A Romanian entrepreneur has come under fire for putting plastic prostitutes on the street to advertise his garden gnome business. Cristi Birgu, 27, who has just set up his business, defends his “aggressive advertising” and says the dummies will remain outside his house to drum up trade. Neighbours living nearby though fear the realistic figures distract drivers and are an unsuitable sight for kids. (more…)

The Moscow police have recently arrested two pedophiles, one of whom was known as ‘Big Mac.’ The perverts would lure their victims into a trap with the help of McDonald’s sandwiches. The two men were hunting for boys aged from 7 to 14, picking presumably those from unhealthy families. (more…)

An unusual beauty pageant took place in the capital of the Philippines, Manila, last week. The pageant, Amazing Philippines Beauties 2008, was held to choose the beauty queen among transsexuals and transvestites. (more…)

A wealthy man from Germany made his distant relative, a poor student from Moldova, a billionaire and a real estate mogul. The student, Sergei Sudev, saw his uncle only twice when he visited him in Berlin. The uncle left the young man a 950-million-euro fortune and all his property, including real estate. (more…)

The absence of Earth’s magnetic field could lead to astronauts developing mental disorders during interplanetary flights, particularly expeditions to Mars, Russian scientists said. (more…)

Another tragedy took place in the town of Belayevka in Russia’s Orenburg region, where five female students had been killed when their school collapsed. The form-mistress of the class, where the victims studied, committed suicide soon after the accident. The 43-year-old woman was found hanged. The woman had two sons, a ninth-grader, and an older boy, who currently serves in the army.
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A Ukrainian pensioner suffered a severe cranial injury when he got kicked by a horse. The horse hit the 56-year-old man in his left temple. Ivan Bilokhvost managed to return home, where he lost his consciousness. His wife called an ambulance, and the man was taken to a district hospital, from where he was sent to the Kiev Regional Hospital. (more…)