Thousands protest sexual assault at Spain's bull-run festival

PAMPLONA, Spain (Reuters) - Thousands of San Fermin festival-goers at Pamplona's famed bull run have protested against a rising number of sexual attacks that have marred the image of the week-long...

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Six gored on second day of Spain's San Fermin bull-running week

PAMPLONA, Spain (Reuters) - Six people were gored on Friday, two seriously, on the second day of the week-long San Fermin festival in northern Spain where bulls chase red-scarved runners through the...

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Belgian twins celebrate 103 years living side by side

GHENT, Belgium (Reuters) - The world's oldest male twins, Pieter and Paulus Langerock of Belgium, turned 103 on Friday, raising a glass of wine to more than a century of living side by side.

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Mongolian child contortionists stretch for international success

ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) - Nine-year-old Mongolian schoolgirl Suvd-Erdene spends four hours a day perfecting the art of doing a head-stand on a pole clenched with her teeth and push-ups without her feet...

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California shop makes lowrider bikes with expertise and heart

COMPTON, California - Mexican-born Manny Silva is known as the "godfather of lowriders" thanks to the custom-made bicycles he makes in the shop he set up in Compton in 1973.

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Nigeria's music scene becomes a cultural export

LAGOS (Reuters) - Each night as darkness descends on Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, sweat-drenched young men and women descend on the megacity's numerous nightclubs to dance to the latest hit...

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Spain's San Fermin bull-running week kicks off without gorings

PAMPLONA, Spain (Reuters) - Pamplona's week-long bull-running festival began on Thursday without any gorings in the two-and-a-half minute dash through the northern Spanish city, though five men were...

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