Archive for the ‘Odd News’ Category
Nurses’ union: Care does not include sex (Reuters)
March 12th, 2010 | 
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Reuters – A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard care.
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The price you pay for being romantic… (Reuters)
Reuters – A German woman, fearful that a burglar was trying to break into her second storey apartment, called police after she heard someone climbing up to her balcony shortly after midnight, police said Thursday.
Cyprus holds two for theft of ex-leader’s corpse (Reuters)
Reuters – A court in Cyprus remanded two men in custody Wednesday on suspicion of snatching the corpse of former Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos, holding it for ransom for three months until its discovery Monday.
Residents flee Angolan village invaded by elephants (Reuters)
Reuters – Wild elephants rampaged through a southern village in Angola last weekend, destroying farms and dozens of houses and prompting most of its 4,000 residents to flee to neighboring Namibia, a local official said Tuesday.
Seal meat to be on menu at Canadian Parliament (Reuters)
Reuters – Canada’s parliamentary restaurant will be serving seal meat on Wednesday in a gesture of defiance aimed at a European Union ban on imports of seal products.