Hero dog
RESCUERS IN Australia’s southern city of Melbourne hailed a dog as a hero on Sunday after it risked its life to save a litter of newborn kittens from a house
Reluctant groom
A JAPANESE man decided to set fire to a hotel in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Japan’s capital Tokyo, where he was due to get married later that same day, rather
Ouch!
FRENCH PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy has threatened to sue the company that has released 20,000 voodoo dolls of him, plus an accompanying manual, unless it is withdrawn. The doll, which has
Low speed chase
A GROUP of boys who stole a golf buggy from a resort near the north Australian city of Darwin sparked a low-speed highway chase down a major highway when two
The root of today’s social breakdown
By: MARGARET BROWN Margaret Brown is one of The Resident’s longest standing contributors and has lived in the Algarve for more than 20 years. As well as Point of View,
Dirty northerners
ACCORDING TO a study carried out by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the further north people live, the less likely they are to wash their hands after
Idle son
A FATHER in Nigeria took his 20-year old son to an Islamic court – for idleness, asking that he be sent to prison for refusing to engage in productive activities.
Hungry mob
IRAN FAILED to register what it said would be the world’s largest sandwich in the Guinness Book of World Records on October 17, after people rushed forward and began eating
Rabbit invasion
AN INVASION of rabbits has led to the famous Robben Island museum in South Africa closing while the fluffy trespassers are culled. The site, where Nelson Mandela was famously jailed,
Car loan
AN APPEAL has been launched by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) to EU policy makers to consider bringing in new measures to assist car manufacturers to meet EU emissions