Boy bites dog
AN 11-YEAR-old boy from Belo Horizonte in Brazil, who broke his canine tooth when he bit a dog in self defence, is enjoying his moment of fame. Gabriel Almeida bit
Pull your pants up!
THE MAYOR of the South Chicago suburb of Lynwood in the US has ordered that fines of 25 dollars (15 euros) are to be issued to anyone showing three inches
Enraged employee
A WOMAN in the US has been arrested and charged for trying to retaliate against her former boss by having his electricity cut off to his home. After being fired
Two faced
AN INDIAN man who took an impersonator to court to get a divorce faces legal action after his real wife found out. Sanjib Saha presented a woman as his wife
Extermination
A NEW Jersey man accidentally blew up his apartment while trying to exterminate insects. Isias Vidal Maceda was unhurt in the incident, but 80 percent of his apartment was destroyed,
Spiritual refreshment
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,
Blind air traffic controller
AIR TRAFFIC controller is a job which demands 20/20 vision – but that hasn’t stopped airport bosses from advertising the job in braille. St. Mary’s airport on the Isles of
Drugs found in police car
DALLAS POLICE didn’t have to go far to find $400,000 worth of cocaine – it was in an undercover car they had been driving for two months. An officer discovered
Drunk fire-fighter
FIREFIGHTERS CALLED to a blaze at an apartment building in a southern German town were amazed to discover a fully equipped extremely drunk man, pretending to be a fire-fighter. On
From the old to the new
EGYPT HAS always been a country deep with history and culture and is being visited by more and more tourists each year. Cairo, the capital city of Egypt and the