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Bulgarian Judges Keep Stolen Car

Bulgarian judges have caused a diplomatic international incident after ordering a car, stolen in Germany, to be used as their new transportation vehicle.

Bulgarian border officials seized the luxury BMW X5 SUV from a car thief in April.

Beckham's BMW Stolen

English soccer captain David Beckham's $100,000 bulletproof car has been stolen by a gang of thieves.

The robbers got hold of the car after an employee took it for a drive and forgot to activate the vehicle's tracking system. Soon after, the car was stolen.

50,000 Virgins Vie To Become King Of Swaziland's New Bride

Sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch, King Mswati III of Swaziland, presided over ceremonies this week where more than 50,000 bare-breasted virgins vied to become his 13th wife.

Wielding machetes and singing tributes to the king and queen mother, also known as the Great She-Elephant, the girls danced around the royal stadium in the hope of catching the eye of the 37-year-old monarch, Reuters reports.

Teen Fakes BMW Theft To Buy Bentley

W.J. Brown - All Headline News Police arrested a 17-year-old Sammamish, Washington teen Tuesday they alledge was trying defraud his insurance company. Apparently the suspect didn't really like his aimed at junking his $42,000 2002 BMW M3 that much... He really wanted to upgrade to a new 2005 Bentley Continental GT coupe. According to Michael Chiu, a police spokesperson, the teen reported his expensive BMW stolen while working at his job at a restaurant in downtown Bellevue on Monday evening. The car was found by Snoqualmie police the next morning, at an unspecified location, and arrested four men, both young adults and juveniles, who were in the process of stripping the cars parts. The foursome were arrested for first-degree possession of stolen property. After their arrested they implicated the car's owner, who they claim wanted his BMW stolen so he could collect insurance money and buy the Bentley. The teenager was interviewed by police and released to his parents. Investigation details will be forwarded to the King County Prosecutor's Office for investigation of fraud. The Bentley 2005 Bentley Continental GT coupe, that the teen wanted, has a 552-horsepower engine and a top speed of 190 mph, runs about $159,000, nicely equiped.