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20 Strange News but True! Strange News but True! 20 Strange News But True! after him for 33 years. Philippines President apologises to Strange News But True! Animal rights activists had called Kissing Bandit for him to be set free. Mourners run for cover as rival After catching the eel Paul Richter The President of the Philippines, undertakers brawl originally planned to eat it but his Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, has apologised children stopped him. to a fan who was stopped from kissing her Mourners in a Bulgarian cemetery ran for The Richters now doubt Aalfred by her bodyguards. cover after a pitched battle between rival would survive after so long in care. City Ms Arroyo was on a visit to Kuwait undertakers ended with one of the officials agree and say he can stay in the when the man, dubbed the "Kissing combatants falling into an open grave. tub. Bandit" was shoved away by one of her Evgeni Draganov, of Razgrad, "We put a piece of rain pipe into security team. lunged at Stefan Petrakiev, from the the tub so he has somewhere to hide," city She apologised after arriving back nearby town of Velev, with a shovel after spokeswoman Barbara Gottschlich said. in the Philippines following her two-day Mr Petrakiev threw a clump of mud at his "He first checked whether this was trip. head. food, he was very curious. We have high Arroyo said: "Maybe you saw a The men were fighting over a hopes that he will use the pipe. If not, we picture of a male Filipino worker who recent court ruling that ended Mr will see if he prefers a bigger one." tried to steal a kiss from me, but was Draganov's monopoly on digging graves She said the Richter family were stopped by my aide. in Razgrad cemetery. pleased with the settlement. "If he is your relative, please tell Two families, both burying "They were clearly overjoyed. him sorry. But it is not really part of our mothers, witnessed the brawl. They had been afraid they would have to culture that a man just gives a kiss to a One mourner told the daily part with a member of their family." woman." newspaper Dnevnik: "It was disgusting, The president thanked Kuwait's they were covered in blood and muck and German prisons get one to five star Emir Sheik Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah for completely ruined what should have been rating pardoning 20 Filipino prisoners in a solemn occasion." Kuwait, and for allowing 200 Filipino A German website is giving the workers to return home after they German priest brews beer in washing country's prisons star ratings just like a abandoned their employers in violation of machine hotel guide. their contracts. Inmates, staff and visitors rate the German priest has found a way to prisons based on a system of up to five Man gets cat back after seven years brew beer in his washing machine. stars. Almost all 220 German prisons are A Canadian man has got his cat Michael Fey, 45, of Duisburg built listed. One of the most popular is back seven years after it went missing a computer interface into the machine to Hamburg prison, nicknamed Santa Fu. during a camping trip in Ontario. let it run an automatic brewing One inmate wrote: "Very good Rob Etmanski's cat Toonces programme. food, very nice cells, nice officers, a disappeared after hiding under a log It consists of turning and heating, decent daily rhythm. I keep coming cabin. but no spinning, the Sueddeutsche back." It had initially been chased by his Zeitung reports. A member of staff there added: dog and fled up a tree. "A priest without alcohol, that's the "The only thing missing is 24-hour room Mr Etmanski, who now lives in wrong combination," he argued. service. Sometimes I think I should New Brunswick, got his cat back after he "Jesus didn't say, take this healthy change sides." was traced by an identity tag on Toonce's camomile tea, he offered wine." But there is also heavy criticism, ear. The priest brews 30 litres every six like the comments on Erfurt prison by an The animal was being cared for at a weeks, the legal limit for home brewing, ex-inmate who identifies himself as Peter: shelter in Ontario. Mr Etmanski said he's and says he was inspired by the tradition "It was the worst rat-hole I've ever seen. not sure if Toonces will remember him or of monks who brewed beer in a cauldron Shower twice a week, no private his two other pets - another cat named over a fire. clothing." Noel and a Dalmatian named Freckles. To imitate this technique, he opted Elke Anders who reviewed The cat had been shot twice with a for a toploader washing machine. Before Hanover prison, wrote: "Even as a visitor pellet gun and was very thin and weak, he started brewing, he ran it about 20 you feel like a criminal. The only thing but other than that she was fairly healthy. times to remove any soap residue. missing are the handcuffs." He's now waiting for the weather to The priest brews in accordance Winfried Puchinger, who runs the warm up to fly the cat home from with the strict German beer regulations, site, says he wants to offer something to Ontario, says the New Brunswick which date back to 1516. people inside and outside the prison. Telegraph-Journal. He told Bild newspaper: "There is German eel won't be evicted a widespread ignorance amongst the THE 'X' ZONE RADIO FEATUTES? public. We want to offer comprehensive 2 minute features coming to a radio German officials have ruled that an information. But most of all, the site is station near you. 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