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Mobile phone bosses face embarrassment after a London council dished out their phone numbers to the public on mock flyers for prostitutes' services, aiming to prod them into action against rampant advertising by the sex trade.
A radio station in Senegal is offering listeners a 50 kg sack of rice if they can catch and kill 50 kg of locusts, another new tactic in West Africa's battle against the airborne invasion.
The citizens of Amsterdam may now take counsel of talking toilets that expound on the perils of smoking or the futility of war and berate them on hygiene and cleanliness.
A man accused by police of driving at 115 mph in a Fiat Punto thought the accusation so ridiculous he enlisted an expert driver to help prove his new car was incapable of going that fast.
Senegal's farmers must give boiled cereal mixed with curdled milk to the poor and bury blessed plant roots in the ground to avoid their crops being ravaged by locusts, traditional clairvoyants say.
As incomes rise, China's city dwellers have developed a mania for pets — some spending up to $1,800 to buy fancy purebreds such as Pomeranians and pampering them with gourmet food, designer clothes and premium toys.
Wearing underwear and nothing else in public does not constitute indecency, a Massachusetts court declared as it tossed out charges against six animal rights protesters.
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