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An Iranian court has ordered a man to give his wife the 124,000 roses that he promised in her dowry, after she filed a complaint to claim it, reports say.
The woman said she was claiming the dowry because her "very stingy husband" would not even pay for a cup of coffee, according to the E'temad newspaper.
The court has seized the man's flat until he produces all of the roses.
Under Iranian law, a woman can claim her dowry, or mahr, at any time during a marriage or when getting divorced.
The gift becomes the property of the wife to do whatever she likes with.
It is required in order for the marriage contract and the marriage itself to be valid.
'Billionaire friends'
According to E'temad, the woman, identified as Hengameh, decided to claim her entire dowry of 124,000 red roses after 10 years of marriage to "punish her very stingy husband".
"Shortly after marriage, I realised that Shahin was very cheap," she told the newspaper. "He even refused to pay for my coffee if we went to a cafe or restaurant."
Shahin told the court he could only afford to give her five roses a day and complained that it was his wife's "billionaire friends who had put such ideas in her head".
But the judge rejected Shahin's pleas and ordered his $64,000 (£33,000) flat to be confiscated until he has bought them all.
A long-stemmed rose costs about $2 (£1.09) in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
It is common in Iran to offer gold coins or property as mahr. An Iranian man can end up in jail for dowry debts.
UK commandos arrested in Norway
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Eight British commandos have been flown home from Norway after reportedly stripping and urinating on each other.
The soldiers were arrested in a bar in the town of Harstad after removing their clothing, making lewd comments to women and urinating on each other.
The soldiers, who were on an Arctic training exercise, were released after having paid a fine.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said the incident was "being taken extremely seriously".
The spokesman added: "We can confirm that eight soldiers from 59 Commando Regiment Royal Engineers were arrested by the Norwegian police following inappropriate behaviour.
"All eight soldiers have been released, having paid a fine. The soldiers were in Norway on exercises and have now returned to the UK.
"The unit will consider internal disciplinary action against the soldiers regarding this incident."
Bar manager Peter Holmbakken told the Daily Mail: "I can understand the women were offended. It's no fun to be plagued by nasty comments."
if this is what they consider gaming women then :td to the british army.
Pool cue mightier than the gun
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The pool cue can be mightier than the gun.
That seemed to be the message sent by patrons of a San Francisco pool hall Friday night when they disarmed an alleged would-be robber.
San Francisco police said Mario K. Woods, 18, entered the crowded Billiard Palacade in the Outer Mission shortly after 10 p.m. and allegedly attempted to rob a patron at gunpoint in the bathroom.
But the patron - a carambolero, or player of a three-ball form of billiards called carambole - wrestled with his assailant, according to pool hall owner Mirna Batres. The patron's brother and cousin came to his aid.
"They brought him out, and somebody else grabbed the gun," said Batres, who wasn't present during the robbery attempt but watched it afterward on a security videotape. "Then my patrons got involved and said, 'Not in our pool room.' "
Dozens of players picked up their cue sticks and crowded around the alleged robber, pushing him toward the front door.
Then one player recognized the assailant as the same person who had robbed him in January at the pool hall - the first on-site robbery in the nearly 30-year history of the Billiard Palacade, according to Batres.
"Someone said, 'Hey, he's the one who was here before,' and everything went crazy," Batres said. "They took a cue stick to his head, and someone popped him one."
The alleged would-be robber jumped into a waiting car driven by an accomplice and sped off, police said. The Palacade's patrons flagged down a passing Daly City police car, which had been on its way to the Cow Palace, and the officers gave chase.
At Geneva and San Jose avenues, the escaping car hit another vehicle. The suspect and driver fled on foot. By this time, San Francisco police officers also were on the scene. "There was a short pursuit of about 1 1/2 blocks, and they were taken into custody," said San Francisco Officer Michael Brown.
Police arrested Woods and Kerry S. Dawson, 21, on charges of attempted robbery, various gun crimes and other counts.
Back at the Billiard Palacade - a onetime live theatre that still has a visible stage behind its 21 pool tables - patrons celebrated. One cue stick had been broken during the altercation. But Batres didn't mind that damage at all.
Although the Palacade has a Latin flavor - literally, with pupusas and tamales on the menu instead of burgers and hot dogs - it draws a multi-ethnic crowd that includes children, college students and adults. Many of its patrons are regulars who have shown up every night for years.
"I run a good establishment, and we take care of each other," Batres said. "How great that these guys got involved. Normally people might say, 'That's not my problem,' but this is their home base. Everybody jumped in. It was a great night."
nice one
Last edited by William Smith : 03-04-2008 at 08:31 AM.
That guy is gonna have to spend a shit load of money.
The cost of the roses is more than the cost of his flat.
He's better off giving her the flat in exchange
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Woman stabs partner to death after fight over Bruce Springsteen
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(CNN) -- An Australian woman pleaded guilty Thursday to fatally stabbing her boyfriend because he objected to her listening to Bruce Springsteen's music.
Bruce Springsteen is an award-winning American singer-songwriter.
The national news agency, Australian Associated Press, reported that the Supreme Court in the city of Brisbane sentenced Karen Lee Cooper to eight years in prison.
Cooper told arresting officers she "just got tired" of her boyfriend, Kevin Watson, bossing her around during their two-year relationship.
"I couldn't even play Bruce Springsteen on my stereo. Can you believe that? Can you believe that?" Cooper told police, according to the Courier Mail newspaper.
Later, in a formal police interview, she repeated her claims: "I mean, who doesn't like Bruce Springsteen? I am 49 years old and I want to play my own music."
