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	Click to View in Browser 12/30/2013 China says Communist Party leaders must not smoke in public, help colleagues quit BEIJING (Reuters) - Communist Party officials must not smoke in public places or buy cigarettes using public funds, and should encourage their colleagues to quit smoking, a top Chinese government body said in a circular on Sunday evening. Dutch entrepreneur to preserve tattoos of the dead AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - When Floris Hirschfeld's mother died two years ago, he had her portrait tattooed on his back to honor her memory. One day he hopes the image, skin and all, will adorn the wall of an art collector's home. Biting fish injure more than 70 bathers in Argentina BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A swarm of biting fish injured more than 70 people who were bathing at a popular beach in Argentina on Christmas, a medical official said on Thursday. Protesting theatre director rams French palace gate PARIS (Reuters) - A theatre director rammed a car into the rear gate of the French presidential palace on Thursday in protest over cuts in government funding for the arts, police and state officials said. The year that was: The good, the bad and the funny NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden congratulated the wrong man on being elected mayor of Boston and college football star Manti Te'o publicly mourned the death of a girlfriend who never was. Seattle girl escapes serious injury when glasses deflect bullet OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - A teenage girl avoided serious injury when her glasses deflected a bullet fired during a drive-by shooting at her Seattle home, police said on Sunday. Cricket holy war on as Anglicans accept Vatican challenge VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Let the holy war begin. The holy war of cricket, that is. Cargo of bananas caught in New Jersey legal limbo NEW YORK (Reuters) - A cargo ship with 110,000 cartons of overripe bananas will remain docked at a U.S. port while their owner and the shipping company battle in court over who let them go brown. Israeli woman appeals rabbinical ruling she must circumcise son JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli woman appealed to the Supreme Court on Wednesday against a rabbinical ruling that ordered her to circumcise her one-year-old son, the Justice Ministry said, in the first case of its kind. Million-dollar Picasso sold at charity raffle for 100 euros PARIS (Reuters) - A million-dollar drawing by Pablo Picasso was snapped up on Wednesday by a 25 year-old American art lover at a online charity raffle for a mere 100 euros ($140). Related Video Snoop Dog fist-bumps John Kerry at White House party Marijuana bakery prepares for business high Entertainment News 'Hobbit' blasts past newcomers to claim third box office crown 'Good Morning America' host Robin Roberts reveals same-sex relationship 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 - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend