The anti-government sit-ins in Beirut by pro-Hezbollah supporters have resulted in a marketing coup for the designer of a new perfume named "Resistance. " Although the perfume is being marketed to protesters - as a way to smell fresh no matter how long they have been camped out without a shower in Lebanon's capital city - it is also selling briskly in Lebanon's stores as well as in other countries. Ali Aaqil Khalil, who invented Resistance perfume, is not a member of Hezbollah and the perfume is neither endorsed or opposed by the militant group.

A soldier returned home from Iraq without injury but as he was walking to his grandmother's home he was struck by a car. Then a second car hit him and dragged him a half-mile. Andrew Rippe, 25, is still in serious condition. Police said it is amazing he is still alive.

A fiancee found out that her husband-to-be was killed in Iraq, then hours later received her engagement ring in the mail. U. S. Army Sgt. Yevgeniy Ryndych, 24, was killed on Wednesday in Ramadi, and on the day his financee found out, she got the package.

A Colorado women is taking a stand against her Home Owner's Association after they ordered her to take down a Christmas wreath with a peace sign in it. Residents said the wreath is anti-Iraqi War and a symbol of Satan. The HOA has threatened to fine her $25 a day until she takes it down from her home. She figured the fine would add up to $1,000 when she plans to take the wreath down after Christmas. But she is not convinced she will have to pay.

In a crazy incident, a 22-year-old British soldier, who recently returned from Iraq, suffered internal injuries after he lit a small firecracker that he inserted into his buttocks. The man suffered burns and other unspecified internal injuries in the incident on Sunday in Sunderland, 275 miles north of London during the celebration of Bonfire Night, an event in Brittan.