Archive for the ‘General’ Category
Posted on September 3, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
German party mistakenly hands out porn pens to kids (Reuters)
Reuters - To sweeten their first day at primary school German children are normally given a cardboard cone filled with sweets, but schoolchildren in Essen this year opened their cones to find pens which project erotic images.Posted on September 3, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
Koranic teachers arrested over child begging (Reuters)
Reuters - Senegalese security forces have arrested seven Koranic teachers for forcing children to panhandle, a police official said on Friday, days after the West African state announced a crack down on public begging.Posted on September 3, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
Firm can’t fire man for 1.8 cent theft (Reuters)
Reuters - A German company that fired a man for the theft of 1.8 euro cents (two U.S. cents) worth of electricity had no grounds for sacking him, a court ruled, dismissing the firm's appeal against his reinstatement.Posted on September 3, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
Tourist treat – famous toilets (Reuters)
Reuters - For tourists tired of traditional sightseeing tours, one Berlin tour guide is offering something altogether different: a tour of Berlin's public conveniences.
Posted on September 2, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
Finance Ministry says defrauded by staffer (Reuters)
Reuters - The Dutch Finance Ministry Thursday acknowledged it was defrauded out of more than 160,000 euros ($204,800) earlier this year by an employee of the ministry unit that handles the state's financing needs.Posted on September 2, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
Canadian parents more lenient than Italians and French (Reuters)
Reuters - Canadian parents are more lenient with their children than mothers and fathers in France and Italy, according to a new study.Posted on September 2, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
Man bites police over a pet peeve (Reuters)
Reuters - Police arrested an 82-year-old man after he bit and kicked officers who had arrived to mediate in a dispute with a neighbor over a domestic pet.
Posted on September 1, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
Vuvuzelas banned from European soccer competition (Reuters)
Reuters - Vuvuzelas have been kicked out of European competitions after UEFA said that the controversial plastic trumpets drowned out supporters and detracted from the emotion of the game.
Posted on September 1, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
Cup of tea forces jet to make emergency landing (Reuters)
Reuters - A British airplane en route to Poland was forced to make an emergency landing in Germany after a 56-year-old woman spilled a hot cup of tea on herself, German police said on Wednesday.Posted on September 1, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
Dutch colleges angry over sex job ads for freshmen (Reuters)
Reuters - A number of Dutch colleges are considering legal action against the publisher of a move-in guide for new freshmen, after the company included an ad recruiting students for jobs as online sex workers.