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Reuters - A Qatar sheikh held up a British Airways
flight at Milan's Linate airport for nearly three hours after
discovering three of his female relatives had been seated next
to men they did not know.

Reuters - China has ordered all hotels, holiday
resorts and public showers to provide condoms, part of
nationwide efforts to fight the spread of AIDS, a newspaper
said on Friday.

Reuters - A man who attempted to rob an
Australian fish and chip shop found himself on the losing side
when the angry shop owner threw fish batter and hot oil at him.

AP - The cemetery headstone for a teenager who died in a car wreck was repossessed after a $750 bill went unpaid.

Reuters - One of the world's hairiest men, who
nicknames himself "King Kong", has launched a campaign to carry
the Olympic Torch during the relay ahead of next year's Beijing
Games, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday. "The Olympics belong
to everyone — the common people and those with abnormalities
included," the report quoted Yu Zhenhuan as saying from his
home […]

Reuters - One of the world's hairiest men, who
nicknames himself "King Kong", has launched a campaign to carry
the Olympic Torch during the relay ahead of next year's Beijing
Games, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.

Reuters - Three-time Formula One champion
Nelson Piquet began taking a driving education course on Monday
in Brazil after having his license revoked for racking up too
many traffic violations, local media reported.

Reuters - Pierre Trudeau, the former
prime minister who worked to unite French and English Canada,
topped an Internet poll as the worst Canadian, a history
magazine revealed on Monday.

Reuters - A Chinese wildlife research centre has
come up with a novel idea to profit from panda poo — make
Olympic souvenirs out of it.

AP - City authorities, fed up with gang activity in public places, are taking Bach their bus stop.