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June 24, 2008
A woman found a suspicious package in her backyard here on Sunday. Police identified the package as a brand new hand grenade, belonging to the Canadian Army. According to Reuters, the woman called police after she found the package; she delivered it to the local police station where she was directed to carefully place it on the lawn.
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December 15, 2006
A drunken businessman in London who fell asleep on a railway track was fined 560 pounds ($1102. 75) and sentenced to 180 hours of community service on Friday. He reportedly caused a disruption to rail services for about four hours during the peak afternoon rush hour. According to Network Rail staff, the man Kevin Craswell, who happens to be the company director, passed out on a line near Epsom last March after drinking a large amount of vodka.
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December 7, 2006
A beer-drinking camel decided to crash a Christmas party in Ireland by becoming the center of attention of having cracked open six cans of Guinness with his teeth and helping himself to over 200 mince pies. Gus, the 11-year-old camel, must have carefully planned his feast as he was able to sneak out of his stable while staff at his equestrian center were getting changed for their party.
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December 4, 2006
A lawyer in the Indian city of Bhopal has filed a Public Interest Litigation case against Bollywood actors Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan for their kissing scene in an Indian movie, accusing them of obscenity. The lawyer, Shailendra Dwivedi of Indore, near Bhopal, the capital of central Madhya Pradesh state, said the kissing scene in the movie, titled "Dhoom 2," degrades the position and dignity of Indian women and sets an obscene example for youth.
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November 29, 2006
A man from Germany stunned police authorities when he jumped on the roof of a stolen car and called police to provide information as the car thief sped off with him hanging on. The 43-year-old father of two from the western town of Siegburg first called the police to inform them he had spotted the thief by his suspicious driving and was chasing him in his own car, despite having his wife and two young children with him.
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