LONDON (Reuters) – The so-called “club drug” ecstasy is more likely than other stimulants like speed or crystal meth to kill young, healthy people who are not known as regular drug users, British researchers said on Friday.
MOSCOW (Reuters Life!) – Literature lovers around the world on Friday held celebrations and paid tribute to Anton Chekhov on the 150th birthday of Russia’s most universally acclaimed playwright.
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – A painting by a follower of Leonardo da Vinci, which was once thought to be done by the Renaissance master himself, sold at auction for $1.5 million, three times its estimate price.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters Life!) – Former colleagues of best-selling crime fiction author Stieg Larsson have caused a furor in Sweden by questioning his talent as a writer and casting public doubt on whether he penned his books alone.
ROME (Reuters Life!) – Two British film-makers believe they have solved a mystery that has foxed archaeologists for centuries: the source of a 1,900-year-old aqueduct which supplied the ancient city of Rome and even the early Vatican.
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – An original version of Sergei Prokofiev’s opera “War and Peace,” brought to the stage in a joint Scottish-Russian collaboration, has had its world premiere to critical acclaim in Scotland.
LONDON (Reuters Life!) – Elizabethan theater-goers chomped on an exotic array of foods while enjoying the latest plays of the day, new evidence found at the sites of Shakespearean playhouses in London suggests.
SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) – For those wondering where to go this year, U.S.-based travel company Gate 1 Travel (www.gate1travel.com) has come up with a list of what it believes will be 2010’s top holiday destinations.
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) – Should airlines charge overweight passengers more if they need an extra seat? Yes, according to three-quarters of travelers in a poll.
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