German party mistakenly hands out porn pens to kids (Reuters)
Reuters - To sweeten their first day at primary school German children are normally given a cardboard cone filled with sweets, but schoolchildren in Essen this year opened their cones to find pens which project erotic images.
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:12:19 GMT

Tourist treat - famous toilets (Reuters)

Reuters - For tourists tired of traditional sightseeing tours, one Berlin tour guide is offering something altogether different: a tour of Berlin's public conveniences.

Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:59:40 GMT

Firm can\'t fire man for 1.8 cent theft (Reuters)
Reuters - A German company that fired a man for the theft of 1.8 euro cents (two U.S. cents) worth of electricity had no grounds for sacking him, a court ruled, dismissing the firm's appeal against his reinstatement.
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:02:55 GMT

Koranic teachers arrested over child begging (Reuters)
Reuters - Senegalese security forces have arrested seven Koranic teachers for forcing children to panhandle, a police official said on Friday, days after the West African state announced a crack down on public begging.
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:04:19 GMT

Man bites police over a pet peeve (Reuters)

Reuters - Police arrested an 82-year-old man after he bit and kicked officers who had arrived to mediate in a dispute with a neighbor over a domestic pet.

Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:20:20 GMT

Canadian parents more lenient than Italians and French (Reuters)
Reuters - Canadian parents are more lenient with their children than mothers and fathers in France and Italy, according to a new study.
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:23:20 GMT

Finance Ministry says defrauded by staffer (Reuters)
Reuters - The Dutch Finance Ministry Thursday acknowledged it was defrauded out of more than 160,000 euros ($204,800) earlier this year by an employee of the ministry unit that handles the state's financing needs.
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:24:40 GMT