A hospital patient being treated with a flammable gel for a skin condition dies after catching fire as he lit a cigarette. According to the BBC, the 60-year-old was smoking on a fire escape at Doncaster Royal Infirmary on Monday.

Feminists in France have petitioned the French government to remove the title Mademoiselle or Miss from official administrative documents on account that the title "perpetuates the submission to macho values" in France. Les Chiennes de Garde (the Guard Dogs), the biggest feminist group in France, say it unfairly forces women to divulge their marital status whereas men have only to reveal their gender. Many women dread the day they are seen as too mature for Mademoiselle.

Relations between Indonesia and Australia are now a bit strained after an Australian newspaper publishes a cartoon poking fun at Indonesia's leader. Indonesia says the drawing, which apparently depicts the president fornicating dogs, is "not helpful" in helping relations. According to the BBC, the drawing is in response to a cartoon in an Indonesian newspaper depicting Australia's prime and foreign ministers copulating dingoes.

London, England (AHN)-Police say a high-tech alarm audible only to young people under 20, which has dramatically cut unruly behavior outside a British shop, must be switched off over fears it infringes human rights.

A legal battle over one man's dead parents is now over thanks to a mechanical failure. A Frenchman who fought a tedious court battle, according to BBC news, to keep his parents' bodies in a deep-freeze has cremated them after the freezer broke down. Remy Martinot's parents were frozen soon after their deaths in the hope of bringing them back to life.