Town Battles 'Demonic' Mystery Blazes (Reuters)

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Sicilian town battles "demonic" blazes
(Reuters)

Sicilian town battles "demonic" blazes
(Reuters) 02/11/2004 07:46 AM
Reuters - A Sicilian town is struggling to work out why dozens of household items from fridge-freezers to furniture keep mysteriously bursting into flame, terrifying locals and sparking theories of demonic intervention.

Fire Blazes in Najaf After Blasts
(Reuters)

Fire Blazes in Najaf After Blasts
(Reuters) 08/21/2004 04:32 PM
Reuters - A large fire was blazing in Najaf Saturday after a series of blasts and gunfire as a U.S. AC-130 plane circled overhead, a Reuters witness said.

Blazes Start 'Balls of Fire' Rumors
(Reuters)

Blazes Start 'Balls of Fire' Rumors
(Reuters) 07/19/2004 09:33 AM
Reuters - A series of fires in the southern Egyptian province of Sohag has destroyed some 160 houses, giving rise to rumors that spirits are at work or mysterious balls of fire are falling from the sky, a local official said Sunday.

California Firefighters Battle Six Early
Blazes (Reuters)

California Firefighters Battle Six Early
Blazes (Reuters) 05/04/2004 05:04 PM
Reuters - A day after California fire officials announced an early start to the wildfire season, firefighters battled six major blazes dotting mountain ranges between Santa Barbara and San Diego.

Blazes in Egypt start "balls of fire"
rumours (Reuters)

Blazes in Egypt start "balls of fire"
rumours (Reuters) 07/18/2004 11:47 AM
Reuters - A series of fires in the southern Egyptian province of Sohag has destroyed some 160 houses, giving rise to rumours that spirits are at work or mysterious balls of fire are falling from the sky, a local official SAYS.

Kerry Blazes Symbolic Trail to Boston
Convention (Reuters)

Kerry Blazes Symbolic Trail to Boston
Convention (Reuters) 07/23/2004 02:41 AM
Reuters - Democrat John Kerry on Friday launches a symbol-laden journey to his formal nomination as President Bush's challenger in November by calling on Americans to serve "something greater" than themselves.

Bush Battles for Key States on Bus Tour
(Reuters)

Bush Battles for Key States on Bus Tour
(Reuters) 08/01/2004 06:55 AM
Reuters - President Bush drove through two states on Saturday, trying to reassure voters that the U.S. economy was getting stronger.

"Mini-Me" battles model over "marriage"
(Reuters)

"Mini-Me" battles model over "marriage"
(Reuters) 06/10/2004 10:13 PM
Reuters - Call her Mrs. Mini-Me.

U.S. Battles for Public Opinion Through
Media in Iraq (Reuters)

U.S. Battles for Public Opinion Through
Media in Iraq (Reuters) 04/12/2004 12:56 PM
Reuters - Impartial information is increasingly hard to come by in Iraq.

Ukrainian Giant Battles Poverty,
Loneliness (Reuters)

Ukrainian Giant Battles Poverty,
Loneliness (Reuters) 05/13/2004 09:31 AM
Reuters - All Leonid Stadnyk wants is a simple, quiet and inconspicuous life. But the 33-year old Ukrainian is just too tall for that.

Electronics Industry Battles for the
Living Room (Reuters)

Electronics Industry Battles for the
Living Room (Reuters) 01/01/2005 10:35 AM
Reuters - The living room, once the most technologically simple part of the average home, is a high-tech battleground today as the consumer electronics industry seeks to digitize home entertainment and make it available anywhere, anytime.

Bush, Kerry Set Aside Personal Battles
for Sept. 11 (Reuters)

Bush, Kerry Set Aside Personal Battles
for Sept. 11 (Reuters) 09/11/2004 12:46 PM
Reuters - President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry muted their war of words on Saturday to commemorate the Sept. 11 attacks in ways that managed to underscore their campaign themes.

Shi'ite Militia Battles U.S.-Led Forces
in Kerbala (Reuters)

Shi'ite Militia Battles U.S.-Led Forces
in Kerbala (Reuters) 05/05/2004 01:13 AM
Reuters - U.S.-led forces battled Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim militiamen in the holy city of Kerbala early on Wednesday, killing three gunmen, witnesses and hospital sources said.

