By Philip Pullella ROME | Wed May 2, 2012 1:44pm EDT ROME (Reuters) – Scientists examining the remains of “Otzi,” Italy’s prehistoric iceman who roamed the Alps some 5,300 years ago, said on Wednesday they have isolated what are believed to be the oldest traces of human blood ever found. The German and Italian scientists [...]

NEW YORK | Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:43am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – All eyes will be on London this summer for the 2012 Olympic Games. But while waiting for the world’s elite athletes to take the stage, online travel adviser Cheapflights has come up with a top 10 list of no-frills, high-adrenaline and wacky [...]

By Philip Baillie BELFAST | Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:26am EDT BELFAST (Reuters) – Belfast in the 21st century is developing into a chic capital of culture, character and chatter built on a proud industrial heritage which includes the world’s most famous luxury liner. A century after the sinking of the “unsinkable” Titanic – considered [...]

By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG | Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:55pm EDT JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – If Spain’s king had shot an elephant in Botswana during his ill-fated hunting excursion it would have been one of perhaps 150,000 that roam the vast southern African country, so the monarch was hardly contributing to the species’ extinction. But his [...]

By Julian Linden NEW YORK | Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:06pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – When Amanda Beard climbed the podium at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, clutching her teddy bear as she collected her first gold medal, no one could see the torment that was starting to brew inside of her. Whenever she smiled, [...]