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Around the World, page 3

• Police Tip Off
  A furious shopper bit off a mugger's fingertip when he snatched her handbag outside an apartment block in Sapporo, Japan, say police. [...]
• Clean Sweeper
  Dozens of football thugs who filmed themselves taking part in vicious brawls as warm-up bouts before next month's Euro 2012 have been arrested by arme [...]
• Take Gnat
  Mum Mu Lin, 38, was left deaf in one ear when she swatted a mosquito buzzing around the side of her head - and burst her eardrum. [...]
• Wedding Pay
  Crafty beggars have dreamed up a new scam to make money in China - by squatting in front of bridal cars and refusing to move until they're paid off. [...]
• Shanghai Loon
  A blogger who created a bogus identity as a crook called 'Shanghai Hooligan' to make his posts more exciting is facing jail for wasting police time af [...]
• Slip Up
  A drunk driver who parked his camper van on a motorway slip road to sleep off a skinfull was seriously injured when another car piled into him as he s [...]
• Snappy Snacks
  These newborn baby monkeys have to learn how to hold on tight when they're hanging out with mum - because their enclosure is over a pool teeming with [...]
• Not Bagged
  A mugger in Germany that knocked his 59-year-old victim over when trying to grab her bag felt guilty and returned a short while later to help her to h [...]
• Angler catches human skull
  Angler Marcin Nowacki thought he had the catch of his life - until he realised he’d hooked a human skull. [...]
• L of a Scam
  A gang who used miniature cameras and microphones to help learner drivers cheat on their written driving tests have been foiled by police in Siegen, G [...]
• Nav Splat
  Swiss police have warned of more and more people putting blind faith in their navigation devices instead of trusting their instincts after a German mo [...]
• Sticky End
  Shamed boy racer Zbigniew Filo, whose car was put in a tree by angry locals to stop his dangerous driving, has now had another blow - after finding it [...]
• Wolf Snack
  Safari park bosses who encourage visitors to stroke "petting wolves" have told a 15-year-old girl who was savaged by the pack it was her own fault for [...]
• Melanie Griffith cancels life ball
  Melanie Griffith has cancelled plans to turn up in the Austrian capital Vienna to support the Life Ball aids charity - but has told fans not to be dis [...]
• Mash-Point
  Sausage expert Steffen Schutze is rolling in it - after inventing a cashpoint style machine that dispenses raw bangers to customers day or night. [...]
• Old Romantic
  Romantic Vasily Ligarov has finally found the love of his life - two months after his 91st birthday. [...]
• Blasted Fool
  A supermarket store detective who put a live hand grenade on a shelf of children's toys so he could be a hero when he discovered it is on trial for bo [...]
• Ferry Old
  Archeologists believe they may have unearthed the world's oldest shipwreck under a bay in Zambratija, Croatia. [...]
• Olympic Blings
  London 2012 Olympics visitors are to be dazzled by a bridge of light as they cross a specially built entry into the futuristic park leading to the sta [...]
• Skin and Bone Girls Battle to Survive
  Hui Yuxin who was born in July 2010 was abandoned by her mother when she was just four-months-old and was taken in by her grandmother at the remote Hu [...]
• Queue-ro 2012
  Football fans heading to the Euro 2012 tournament next month have been promised no queues to get past co-hosts the Ukraine's borders after a massive i [...]
• Whats Your Poison
  A man who stole a crate of vodka from his neighbour and downed all 12 bottles in a single sitting so he wouldn't have to give it back is to be quizzed [...]
• Marked Man - Hitler Tattoo Neo Nazi Arrested
  A Swiss neo-Nazi wanted for attempted murder was easy to identify by police after he fled to Germany because his body is covered in Nazi symbols, incl [...]
• Squirrels Away
  Three orphaned baby squirrels found in Austria can now be released back into the wild after getting round the clock care including being hand-fed goat [...]
• Branch Road
  In a case for the special branch - fed up neighbours are suspected of putting the brakes on a boy racer after months of being driven barking by his an [...]
• 150,000 Facelooks
  Football mad Petar Pavic has turned to Facebook to create a giant flag featuring the faces of 150,000 Croatian fans to be taken from stadium to stadiu [...]
• Drip Feed
  Competitive students in China aren't content to be drip fed facts as they prepare for college entrance exams - and have taken to using intravenous tub [...]
• Sausage Poshers
  Sausage fans are flocking to a snap up a new type of VIP banger served with caviar in Vienna, Austria, thanks to actor John Malkovich. [...]

Government to introduce ‘Robin Hood’ tax on oil companies
Minister of Economy Daniel Chitoiu announced today (Weds) that the government is working on a piece of legislation on introducing a supplementary tax on the exceptional incomes of the oil companies that should be passed by the year end and implemented as of 2013.

Education Minister stepps down amid plagiarism accusations
Ioan Mang, the education minister appointed only two weeks ago together with the new cabinet of Social Liberal Union (USL) leader Victor Ponta, resigned Tuesday (yesterday) night.

Brancusi’s son doesn’t want his father remains to be moved to Romania
John Moore, the only child of sculpture Constantin Brancusi, reacted to Romania’s intention to repatriate the remains of his father, saying his last will was to be buried in Paris at Montparnasse, Libertatea newspaper informs today (Weds).

Romania back in recession, growth to resume in H2
Romania officially entered recession today, following the figures published by the National Statistics Institute (NSI) that show a decrease of the GDP for two consecutive quarters (Q).

Police head sacked over underground boss runaway row
The head of the Romanian Police Liviu Popa (picture) was sacked today (Tues) by Home Affairs Minister Ioan Rus, the ministry informs.

UK Ambassador Harris says new Cabinet took right decisions so far
The UK Ambassaodr in Romania, Martin Harris says Victor Ponta’s new government got off on the right foot by making clear that its economic policy will continue to be framed within the programme agreed between Romania and the EU, World Bank, and IMF.

Carmen Sylvas x-rayed hand to be auctioned
A x-ray of the left hand of Romanian Queen Elisabeta will be auctioned in Bucharest by Artmark auction house, Libertatea newspaper informs today (Tue).

Rising handbal player hangs herself because of family quarels
A rising star of the Romanian handball was found hanged on Sunday (yesterday) in her family apartment in Drobeta Turnu Severin (South West), Romania TV news channel informs today.

Triumphant welcome in Bucharest for the national gymnastic team
The national team of gymnasts returned home today at noon from the European Championship held on Saturday and Sunday in Brussels, and was welcomed by a numerous crowd at the Henri Coanda International Airport in Bucharest.

Sorin Oprescu to win in a landslide, poll suggests
An opinion poll released today (Mon) makes the current Mayor Sorin Oprescu favourite for the Bucharest municipal elections, Realitatea TV news channel informs.