U.S. Forces Renew Holy City Battles in
Iraq (Reuters)

U.S. Forces Renew Holy City Battles in
Iraq (Reuters) 05/15/2004 05:51 AM
Reuters - U.S.-led forces battled insurgents around some of the holiest Shi'ite shrines in Iraq on Saturday as international pressure built for an interim government to be given real control of military affairs.

Pope's mystery caller revealed (Reuters)

Pope's mystery caller revealed (Reuters) 06/17/2005 05:05 PM
Reuters - The identity of Pope Benedict's mystery caller has been revealed as a nun suffering from cancer.

Mystery as 'Handball Team' Vanishes
(Reuters)

Mystery as 'Handball Team' Vanishes
(Reuters) 09/16/2004 09:31 AM
Reuters - Sri Lanka is trying to solve the mysterious disappearance of its "national handball team" while on tour in Germany, but it is no easy task -- the Indian Ocean island doesn't have one.

Hollywood mystery man has Internet abuzz
(Reuters)

Hollywood mystery man has Internet abuzz
(Reuters) 05/27/2004 03:27 PM
Reuters - He skewers Hollywood and the cult of celebrity on an anonymous Web log that has spawned a cult following. He claims to be an A-list actor, writing under a pseudonym, but admits he may not be believed.

Poisoned French mistress mystery
(Reuters)

Poisoned French mistress mystery
(Reuters) 04/05/2005 06:52 AM
Reuters - Scientists trying to solve a medieval murder mystery that has puzzled historians for 550 years say France's first officially recognised royal mistress was poisoned and probably murdered.

Mystery Hero Dog Captures Toronto's
Imagination (Reuters)

Mystery Hero Dog Captures Toronto's
Imagination (Reuters) 06/28/2004 09:38 AM
Reuters - It could be Elvis or it could be Dante but the search is on to find a dog that police say prevented a killing spree in the city this week.

Hollywood Mystery Man 'Rance' Has
Internet Abuzz (Reuters)

Hollywood Mystery Man 'Rance' Has
Internet Abuzz (Reuters) 05/27/2004 09:19 PM
Reuters - He skewers Hollywood and the cult of celebrity on an anonymous Web log that has spawned a cult following. He claims to be an A-list actor, writing under a pseudonym, but admits he may not be believed.

Mystery as Sri Lanka's "handball team"
vanishes (Reuters)

Mystery as Sri Lanka's "handball team"
vanishes (Reuters) 09/16/2004 02:02 AM
Reuters - Sri Lanka is trying to solve the mysterious disappearance of its "national handball team" while on tour in Germany, but it is no easy task -- the Indian Ocean island doesn't have one.

Mystery Lottery Winner Donates $1.8
Million Ticket (Reuters)

Mystery Lottery Winner Donates $1.8
Million Ticket (Reuters) 07/26/2004 08:58 AM
Reuters - Officials in western Japan were marveling on Sunday at the generosity of a mystery philanthropist who donated a $1.8 million lottery ticket to help victims of recent torrential rainstorms.

Coastal town goes bananas (Reuters)

Coastal town goes bananas (Reuters) 12/29/2003 11:39 PM
Reuters - Residents of a Lithuanian resort received an early Christmas present when 50 tonnes of bananas washed up on the Baltic coast.

Oregon town up for sale (Reuters)

Oregon town up for sale (Reuters) 08/18/2004 04:53 PM
Reuters - The small town of Otis, Oregon is up for sale again as its octogenarian owner tries to find a buyer willing to part with $3 million (1.91 million pounds) for a restaurant, gas station, market, Pronto Pup corn dog shack, two homes and a barn.

Town Goes on a Lion Hunt (Reuters)

Town Goes on a Lion Hunt (Reuters) 05/05/2004 08:15 AM
Reuters - Police in the suburbs of Ohio's capital, Columbus, called in a helicopter and big-game experts on Tuesday to help search for what could be a lion.

U.S. Says It Kills 13 Insurgents in
Iraqi Town (Reuters)

U.S. Says It Kills 13 Insurgents in
Iraqi Town (Reuters) 05/11/2004 02:10 AM
Reuters - U.S. troops killed 13 members of rebel Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sar's Mehdi Army in skirmishes near the Iraqi city of Kufa overnight, a senior U.S. military official said on Tuesday.

