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Airport X-ray suitcase surprise: Poisonous snakes

Dec 28, 2011

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Surprised airport workers in Argentina found hundreds of wriggling poisonous snakes and endangered reptiles inside the baggage of a Czech man who was about to board a flight to Spain.Karel Abelovsky, 51, was made to open his baggage at Buenos Aires' international
Egyptian court bans military 'virginity tests'

Dec 28, 2011

CAIRO (AP) _ An Egyptian court on Tuesday ordered the country's military rulers to stop the use of “virginity tests” on female detainees, in a rare condemnation by a civilian tribunal of a military practice that has caused an uproar among activists and rights groups.Egyptian women hold signs that re
Shop to make breast milk ice cream

Dec 27, 2011
Woman wins $100,000 from abandoned dollar

Dec 25, 2011

SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian woman has won the right to pocket the Aus$100,000 ($101,000) she won on a slot machine, after a casino agreed to pay her the money she won with another gambler's abandoned dollar.Cecilia Cubillo used a $1 credit someone else had left in a poker machine to hit the jackpot
Japanese baby survives 10-floor fall

Dec 15, 2011

TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese baby survived a 10-floor fall virtually unscathed after being deliberately dropped by his father from their apartment on Thursday, reports said. (Bloomberg)The one-year-old boy landed in some shrubbery at the bottom of the building, where he was found in tears by police offi
Saudi woman beheaded for 'sorcery'

Dec 13, 2011

A Saudi woman was beheaded Monday after being convicted of practising sorcery, which is banned in the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry said.Amina bint Abdulhalim Nassar was executed in the northern province of Jawf for "practising witchcraft and sorcery," the ministry said in a stat
Cat’s 26 toes help boost US animal shelter

Dec 11, 2011

GREENDALE, Wisconsin (AP) -- In a reversal of fortunes, a once-unwanted cat has come to the rescue of an animal shelter in need of a new home.However, this orange-and-white tabby named Daniel is no typical cat. He has a near-record 26 toes, a phenomenon that is helping the nonprofit Milwaukee Animal
Hundreds gather for Singapore 'SlutWalk' protest

Dec 5, 2011

SINGAPORE (AP) _ Hundreds of people gathered at a park in Singapore on Sunday to protest sexual violence against women as part of the global ``SlutWalk'' movement, in a rare public demonstration in the tightly controlled city state.The event featured live music, speeches and a women's Muay Thai mart
Pakistani model's nude photo causes fury

Dec 4, 2011

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A Pakistani actress who posed in the nude for an Indian magazine with the initials of Pakistan's feared and powerful intelligence agency on her arm has triggered fury across this conservative nation.Veena Malik's photo on the website of FHM India, in advance of its publication in t
Taiwan man probed over robbery amputation claim

Nov 29, 2011

TAIPEI (AFP) - A Taiwanese man who said his hand had to be amputated after a savage robbery in China was questioned Monday by the island's police amid allegations the injuries were self-inflicted. Retired Taiwanese businessman Hu Chi-yang speaks to reporters at a hospital in Taoyuan, Taiwan on Nov.
Sierra Leone city offers 'virgin scholarships'

Nov 27, 2011

BO, Sierra Leone (AFP) - A city in Sierra Leone is offering a five-year scholarship to girls who keep their virginity until they complete university.The aim is to cut teenage pregnancies by ensuring "that at least 80 percent of schoolgoing girls keep their virginity until they finish their education
Wrong twin terminated in Australian hospital lapse

Nov 24, 2011

MELBOURNE (AFP) - An Australian hospital was investigating Thursday after a woman carrying 32-week-old twins had the wrong foetus terminated in a botched procedure it called "a terrible tragedy".Doctors had advised the woman that one of the boys, whom she had already named, had a congenital heart de
US judge who beat daughter with belt suspended

Nov 23, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A Texas judge who was caught by his then teenage daughter on video beating her repeatedly with a belt in a row over her computer use has been suspended from duty, US justice officials said.A seven-minute video of William Adams whipping Hillary Adams, now 23, at least 17 times and
Inmates harass victims via Facebook

Nov 22, 2011

SACRAMENTO, California (AP) -- Lisa Gesik hesitates to log into her Facebook account nowadays because of unwanted ``friend'' requests, not from long-ago classmates but from the ex-husband now in prison for kidnapping her and her daughter.Neither Gesik nor prison officials can prove her ex-husband is
Fake doc injected cement in woman's rear

Nov 21, 2011

MIAMI (AP) - A woman who wanted to work at a nightclub started searching for someone who could perform plastic surgery at a cheap price to give her a curvier body. Police say what she found was a woman posing as a doctor who filled her buttocks with cement, mineral oil and flat-tire sealant.The susp