park Avenue window-shoppers alerting auction house staff that a child has been “forgotten in the display.”

Eurek-baa: Scientists find sheep can recognize human faces

LONDON (Reuters) - Sheep have been trained to recognize the faces of celebrities, including former U.S. President Barack Obama, by University of Cambridge scientists who hope it may help with understanding neurodegenerative diseases.

Lift up your hearts, not your cell phones, pope tells priests, bishops

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday chastised priests and bishops who take pictures with their cell phones during Masses, saying they should focus on God instead.

Paintings by Indian elephant auctioned off in Hungary

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Paintings created by an Indian elephant who enjoys wielding a brush were auctioned off by a Hungarian traveling circus on Saturday.

New Zealand's Prime Moggy, Paddles the six-toed cat, meets an untimely end

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Paddles, the New Zealand prime minister's ginger cat, may have had six toes and a wide social media following but she has run out of lives.

Polly want a broadband connection? Cockatoos cost Australian cable company

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's government-built $36 billion broadband network, already under attack from underwhelmed customers, has found a new and formidable enemy - cockatoos are chewing through cables across the country.

Runaway 7-year-old takes train to airport, boards plane with no ticket

GENEVA (Reuters) - A seven-year-old girl who ran away from her parents managed to take a train to Geneva airport and board a plane despite having no ticket.

Axe to grind? Paris hangout has a better idea: throw one

PARIS (Reuters) - Parisians are famous for their love of art, fashion, good food and fine wine, so obviously they'll jump at the chance to pay 19 euros ($22) an hour to throw an axe at a target on a wall.

Thousands of migrating pelicans get free lunch in Israel

ISRAEL (Reuters) - A visit from tens of thousands of migrating pelicans may be a gift for bird-watchers, but for Israeli fish farmers it can be costly. In response, Israeli authorities have taken to feeding the birds to help preserve the farms' stocks.