UFO Town Seeks Aid for Earthly Visitors
(Reuters)

UFO Town Seeks Aid for Earthly Visitors
(Reuters) 08/11/2004 11:38 AM
Reuters - A Polish town plans to ask the European Union for the equivalent of $126 million to help it build facilities for hundreds of visitors lured by its mysterious crop circles, a local official said on Tuesday.

U.S. town launches lion hunt (Reuters)

U.S. town launches lion hunt (Reuters) 05/04/2004 12:30 PM
Reuters - Police in the suburbs of Ohio's capital, Columbus, have called in a helicopter and big-game experts to help search for a large animal believed to be a lion.

Convention Security Chases New Yorkers
Out of Town (Reuters)

Convention Security Chases New Yorkers
Out of Town (Reuters) 08/23/2004 12:46 PM
Reuters - Thousands of New Yorkers will work from home or leave the city to avoid next week's Republican convention and the tightest security in the history of U.S. political party gatherings.

Town kills 500 pigs for mating with dogs
(Reuters)

Town kills 500 pigs for mating with dogs
(Reuters) 07/09/2004 06:57 AM
Reuters - A Kenyan mayor has ordered more than 500 pigs to be shot dead because they were mating with stray dogs, the East African Standard has reported.

U.S. Forces Target Guerrillas Near Town
of Samarra (Reuters)

U.S. Forces Target Guerrillas Near Town
of Samarra (Reuters) 08/06/2004 05:52 AM
Reuters - At least three people were killed in the Iraqi town of Samarra on Friday during an operation by U.S. forces to crack down on insurgents around the town, a U.S. military spokesman said.

Suspected Car Bomb Kills 3 in Iraqi Town
(Reuters)

Suspected Car Bomb Kills 3 in Iraqi Town
(Reuters) 07/15/2004 01:56 AM
Reuters - A suspected car bomb killed three Iraqi police and wounded nine other people Thursday when it exploded near the main police building in an Iraqi town northwest of the capital, a police official said.

U.S. Air Strike Kills Four in Iraqi Town
of Falluja (Reuters)

U.S. Air Strike Kills Four in Iraqi Town
of Falluja (Reuters) 06/22/2004 05:29 PM
Reuters - The U.S. military said it launched a "precision strike" on a safe house used by militants linked to al Qaeda operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in the Iraqi city of Falluja on Tuesday night.

Locusts invade "Passion of Christ" town
(Reuters)

Locusts invade "Passion of Christ" town
(Reuters) 08/27/2004 02:00 PM
Reuters - It seemed like an invasion of Biblical proportions in the Italian town of Matera, the outdoor setting for Mel Gibson's film "The Passion of The Christ".

Town Bans Dogs from Historic Center
(Reuters)

Town Bans Dogs from Historic Center
(Reuters) 07/01/2004 10:31 AM
Reuters - Nothing is quite so bad for a good pair of Italian shoes as an encounter with the curse of city pavements far and wide -- dog excrement.

U.S. Launches Offensive in N.Iraqi Town,
17 Killed (Reuters)

U.S. Launches Offensive in N.Iraqi Town,
17 Killed (Reuters) 09/09/2004 03:38 AM
Reuters - The U.S. military launched an offensive on Thursday to drive insurgents out of the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, and doctors said 17 people were killed and 51 wounded in heavy fighting.

Town called "Luck" lands lottery win
(Reuters)

Town called "Luck" lands lottery win
(Reuters) 12/24/2004 01:13 PM
Reuters - A town called "Luck" has lived up to its name by turning up the winning ticket in Spain's Christmas lottery, one of the world's biggest prizes known as El Gordo (The Fat One).

Town Hosts 'Wack the Iraq' Game
(Reuters)

Town Hosts 'Wack the Iraq' Game
(Reuters) 08/30/2004 09:55 AM
Reuters - A New Jersey game called "Wack the Iraq," where players fire paintballs at people dressed as Arabs, has drawn ire from Arab groups after the city failed to convince the operator to change its name this summer.

Wild pigs rampage Bulgarian town
(Reuters)

Wild pigs rampage Bulgarian town
(Reuters) 04/15/2005 12:40 PM
Reuters - A herd of 50 wild pigs rampaged through a Bulgarian town on Friday, after high waters of the river Danube forced them out of a neighbouring Romanian island.
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