11 September 2003  
 
 

11 September 2003

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  Brazil Offers Asylum to Nigerian Woman Sentenced to Death by Stoning by Islamic Court   (Associated Press)
  • Brazil has said it is willing to grant asylum to a woman in Nigeria who was sentenced to death by stoning for having sex outside of marriage.


    •   Flickering Dots Help Beat Cravings   (Reuters)
  • Former smokers trying not to resume the habit may soon be able to fight cravings for a cigarette by looking at flickering dots on a hand-held computer.


    •   Dumb and Dumber: Robbers Foil Themselves   (Associated Press)
  • Two would-be robbers left an Indiana convenience store empty-handed after getting into an argument about the contents of a note they handed to the clerk.


    •   Burglars Steal $1.25 Million Sapphire   (Reuters)
  • Burglars have stolen a dark blue $1.25 million sapphire belonging to a Russian heiress from a safe at a London publishing house.


    •   Dave Barry Column Turns Table on Telemarketers   (Associated Press)
  • The American Teleservices Association isn't laughing at Dave Barry, not after the Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist listed the group's telephone number in his Aug. 31 column and sparked a flood of phone calls to the group's offices.


    •   Club Lets Businessmen Cavort in Dresses   (Reuters)
  • A group of high-flying Mexican businessmen meet every week at a special club set up for transvestites where they are free to be women for a time — chatting, playing bingo or having a drink with their "girlfriends."


    •   Church of England Fights Fad for Novelty Weddings   (Reuters)
  • Tired of watching couples marry in stately homes or on tropical islands, the Church of England is fighting back.


    •   23 Arrested in Raid on Phony Dentists   (Reuters)
  • Paris police said they had smashed a fake dentist ring, arresting 23 Syrians accused of using cafes and grocery stores to carry out back-street fillings.


    •   Eat More Dogs, Cambodians Urged   (Reuters)
  • Cambodians are being urged to eat more dogs as part of a crackdown on stray mutts wandering around the capital of the southeast Asian nation.


    •   Man Must Share Pension with Ex-Wife's Husband   (Reuters)
  • A German court has told a man that the pension he used to share with his ex-wife must now be shared with her widowed husband.


    •   Copenhagen's Famed Mermaid Statue Returns to the Sea, Briefly   (Associated Press)
  • The famed statue of Hans Christian Andersen's Little Mermaid, one of Copenhagen's biggest tourist draws, has been vandalized — again.


    •   Lawyer to Sue Jews for Biblical 'Plunder'   (Reuters)
  • An Egyptian lawyer said Wednesday he was planning to sue the world's Jews for "plundering" gold during the Exodus from Pharaonic Egypt thousands of years ago, based on information in the Bible.


    •   Seattle Residents Whipped Into a Frothy Lather Over Proposed Espresso Tax   (Associated Press)
  • Seattle's devotion to the almighty coffee bean will run smack into its equally famous liberal conscience as a proposed tax on espresso drinks goes to voters.


    •   Woman with No Baby Cut Open   (Northern Territory News)
  • A woman was given a caesarean operation after mistakenly being diagnosed as pregnant.


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