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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

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01/29/2014

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

Italy Church appeals to thieves to return John Paul blood relic

ROME (Reuters) - The Catholic Church has appealed to thieves to return a reliquary containing the blood of the late Pope John Paul II that disappeared in what it called a "vile and sacrilegious theft".

Poetry or prose? Russian literary dispute ends in stabbing death

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The lesson from a stabbing death in Russia: Alcohol and literature can be a lethal mix.

Flatulent cows start fire at German dairy farm - police

BERLIN (Reuters) - Methane gas from 90 flatulent cows exploded in a German farm shed on Monday, damaging the roof and injuring one of the animals, police said.

Dead man found hanging on Kiev's Independence Square - police

KIEV (Reuters) - A 55-year-old man was found dead on Monday hanging from the framework of a huge artificial 'New Year tree' in central Kiev which has become a symbol of anti-government resistance, Ukrainian police said.

White House beard meets razor's edge

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most tweeted-about beard in the Obama White House left the way it came in - with wisecracks.

Rome police pit Twitter against crazy parking

ROME (Reuters) - The creativity of Italians in parking their cars and scooters - on traffic islands, the pavement or simply in the middle of the street - knows few limits.

Alaska sled-dog race organizers tell NY's Idiotarod 'cease and desist'

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Iditarod, a grueling multi-day sled dog race across Alaska, is not - not! - to be confused with the Idiotarod, a pointedly sillier affair due to take place this weekend with costumed participants racing modified shopping carts through New York City.

Remains of long-vanished Missouri fugitive believed found in Washington state

OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - Washington state authorities believe they have unearthed the remains of an escaped Missouri prison inmate who eluded capture for over 25 years, apparently by living quietly on the West Coast before he died of cancer and was buried in his small-town backyard in 2012.

Man United fan makes emergency call to try to reach Ferguson

LONDON (Reuters) - A drunken Manchester United fan called the police emergency line in a futile attempt to talk to former manager Alex Ferguson about the club's League Cup semi-final loss to Sunderland on Wednesday.

Porsche-owning UK expat infuriates Singapore with "poor people" gaffes

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A British wealth manager in Singapore is facing death threats, government criticism and public anger after his social media posts about mixing with "poor people" on public transport and being reunited with his Porsche went viral.