  | | | | VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict already has 1.2 billion "followers" in the standard sense of the word but he soon will have another type when he enters what for any 85 year old is the brave new world of Twitter. | | |  | | | | BEIJING (Reuters) - Despite causing a huge diplomatic incident between the world's two largest economies earlier this year, the Chinese official in charge of the hometown of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng said on Friday that he has no idea who he was. | | | | | | ATLANTA (Reuters) - A Georgia congressman who attacked the theory of evolution found himself with an unlikely opponent in Tuesday's election when 4,000 voters in one county cast write-in ballots for the 19th century father of evolution, British naturalist Charles Darwin. | | | | | | MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow city officials have hailed the first modest steps in a campaign to unclog the city's famously gridlocked roads and meet Russian President Vladimir Putin's goal of turning the Russian capital into a global business hub. | | | |  | | | | (Reuters) - Florida Democrat Earl K. Wood and Alabama Republican Charles Beasley won their respective elections but they will not take office. | | | |  | | | | JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli archaeologists are scratching their heads over a possible 8,500-year-old murder mystery after discovering two skeletons at the bottom of an ancient well. | | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Cash-strapped consumers in austerity Britain trying to hold down rising heating bills are rushing out to buy socks designed to be worn in bed, according to UK manufacturer HJ Hall. | | | | | | BERLIN (Reuters) - A German-language folk group famed for their Alpine brass band sound and cheerful style have been faking the music on their albums for years and should give back their 13 German music awards, their former producer said on Wednesday. | | |  | | | | GAZA (Reuters) - A crocodile on the run from a Gaza zoo for the past 18 months has finally been captured, police said on Tuesday. | | | | | | JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - An argument over a parking space between parents at a Johannesburg primary school prize-giving ended in a shooting that left three people injured and one man facing attempted murder charges, police said. | | | |  |  | | | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today | | |  | |  | | | Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today | | | | | | » MORE NEWSLETTERS | |
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