Full Story: "One of Australia’s most senior conservative politicians broke down as he tearfully admitted sniffing the chair of a female colleague shortly after she vacated it.
Troy Buswell, the leader of the opposition Liberal Party in Western Australia, was under intense pressure to resign over the incident, which happened in 2005.
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He dismissed allegations on 13 different occasions that he had sniffed the seat, before finally admitting yesterday that it had in fact taken place.
“All I can confirm is that the events described in the paper [The West Australian] by the former female staffer are accurate,” he said.
Holding back tears at a news conference, Mr Buswell admitted that his behaviour before becoming party leader three months ago had sometimes been highly offensive.
He has previously admitted to snapping a woman’s bra as a drunken party trick and has been accused by a retiring Liberal MP of making sexist remarks to her.
The emergence of the chair-sniffing incident had placed a strain on his marriage, he conceded.
“These are difficult issues for me to deal with and they are very difficult issues for my family to deal with,” he said.
“It’s hard dealing with these matters and having to face up to your responsibilities behaviourally, publicly, and it’s harder to do it privately.”"
Kinky isn't he !
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Tuesday
Man falls five stories searching for toilet
Full Story: "A man got so drunk last Thursday that he mistook a window on the fifth floor of his apartment building for a door -- and stepped out into space.
Li drank like a fish while having dinner with some friends that night. He was drunk by the time he returned home, and ended up walking out of the window while attempting to go to the toilet in his place in Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei province, Zhao, his roommate, said.
Li ended up breaking his legs and would have been in trouble if Zhao had not immediately called rescue workers for help"
When you have to go , you go anywhere
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Li drank like a fish while having dinner with some friends that night. He was drunk by the time he returned home, and ended up walking out of the window while attempting to go to the toilet in his place in Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei province, Zhao, his roommate, said.
Li ended up breaking his legs and would have been in trouble if Zhao had not immediately called rescue workers for help"
When you have to go , you go anywhere
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Saturday
Getting paid to drink
Full Story: "Found: drinking companions to join elderly gentleman for a friendly beer at his local pub.
Mike Hammond was bombarded with offers after advertising in his village post office for someone to accompany his 88-year-old father Jack on visits to a southern England pub from a nursing home.
He offered the lucky winner 7 pounds ($14) an hour plus expenses and, after sifting through the applicants, decided on a job-share. Drinking duties are to be divided between a retired doctor and a former military man.
'Dad's now going to be going down to the pub several times a week -- three with his new friends and twice with me,' Mike Hammond told The Times on Thursday. 'I want to give him some of his old life back.'"
That's my kind of job !
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Mike Hammond was bombarded with offers after advertising in his village post office for someone to accompany his 88-year-old father Jack on visits to a southern England pub from a nursing home.
He offered the lucky winner 7 pounds ($14) an hour plus expenses and, after sifting through the applicants, decided on a job-share. Drinking duties are to be divided between a retired doctor and a former military man.
'Dad's now going to be going down to the pub several times a week -- three with his new friends and twice with me,' Mike Hammond told The Times on Thursday. 'I want to give him some of his old life back.'"
That's my kind of job !
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Is it Jeans or a Thong ? Both ?
Full Story: "It's a design for the really slim or really brave woman - ultra low-rise jeans with a built-in bikini or thong
Too risqué for you? Search Telegraph fashion for more modest sartorial inspiration
The Brazilian-made trousers would not look out of place among the bronzed bodies on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro but their effect on the British high street has yet to be seen.
The jeans sit extremely low on the hip and leave little to the imagination. The tight-fitting garments are held up by the elasticated black thong or denim bikini ribbon, tied at the side.
Sandra Tanimura, a designer from the clothing company Sanna, came up with the idea after customers asked for ever lower trousers but then had difficulty keeping them up."
Too risqué for you? Search Telegraph fashion for more modest sartorial inspiration
The Brazilian-made trousers would not look out of place among the bronzed bodies on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro but their effect on the British high street has yet to be seen.
The jeans sit extremely low on the hip and leave little to the imagination. The tight-fitting garments are held up by the elasticated black thong or denim bikini ribbon, tied at the side.
Sandra Tanimura, a designer from the clothing company Sanna, came up with the idea after customers asked for ever lower trousers but then had difficulty keeping them up."
Looking Good
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Sunday
World's oldest person set to turn 115
Full Story: "World's oldest person set to turn 115
By Katie Franklin and agencies
Last Updated: 1:21pm BST 19/04/2008
American Edna Parker, the world's oldest known person, will celebrate her 115th birthday on Sunday, defying mind-boggling odds.
Her achievement was recognised by Guinness World Records last August after the death of a Japanese woman four months her senior.
There are only 75 people alive - 64 women and 11 men - that are 110 or older, according to the Gerontology Research Group, a California-based organisation that verifies reports of extreme ages.
Mrs Parker, who was born April 20, 1893, has been a widow since her husband Earl died of a heart attack in 1938."
