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September 19, 2004

OUCH! WATCH IT, MOMMY! A day after giving birth in a Berlin zoo, a mother rhinoceros accidentally stepped on her baby's left rear leg, breaking it. The baby was expected to recover

WHO'S THERE? A burglar who broke into a home in Amsterdam was caught when he got hungry and fried up some fish on the stove. The smell of cooking woke the homeowner who called the police.

'TIL DEATH DO US ... HEY, WAIT A MINUTE: Nothing will stop some women from getting married. A French woman married her boyfriend 18 months after he died. This is allowed in France for some reason.

AN ELEPHANT!? ME!? A British writer visiting Zambia wrote in his column that President Levy Mwanawasa is a "foolish elephant'' and called two of his ministers "baboons.'' He has been deported

SORRY WE CAN'T STICK AROUND, HEH, HEH: A taxi driver in Germany drove two men to Dresden. Instead of paying him, one of them pulled a gun. They robbed the cabbie of $351, glued his hands to the steering wheel and fled.

 

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