A Dutch woman experienced what would be a nightmare to most, when she fell into a grave, while visiting her uncle's grave in the town of Schollevaar. Monique Zuydendrop, 40, was watering the flowers near her uncle's grave when the plot collapsed, sending her right on top of the coffin below. She landed on a woman's grave that had died in September 2005.

Briton Charles Long has been sentenced to 15 days of tending flowers at the Zambian immigration department for overstaying his visa. The British businessman was arrested in Lusaka where the Zambian magistrate passed the unusual sentence.

A gang of Robin Hood-style thieves, who dress as superheroes and steal expensive food from exclusive restaurants and delicatessens to give to the poor, are being hunted by police in the German city of Hamburg. The gang members seemingly take delight in injecting humor into their raids, which rely on sheer numbers and the confusion caused by their presence.

A Cornell University horticulturist research says that giving some plants diluted alcohol stunts the growth of a plant's leaves and stems but doesn't affect the blossoms. William Miller, director of Cornell's Flower Bulb Research Program, reported his findings in the April issue of HortTechnology, a peer-reviewed journal of horticulture.

A German woman is threatening her family members with legal action after her aunt-in-law "stole her grave" and had herself buried in it instead. Christa Jahn, 73, from Frankfurt, bought her final resting place right next to her husband Hans' and thought she would be able to spend her ever after next to her beloved.