Happy Birthday
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By Katie Franklin and agencies
Last Updated: 1:21pm BST 19/04/2008
American Edna Parker, the world's oldest known person, will celebrate her 115th birthday on Sunday, defying mind-boggling odds.
Her achievement was recognised by Guinness World Records last August after the death of a Japanese woman four months her senior.
There are only 75 people alive - 64 women and 11 men - that are 110 or older, according to the Gerontology Research Group, a California-based organisation that verifies reports of extreme ages.
Mrs Parker, who was born April 20, 1893, has been a widow since her husband Earl died of a heart attack in 1938."
Happy Birthday
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Saturday
Man convicted for staring at woman
Full Story: "AN Italian man has been given a suspended jail sentence for staring too intensely at a woman sitting in front of him on a train.
A judge sentenced the man in his 30s, whose name was not revealed, to 10 days in prison and a 40 euro ($68) fine after a 55-year old woman filed a complaint for sexual harassment.
The two met on two separate occasions in 2005 on a commuter train going from Lecco, a town in northern Italy, to Milan.
The first time, the man sat next to the woman but she felt he had moved too close for comfort.
The next day, the man sat in front of the same woman and according to her complaint, stared at her for the whole journey.
The two did not speak."
I see or maybe I shouldn't
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A judge sentenced the man in his 30s, whose name was not revealed, to 10 days in prison and a 40 euro ($68) fine after a 55-year old woman filed a complaint for sexual harassment.
The two met on two separate occasions in 2005 on a commuter train going from Lecco, a town in northern Italy, to Milan.
The first time, the man sat next to the woman but she felt he had moved too close for comfort.
The next day, the man sat in front of the same woman and according to her complaint, stared at her for the whole journey.
The two did not speak."
I see or maybe I shouldn't
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Man undergoes surgery with hypnosis
Full Story: "A hypnotherapist had an 83-minute operation on his arm with no anaesthetic.
At one point, Alex Lenkei even heard the surgeon say: 'Can I have the saw, please?'
Because he had put himself into a hypnotic trance, however, he said he felt no pain as the doctors chiselled out a walnut- sized chunk of bone from his wrist.
Mr Lenkei, 61, had the operation to treat his painful osteoarthritis. He said: 'The results have been amazing. I feel ace.' s
Trance: Alex Lenkei could hear doctors chiselling his bones
The hypnotherapist amazed doctors by asking how things were going halfway through the surgery, at Worthing Hospital in West Sussex on Wednesday.
He said he could hear his surgeon talking as he made a four-inch-long cut into his right wrist and chiselled the bone to move a tendon.
The married father-of-one, who lives in the town, said: 'It took me about 30 seconds to put myself under and I wasn't aware of any part of my body apart from my arm.
'I could feel the surgeon pulling and manipulating me - then I heard the cracking of bones."
Amazing
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At one point, Alex Lenkei even heard the surgeon say: 'Can I have the saw, please?'
Because he had put himself into a hypnotic trance, however, he said he felt no pain as the doctors chiselled out a walnut- sized chunk of bone from his wrist.
Mr Lenkei, 61, had the operation to treat his painful osteoarthritis. He said: 'The results have been amazing. I feel ace.' s
Trance: Alex Lenkei could hear doctors chiselling his bones
The hypnotherapist amazed doctors by asking how things were going halfway through the surgery, at Worthing Hospital in West Sussex on Wednesday.
He said he could hear his surgeon talking as he made a four-inch-long cut into his right wrist and chiselled the bone to move a tendon.
The married father-of-one, who lives in the town, said: 'It took me about 30 seconds to put myself under and I wasn't aware of any part of my body apart from my arm.
'I could feel the surgeon pulling and manipulating me - then I heard the cracking of bones."
Amazing
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Sunday
For sale: 13-year-old virgin
Full Story: "Thirty miles west of the Taj Mahal, on the road to the pink city of Jaipur, tourists on buses pass a sight that the guide books rarely mention.
A mile beyond the town of Bharatpur in Rajasthan, where the highway is being widened to four lanes, traffic slows down for roadworks. But the workmen who lounge by their bulldozers have their eyes on something else - a cluster of makeshift shelters where girls, several under 18 and at least two younger than 15, can be seen strolling or sitting, in view of the dusty carriageway.
Tonight, one girl in particular is attracting attention as she sits on a stool by a fire so that she can be seen by passing vehicles. Her heavily made-up, striking face and beautiful pink sari make her look as if she were on her way to a party. But the truth is different. Suli, 14, is a virgin and a bidding war is being held for the right to be the first to sleep with her.
The collection of shelters where she lives houses 59 families, all members of the Bedia tribe, which has a long tradition of caste-based prostitution. Girls born here become prostitutes in a rite of passage into 'adulthood' as routine as marriage is to the rest of Indian society.
The 'first time' is a valued commodity for which the middle-class businessmen who pass this way are prepared to pay a premium."
What a custom !
