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Sign spotted in a South Auckland shop leaves nothing out.
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Uganda's Ethics and Integrity Minister says miniskirts should be banned - because women wearing them distract drivers and cause traffic accidents. Nsaba Buturo says that wearing a miniskirt is like walking naked in the streets.
He says indecent dressing is just one of many vices facing Ugandan society. Others include theft and embezzlement of public funds, substandard service, greed, infidelity, prostitution, homosexuality and sectarianism. (Source: BBC.co.uk)
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Jeff eagerly read about his chance to win a Ford valued at $50,000 through Marc Ellis's online watch-ads-and-get-paid business, Mintshot. "Guess the number plate and win the car," he writes. "Sounds simple. A quick scan of the terms and conditions show that only 50,000 entries are allowed, so my immediate thoughts are, 1 in 50,000, it's worth a shot. However, given the number plate must be the exact order of letters (3) and numbers (3), the actual chance of winning is in fact 1 in 17,576,000. That means Marc only has a 0.28% chance of actually having to give the prize away. I entered anyway."
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Jonathan Williams, 33, was convicted of cocaine possession in England's Guildford Crown Court after jurors rejected his explanation that the pants he had on (containing the drug) were not his own. (Source: News of the Weird)
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A supermarket trolley sanitising system, like a mini carwash for those filthy trolleys, is finding a market in the US with germaphobic parents. The makers of the PureCart system say the push-through device sprays a misty peroxide solution over each cart between every use. It dries in a few seconds, leaving behind a faint lemony fragrance and a cart promised to be 99.9 per cent germ free for the next customer.
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Gang members unlikely Catholics? A Texas teen says she has been forbidden to wear Rosary beads around her neck in school because local police say they are a gang symbol. Tabitha Ruiz was stopped by security guards at her high school in Dallas last week and told to take off the silver and ruby beaded Rosary, a gift from her mother. "Lately they [gang members] have been seen wearing religious jewellery such as the Rosary, so it is a factor," said Kevin Janse of the Dallas Police Department. (Source: Foxnews.com)