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German party mistakenly hands out porn pens to kids (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:12:19 +0000

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.

Koranic teachers arrested over child begging (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:04:19 +0000

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.

Firm can’t fire man for 1.8 cent theft (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:02:55 +0000

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.

Tourist treat – famous toilets (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:59:40 +0000

Reuters - For tourists tired of traditional sightseeing tours, one Berlin tour guide is offering something altogether different: a tour of Berlin's public conveniences.

Finance Ministry says defrauded by staffer (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:24:40 +0000

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.

Canadian parents more lenient than Italians and French (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:23:20 +0000

Reuters - Canadian parents are more lenient with their children than mothers and fathers in France and Italy, according to a new study.

Man bites police over a pet peeve (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:20:20 +0000

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.

Vuvuzelas banned from European soccer competition (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:30:13 +0000

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.

Cup of tea forces jet to make emergency landing (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:29:39 +0000

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.

Dutch colleges angry over sex job ads for freshmen (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:28:50 +0000

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.