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A mile beyond the town of Bharatpur in Rajasthan, where the highway is being widened to four lanes, traffic slows down for roadworks. But the workmen who lounge by their bulldozers have their eyes on something else - a cluster of makeshift shelters where girls, several under 18 and at least two younger than 15, can be seen strolling or sitting, in view of the dusty carriageway.
Tonight, one girl in particular is attracting attention as she sits on a stool by a fire so that she can be seen by passing vehicles. Her heavily made-up, striking face and beautiful pink sari make her look as if she were on her way to a party. But the truth is different. Suli, 14, is a virgin and a bidding war is being held for the right to be the first to sleep with her.
The collection of shelters where she lives houses 59 families, all members of the Bedia tribe, which has a long tradition of caste-based prostitution. Girls born here become prostitutes in a rite of passage into 'adulthood' as routine as marriage is to the rest of Indian society.
The 'first time' is a valued commodity for which the middle-class businessmen who pass this way are prepared to pay a premium."
What a custom !
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Farmer swaps wife for goat !
Full Story:
A luckless Bulgarian farmer who was been married three times has decided to try his hand at marriage one last time - with a goat.
Stoil Panayotov exchanged his third wife with Elena the eight-year-old goat at a livestock market in March - because she couldn't provide him with a child.
The extraordinary deal was concluded in front of a stunned crowd in the market town of Plovdiv, central Bulgaria.
advertisement'The day before a friend told me that he has had no luck with women and that he really liked my wife,' says the 54-year-old. 'The deal was reached when my wife gave her approval.
'The goat has given birth to three kids and my wife to none.
'So this deal was more profitable to the goat owner, I got a second-hand goat and he got a brand new wife.'"
Take my wife, Please
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A luckless Bulgarian farmer who was been married three times has decided to try his hand at marriage one last time - with a goat.
Stoil Panayotov exchanged his third wife with Elena the eight-year-old goat at a livestock market in March - because she couldn't provide him with a child.
The extraordinary deal was concluded in front of a stunned crowd in the market town of Plovdiv, central Bulgaria.
advertisement'The day before a friend told me that he has had no luck with women and that he really liked my wife,' says the 54-year-old. 'The deal was reached when my wife gave her approval.
'The goat has given birth to three kids and my wife to none.
'So this deal was more profitable to the goat owner, I got a second-hand goat and he got a brand new wife.'"
Take my wife, Please
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Monday
Robber Leaves Job Application
Full Story: "ATHENS, Ga. - Police in Athens, Georgia, say they got a major clue to the identity of a suspect in the armed robbery of a convenience store - his job application.
Investigators say Demetrius Robinson filled out the application to kill time while waiting for the Golden Pantry store to empty of customers.
Authorities say it was Robinson who then produced a knife and held up the store last week.
The job application gave Robinson's name and an uncle's phone number. Police arrested the 28-year-old man Saturday on armed robbery charges.
An official at the Clarke County Jail says Robinson remains in custody."
Dumb Robbers Inc.
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Investigators say Demetrius Robinson filled out the application to kill time while waiting for the Golden Pantry store to empty of customers.
Authorities say it was Robinson who then produced a knife and held up the store last week.
The job application gave Robinson's name and an uncle's phone number. Police arrested the 28-year-old man Saturday on armed robbery charges.
An official at the Clarke County Jail says Robinson remains in custody."
Dumb Robbers Inc.
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23 Inch, 11 Lb. 15 year -old Girl
Full Story: "World's smallest girl proud of her tiny size
By Kate Day
At just 1ft 11 in tall, she is dwarfed by her neighbour's baby, but Jyoti Amge is 15 years old.
How About That? Because news doesn't have to be serious
The teenager, who is the world's smallest girl according to the Indian Book of Records, has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia. Now fully grown, she weighs just 11 lb.
Far from being unhappy about her tiny size, Jyoti says that she enjoys the celebrity status her height has brought her. “I am proud of being small. I love the attention I get,” she told the Sunday Mirror.
“I'm just the same as other people. I eat like you, dream like you. I don't feel any different.”
Jyoti attends her local high school, in Nagpur, India, where she studies alongside classmates of her own age, though she sits at a specially made miniature desk."
Great things in small packages
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By Kate Day
At just 1ft 11 in tall, she is dwarfed by her neighbour's baby, but Jyoti Amge is 15 years old.
How About That? Because news doesn't have to be serious
The teenager, who is the world's smallest girl according to the Indian Book of Records, has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia. Now fully grown, she weighs just 11 lb.
Far from being unhappy about her tiny size, Jyoti says that she enjoys the celebrity status her height has brought her. “I am proud of being small. I love the attention I get,” she told the Sunday Mirror.
“I'm just the same as other people. I eat like you, dream like you. I don't feel any different.”
Jyoti attends her local high school, in Nagpur, India, where she studies alongside classmates of her own age, though she sits at a specially made miniature desk."
Great things in small packages
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