Springsteen is an award-winning American singer-songwriter, best known for his lyrics about the struggles of the common man.
The couple had been drinking at their rental home the night of the stabbing two years ago when they began arguing over Cooper's choice of music, the Australian Associated Press said.
Cooper's lawyer told the court she experienced a "brain snap." She ran to the kitchen, grabbed a knife and stabbed Watson, 49, after he said he didn't want her to listen to a Springsteen CD, the newspaper said.
Cooper took a handful of pills before calling police. She told officers she hoped the pills would kill her before they arrived.
According to the press reports, Cooper regretted the stabbing and did not think her boyfriend deserved to die.
what happened to just breaking up??
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea's food authorities will investigate a factory in China after a bag of a popular snack food it produced was found to contain what appeared to be a rat's head.
The suspected animal part was found in a popular snack made in China.
The Korea Food and Drug Administration will send investigators to the factory in Qingdao in eastern China, which performs initial production steps for shrimp crackers sold by South Korea's leading processed food company Nongshim, said Choi Jong-dong, a KFDA official.
An agency official has been negotiating with Chinese authorities to schedule the probe, Choi said. China's reputation as an exporter has taken a beating in the past year following recalls of products including the toothpaste, toys tainted with lead, and pet food fortified with the toxic chemical melamine.
Nongshim has apologized for the incident and this week began recalling the snack from shops across South Korea, said company spokesman Hyun Seok.
The snack -- called "Saewuggang" in Korean -- is one of the most popular in South Korea since it first went on sale in 1971. Nongshim said the snack's annual sales volume was 60 billion won ($59 million, €38 million) in recent years.
The scandal in South Korea flared this week when the KFDA announced a foreign substance believed to be a rat's head was found in the snack.
The food agency said it suspected the animal part was accidentally introduced in Nongshim's China factory. Choi said the KFDA investigation found the company's South Korean plant, where the manufacturing process is completed, is equipped with facilities to prevent the entrance of rodents and insects.
Choi said KFDA has no knowledge of whether the Chinese plant has similar equipment. Nongshim spokesman Hyun, however, said the Chinese factory had similar facilities at its South Korean plant.
The Chinese plant mixes the cracker dough with shrimp, which is then fried in the South Korean factory to make the finished snack, according to Nongshim.
Nongshim has also been under fire following revelations it continued to sell the snack even after it received a customer's complaint on February 18 about the animal part found in the snack.
ewww, nasty!!
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A US woman on a boat off the Florida Keys has died after a stingray leaped up and struck her in the face.
Judy Kay Zagorski was boating with her family in the Atlantic Ocean when the 75lb (34kg) spotted eagle ray hit her.
The force of the blow knocked the 57-year-old over and her head struck the deck of the vessel, in what officials called a "bizarre incident".
The stingray died in the impact. Mrs Zagorski, of Pigeon, Michigan, was pronounced dead in hospital.
"It's just as freakish an accident as I have heard," wildlife official Jorge Pino told the Associated Press news agency.
Mr Pino said she did not appear to have been pierced by any of the ray's barbs.
The incident occurred near the town of Marathon in southern Florida.
In September 2006, Australian TV naturalist Steve Irwin died when a stingray's barb punctured his heart as he filmed at Queensland's Great Barrier Reef.
A month later, an 81-year-old Florida man was lucky to survive after a stingray landed in his boat and left a foot-long barb in his chest.
thats what you call a freak death!!
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A man in New Zealand has been charged with using a hedgehog as a weapon, the New Zealand Herald has reported.
Police said William Singalargh, 27, had hurled the hedgehog about 5m (16ft) at a 15-year-old boy.
"It hit the victim in the leg, causing a large, red welt and several puncture marks," said Senior Sgt Bruce Jenkins, in the North Island town of Whakatane.
It was unclear whether the hedgehog was still alive when it was thrown, though it was dead when collected as evidence.
The police spokesman said the suspect was arrested "for assault with a weapon, namely the hedgehog."
Mr Singalargh is due to appear in court on 17 April. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.
gangster? hedgehogs should replace the proverbial "kitchen sink"
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Vandals keep changing the letter 'L' to a 'C' on the village's signs
Residents living in a graffiti-plagued village in Merseyside are being asked to consider changing its name to tackle vandals who alter signs in the village.
Lunt, which dates back to Medieval times, has been repeatedly targeted by vandals who change the "L" to a "C".
However, the proposal to change the name has split the village with some residents insisting the vandals should not be allowed to ruin their heritage.
One suggestion is to change it to Launt which would be pronounced the same.
'Mindless yobs'
Retired police officer Martyn Ball, who is now a law lecturer, says he is fed up with the offensive graffiti which greets visitors to the village.
He said: "We are all painfully aware of the repeated times our village sign is defaced by mindless yobs who change the L to a C. Drive in every day and you see a very offensive word."
Despite the dismay that the vandalism causes, other villagers are defiant at the thought of giving in to the vandals.
Village sign
The idea would be to change the village's name to "Launt"
Parish councillor Steward Dobson, 84, said: "This village is very, very old and people don't want the name changed.
"The vandalism has been done for years, it's not children who are doing it."
David Roughley, whose family has farmed in Lunt since 1851, added: "At the end of the day we live in Lunt and we don't want to change because of a few yobs.
"It is the vandals who should change, not the village."
According to the local website, the area was first documented in 1251 in the Chartulary of Cockersand Abbey where it was referred to as 'de Lund'.
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Some weird stories in the news
on each other.
to the british army.
at the roses.
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