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• 2010-03-16 14:23:33
  Smoked out
  A pot-smoking policeman is facing eight years in jail after his colleagues discovered 50 marijuana plants growing in his garage.
• 2010-03-16 14:23:05
  High speed
  Police nabbed a motorist doing 185 MPH after a high speed chase - while he was smoking a cannabis joint.
• 2010-03-16 14:22:32
  Cops shopped
  A pair of boozy PCs are facing charges after a video showing them so drunk they couldn't stand became a YouTube sensation.
• 2010-03-16 14:21:57
  Pardon me
  A pardon issued to a tycoon who was said to be dying in jail as he served eight years for corruption has been revoked - after he was spotted wining and dining at five star restaurants.

• 2010-03-16 14:20:54
  Youre barred
  Bone-idle blagger Sefedin Dorcic was back behind bars two hours after escaping after he tried and failed to hold up a bookies and two bars - opposite the prison in Zagreb, Croatia.
• 2010-03-16 14:20:19
  Big job
  Pint-sized 4ft-1 Pirates of the Caribbean star Martin Klebba is to become the patron of the Movement for Small People in Serbia, organisers in the capital Belgrade have announced.
• 2010-03-16 14:19:50
  Huge Brit paedo ring
  British police are working with detectives in Serbia to bust a secret ring of more than 100 paedophiles grooming youngsters through Facebook for sex, it emerged today (Tuesday).
• 2010-03-16 14:17:56
  Let us spray
  An entire primary school class was taken to hospital when 10-year-old Jonas Klug set off a tear gas spray during assembly after pinching it from his big sister's handbag, say police in Rheine-Melsum, Germany.

• 2010-03-16 14:17:30
  Youre fired
  Police are quizzing 45-year-old Florian Schroder after he shot his boss dead in the street following a row in Stuttgart, Germany.
• 2010-03-16 14:17:06
  Ban 3D for kids, say health chiefs
  Health chiefs have called for children under six to be banned from watching 3D movies after a three-year-old girl suffered a massive eye infection after seeing Johnny Depp's Alice in Wonderland in Milan, Italy.
• 2010-03-16 14:14:22
  Popes paedo still works with kids
  The paedophile priest once helped by Pope Benedict XVI is still working with children more than 25 years after he was convicted of child abuse, it emerged today (Tuesday).
• 2010-03-16 14:13:38
  Cancer vaccine breakthrough
  Scientists say they have discovered a breakthrough treatment to stop skin cancer spreading to other parts of the body.

• 2010-03-15 18:07:58
  Holocaust-denying priest burns Vatican texts
  An Italian priest whose remarks about the Holocaust last year caused uproar is courting controversy again.
• 2010-03-15 16:54:39
  Undie cover cop boss
  Fed up police minister Katarina Kresal could never be accused of a cover up after posting pictures of bras and thongs on her website.
• 2010-03-15 16:54:02
  In a slurry
  A lake of 14 million litres of manure were spilled when a tank exploded after a technical defect in Grosskayna, Germany. The substance covered around three square kilometres, an area of 400 football pitches. Forty-eight firemen were called to the scene. Investigators are currently trying to find out the exact reason for the incident.
• 2010-03-15 16:53:38
  Golddiggers
  Conmen who made more than 500,000 GBP with bogus for sale ads for construction vehicles are facing five years in jail for fraud.

• 2010-03-15 16:53:16
  Khatalytic converter
  Traffic cops intercepted more than 700 lbs of the drug khat when they stopped a car in a routine search after it was caught going too slow on a motorway.
• 2010-03-15 16:30:03
  Be prepared
  More than 100 worshippers at a service for Boy Scouts collapsed from poisoning when faulty gas stoves flooded their church with deadly carbon monoxide.
• 2010-03-15 16:29:39
  Mafias human emails
  A Mafia don's 'human emails' have been arrested in one of Italy's biggest clampdowns on how the Cosa Nostra do business.
• 2010-03-15 16:28:18
  Lucky strike
  Drunk Maciej Kowalski, 46, was arrested after trying to force his girlfriend to shoot a box of matches off his head with a high-powered air rifle, say police in Podkarpackie, Poland.

• 2010-03-15 16:27:23
  Coffin fit
  Two people died when their bus plunged down an embankment after the driver was distracted by a passenger's coughing fit.
• 2010-03-15 16:26:23
  Meredith killer: "not fair" I´m in jail
  One of the brutal killers of tragic British student Meredith Kercher has whined that its "not fair" for him to be in jail after being found guilty of her murder.
• 2010-03-15 16:24:57
  Plane daft
  Oddball Ram Avatar nearly crashed into a plane carrying his political idol Mulayam Singh Yadav when he tried to ride alongside his private jet on a runway in Lucknow, northern India, on a bicycle - the symbol of the minister's party.
• 2010-03-15 16:21:42
  Just Cant Get Enough
  A stage show based on the music of cult 80s synthesizer band Depeche Mode was swamped by thousands of fans at its premier.

• 2010-03-15 16:20:35
  Basket case
  Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport has been officially branded the worst in the world for lost luggage, says a new report.
• 2010-03-15 16:19:31
  Going out with a bang
  Sacked worker Drago Svarda sneaked back into his office in Belgrade, Serbia, to leave his security card on his boss's desk - under a live bomb. Police - who disarmed the device - are seeking the disgruntled clerk.
• 2010-03-15 16:19:02
  Jailhouse ruck
  A rock singer who missed a court appearance on cocaine charges told judges he'd been busy filming a new video - for the police with an anti-drugs message.
• 2010-03-12 12:51:36
  Tiger heat
  Tang Baihu a rare white tiger is one big flop when it comes to being king of the jungle.

Higher cigarette prices on tap
Austria Tabak reported today (Fri) that the price of its 35 brands of cigarettes would increase by 10 to 20 cents a pack at the end of March.

RI's Croat subsidiary gets €30mn credit
Raiffeisen International’s (RI) Croatian subsidiary Raiffeisenbank Austria d.d. received a 30-million-Euro credit by the German Investment and Development Society (DEG), it was announced.

Austrian Catholics turn on church
Austrian Roman Catholics are up in arms over sex scandals involving local priests and children with increasing numbers threatening to quit the church.

Wolford's earnings up in first three quarters
Vorarlberg textile firm Wolford reported today (Fri) that its earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) had increased in the first three quarters of its 2009/2010 business year.

More foreign holidays planned this year
More Austrians are planning on holidays abroad this year after 2009 saw a drop in numbers, according to a study by public opinion research agency Karmasin.

Siemens Austria to lay off 500 to 600
Siemens Austria said today (Fri) it would lay off 500 to 600 of 2,000 workers in software division SIS (IT solutions and services) in the near future.

Graz police smash drug ring
An Iranian asylum seeker thought to be the boss of a drug-dealing gang has been arrested along with 11 cohorts, police said today (Fri).

Verbund could lose interest in French Poweo
Austrian energy provider Verbund’s 46 per cent interest in French electricity provider Poweo may become less valuable if the firm makes good on its threat to stop providing service to end customers.

Kasabian roll into Vienna
British indie rock giants Kasabian will return to Austria this summer, it has been revealed.

Paraglider crashes against bus
A 34-year-old paraglider escaped with bruises after smashing into a moving bus in Eben, Tyrol, yesterday (Thurs).