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| German rapper causes storm with provocative lyrics Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 10:25 AM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin's mayor has filed a legal complaint against German rapper Bushido who released a provocative video containing anti-gay lyrics and which critics say contains fantasies about murder and incites violence. Bushido, 34, is no stranger to controversy but his latest tirade targets individual politicians and the video shows images of what appears to be a man igniting a car with a body stuffed in the boot. A spokesman for openly gay Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit said the Social Democrat (SPD) had lodged a legal complaint against the rapper for abusive comments among other ... Full Story | Top |
| Austrian found hoarding stolen skulls in home museum Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 10:06 AM PDT VIENNA (Reuters) - An Austrian man is to be charged with disturbing the peace of the dead after police found 56 skulls and 55 other bones at a museum he had created in his home. Police in the province of Burgenland said the relics were taken without authorization from a church cemetery and had now been returned. The 47-year-old man, whose name was not immediately released pending his being charged, came to the attention of the police when he tried to sell three skulls and two thigh bones at a flea market, police said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Royals 'waiting by telephone' for Kate's baby Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 09:00 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Members of Britain's royal family were "waiting by the telephone" for word of the imminent birth of Prince William and his wife Kate's first child, expected this week amid a heat wave in London and rising royal baby fever. Photographers and TV crews from Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan and China, have been outside St Mary's Hospital in London since July 1 waiting for the couple's first child who, regardless of sex, will be third-in-line to the throne. ... Full Story | Top |
| Topless activist inspires France's new Marianne stamp Monday, Jul 15, 2013 01:58 PM PDT  PARIS (Reuters) - A postage stamp depicting France's cultural symbol Marianne has touched off a flurry of controversy after one of its creators revealed it was inspired by a topless feminist activist who hacked down a Christian cross in Kiev last year with a chainsaw. The new stamp depicts a youthful Marianne, a symbol of the French republic, wearing a Phrygian conical cap but does not show her topless. It was unveiled by President Francois Hollande on Sunday as part of Bastille Day celebrations. ... Full Story | Top |
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