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Spotted by a New Zealand visitor at a supermarket in Fiji.
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A British commuter was arrested at gunpoint and had his DNA and fingerprints taken simply for listening to his MP3 player while waiting for a bus. Darren Nixon was surrounded by armed police after
his music player was mistaken for a gun. When a passer-by saw the 28-year-old get out his black Philips machine to change tracks, she panicked and dialled emergency services. Police tracked Mr Nixon using CCTV. As he got off the bus home from work he was surrounded by a firearms unit, who bundled him into a van. He was then put in a cell and his fingerprints, DNA and mugshot were taken before he was released. Although police realised it was a false alarm, Nixon now has to live with his DNA stored on a national database and keep on record that he was arrested on suspicion of a firearms offence. (Source: Metro.co.uk)
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Australia must have sunk: According to a Harcourts property listing you can view the Indian Ocean from Muriwai. The ad copy reads: "An unsurpassed northerly aspect encompassing the Indian Ocean, Muriwai coastline and surrounding rural countryside."
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Mark Hancock is an example of why the "green" global warming issue is such a problem debate at the moment, says Hayden. "Whilst the science community is overwhelmingly in acceptance that it is real (and I am a qualified Green Chemist, so I am qualified to have an opinion), the people getting most of the media attention are not educated on sustainability or green principles and in fact get their facts wrong on a frighteningly regular basis. If Mark had taken time to check the fuel consumption of SUVs v the Honda Odyssey at www.rightcar.govt.nz he would have seen that some (not all, though) of the listed SUVs have better fuel consumption than the Honda Odyssey. Just because a car is believed to be a gas guzzler with a bigger engine, this doesn't always translate to higher fuel consumption. Compare the Mercedes-Benz SLK 280 3.0L (9.5L/100km) to the Honda Odyssey 2.4L (9.4L/100km)."
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An 18-year-old US woman has been arrested after accidentally depositing drugs into her bank account. She mistakenly included a bag of crystal meth in an envelope she put into a cash deposit machine in Bremerton, Washington state. Police were contacted by an employee of the Kitsap Credit Union bank who opened the envelope and found the drugs, reports the Kitsap Sun. When contacted, the woman said she might have accidentally put the bag into the deposit envelope when she reached into her pants pocket to get money. The woman was arrested and charged with one count of possession of methamphetamine. (Source: Ananova.com)