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Around the World, page 616
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Heart monitor T-shirt
A t-shirt that can monitor your heart rate and email it to your doctor is being tested by scientists at Pisa University, Italy. ... -
Undertaker leaves body parts on hard shoulder
A bungling undertaker has been criticised by police after he left parts of a suicide victim behind on a motorway. ... -
British masked Muppet speeder flashed on auto-bahn
German police traffic cameras recently captured a hot-footed British driver dressed up as The Animal from the Muppet Show. ... -
Frosty reception for South Pole state
Eccentric Russian Jurij Harcsuk has created his own independent state beside the South Pole after declaring himself president in an election. ...
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Nutty professors Rambo experiment
A potty physicist dressed up as Rambo and armed himself with knives and hammers to mug terrified shoppers in Bologna, northern Italy. ... -
Vatican city residents flaunt though shalt not steal rule
Residents of the Vatican City which is officially the smallest country in the world with just 805 residents also have the world's worst record for ste ... -
Mad monks bomb hoax
A madcap monk staged a hoax bomb warning at a hospital as a practical joke on a priest being treated there. ... -
Kinky crooks a dummy
Shocked department store staff found a burglar in a display bed when they opened up in the morning - tucked up with three shop window dummies. ...
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Credit crunch Brits cut back on holidays
British holidaymakers are being priced out of Croatian hotspots, the country's tourist chiefs have warned. ... -
ManU Berba's all night poker row
Manchester United's 30 million GBP star Dimitar Berbatov has become hooked on all night poker sessions with his new multi-millionaire Premiership pals ... -
Afghan refugee stowaway on school bus
Teachers arriving home from a school coach trip abroad found they'd brought back more than a souvenir - with an Afghan refugee clinging to the undersi ... -
Britains got no talent say critics
Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts hit a sour note with stuffy opera critics on his first sell-out European tour. ...
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Christian Nymphos
A sex website called Christian Nymphos is planning to give a lift to earthly pleasures for church-going couples. ... -
Nail man gets hammered
An ex-con tried to impress his friends by hammering a 6cm nail into his head, telling them it was a stunt he learned in prison - and ended up in hospi ... -
Bin robbing
A hapless 20-year-old thief spent a night in a charity clothes bin after falling in during a raid. ... -
Bogus docs poison blackmail
Two medical students have been arrested for blackmail after telling a girl they had poisoned her and demanding 80,000 for an antidote. ...
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Wife wins lotto for husbands birthday
A broke mum bought a lottery ticket because she didn't have enough money to buy her husband a birthday present - and scooped the 150,000 GBP jackpot a ... -
Star sues Italian Im a Celeb
A contestant on the Italian version of "I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here" is suing producers after they kept him writhing in agony on camera for thr ... -
Cop shot cop
An armed policeman in Brasov, central Romania, tried to calm down a group of drunk teenagers with a warning shot - and hit his colleague in the leg in ... -
Traffic wardens tow away baby
Dozy traffic wardens hoisted a car parked outside a GP's surgery away - with a two month old baby in it. ...
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Splat nav mini-bus ends up in lake
A dozy driver steered his mini bus straight into a lake - after his sat-nav told him to. ... -
Kindergarten Crook
A toy-mad seven-year-old went on a mini crime-wave in a shopping centre - using a go-kart as his getaway car. ... -
Beckhams new Milan penthouse
David Beckham's future at AC Milan looked certain on Monday as it was revealed that he has already found a new home in the city. ... -
Partys over for 999 boss
A paramedics boss is under investigation after ordering an ambulance crew to take a trade union leader to a party - and spend four hours waiting outsi ...
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Free care for credit crunch pets
Italy's government has responded to the credit crunch by putting aside 10 million euros - to pay vets bills for dogs and cats of low income families. ... -
Green weddings
Green politicians want to pass a new law that means couples getting married in Romania would have to plant a tree before they can get hitched. Authori ... -
My boss is the pits
A sacked Polish builder stole a digger and buried it in his back garden to get his own back on his bosses. ... -
Jesus saves - nuns buy soccer club
A group of nuns have become soccer bosses after buying a huge stake in a Premiership club. ...
Birth balance negative once again
The birth balance of 2012 has been negative for the first time in three years. This was due to an increase in deaths. Another trend is that women give birth to their first child when they are older.
Holidays against burnout
The growing pressure in the working environment makes holidays even more important. This has been shown by a survey of the European Travel Insurance Company.
Record winter for tourism in Tyrol
Winter tourism in Tyrol (Western Austria) has set a new record for the season of 2012/13. Around 26.2 million overnight stays and almost 5.4 million arrivals were registered. Tirol Werbung stated that some regions have reached their capacity level.
Skimming conman jailed
The state court of Linz convicted a 33-year-old man for skimming, which is the manipulation of the cash machine in order to spy on the pin code. The man stole almost 5,800 Euros. He was sentenced to 24 months in jail on Wednesday.
Football manager fined 30,000 Euro
Adi Hütter, the manager of the football team SV Scholz Grödig (Salzburg state), was sentenced to a fine of 30,000 Euros on Wednesday due to tax evasion. Mr Hütter has to pay half of the amount.
Suspected fraud in community flats sector
Five recently renovated community flats are being taken apart again. The state-housing organisation "Wiener Wohnen" is examining whether the renovation works have been carried out properly.
New theatre alliance
Schauspielhaus Wien, Theater Phönix Linz, Schauspielhaus Salzburg, Klagenfurter Ensemble and Theater Kosmos Bregenz have formed an alliance. They want to reach a bigger audience and sustain the production.
Long Night of the Churches tonight
The programme of "Long Night of the Churches" offers hundreds of events in Vienna alone. It partly focuses on the topic of asylum. The question whether aliens go to heaven will also be discussed.
Snow on the way in Tyrol
Meteorologists have predicted snow at low levels for today (Fri) in Tyrol (Western Austria). Tiwag and ÖBB have prepared themselves for this late onset of winter. The snow could damage the power supply system, the railway or fruits.
Life ball project
The Life Ball 2013 will take place on Saturday. The revenue will go to national and international Aids projects. In 2012, 2.1 million Euros were raised and supported projects such as "Job impulse" by Aids Hilfe Wien.
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