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epa03824739 A handout picture provided by National Police of Peru on 14 August 2013 shows Irish Michaella McCollum Connolly (L) and British Melissa Reid (R) when they were detained allegedly with 11 kilograms of cocaine on their way to Madrid, Spain, at the international airport Jorge Chavez in Callao, near Lima, Peru, 08 August 2013. EPA/NATIONAL POLICE OF PERU HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

'Drug mule' parents will travel to Peru

The parents of two girls arrested in Peru on suspicion of drug trafficking say they intend to travel there…

epa03824580 Ships bunker at Algeciras Bay, Spain, 14 August 2013. According to reports, the Spanish government has announced that it will impose higher sanctions on floating petrol stations in the Special Conservation Zone (ZEC), citing environmental concerns over the practice of 'bunkering' - refuelling at sea. The move could affect Gibraltar-based businesses. Spain has long claimed sovereignty over Gibraltar, a small outcrop on its southernmost tip, which has been under British rule for three centuries. EPA/A. CARRASCO RAGEL

Spanish in bid to halt Gibraltar’s ship trade

Spain has opened up a new front in the Gibraltar dispute as it tightened its stranglehold on the Rock…

adult-diapers-550x417.jpg A Korean and American capital company in Honduras is being accused by union leaders and former employees of forcing its workers to wear diapers in order to increase their productivity. Company representatives have denied the allegations but an investigation is already under way. Last Saturday, Daniel Duron, Secretary General of the General Confederation of Workers, denounced the violation of labor rights by Kyungshin-Lear Honduras Electrical Distribution Systems, accusing the company of forcing its employees to wear adult diapers to avoid going to the bathroom for their physiological needs. He added that the employer doesn't actually supply the diapers for its workforce, but that the employees, especially the women, buy them themselves to avoid leaving their work posts and risk losing their jobs. Duron based his accusations on testimonies made by Kyungshin-Lear employees and urged authorities to investigate. Dowloaded from http://www.odditycentral.com/news/company-in-honduras-allegedly-forced-employees-to-wear-diapers-at-work.html by Richard Taylor

Wee-ban workers ‘wearing nappies’

Workers at a factory are wearing nappies rather than risk the sack by going to the toilet, trade unionists claim…

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Dave skating through Australia where he travelled 3,618 miles on a SKATEBOARD. See Masons story MNSKATE. A fed-up graphic designer who gave up his job, house and girlfriend has traveled more than 17,000 miles around the world - entirely on man-powered machines. Dave Cornthwaite, 33, had a successful career, a long-term partner and a mortgage when a snowboarding trip inspired him to quit his "ordinary" life. After packing his "safe" domestic life into boxes Dave jetted to Australia where he travelled 3,618 miles on a SKATEBOARD. Since then he has kayaked 1,500 miles down Australia's longest river, the Murray; cycled 1,396 miles from Vancouver to Las Vegas on a tandem, and; sailed 2,404 miles down the Mississippi - on a stand up paddleboard. Dave has also sailed 3,156 miles from Mexico to Hawai; travelled 1,000 miles from Memphis to Miami on a bikecar; and swum 1,001 miles down the Lower Missouri River. Most recently the adventurer has peddelled 3,000 miles through western Europe on an elliptigo - a bike pedalled like a crosstrainer. It means in total the adrenaline junkie has powered himseld an incredible of 17,051 miles around the globe. But bizarrely Dave, from Warwick, claims he is terrified of taking risks.

Around the world – and I only used man power

Many people talk of getting itchy feet when they’re bored with life and work. But few get it out of their system by clocking up…

Emergency declared as Egypt counts cost of day of bloodshed

Emergency declared as Egypt counts cost of day of violence

Egypt is counting the cost of a day of widespread bloodshed after the military-backed government moved against supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi and declared…

Royal Navy warship used in £100million drugs bust near Puerto Rico

Navy warship used in £100m drugs bust

A Royal Navy warship has been used to claim a haul of cocaine worth around £100million in a drugs bust near Puerto Rico, the Ministry…

Two pilots killed as UPS cargo plane crashes in Birmingham, Alabama

UPS cargo plane crashes, killing both pilots

Two pilots have been killed after a cargo plane crashed on its approach to an airport just before dawn…

Prisoners try and knife inmate after jail doors open

Prison security camera footage has emerged of the moment an inmate jumped over railings to avoid being knifed after the jail's cell doors were opened…

Sky News cameraman among Egypt dead as Muslim Brotherhood protest camps cleared

Sky News cameraman among 'hundreds' dead in Egypt

A Sky News cameraman has been shot and killed as Egyptian security forces cleared two protests camps in Cairo, amid reports of a death-toll in…

Hacker shouts abuse at toddler through baby monitor

A suspected hacker told a two-year-old girl to 'wake up you little s***' through her baby monitor, her parents have claimed…

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Decapitated snake head bites its own body

A decapitated snake's head has been filmed biting its own squirming body…

US gun safety instructor, shooting student

Gun safety instructor shoots student by accident

A US gun safety instructor shot a student in the arm by accident during a tutorial…

Peru cocaine pair due in court as they claim gangsters held guns to their head to force them to smuggle drugs

Peru cocaine women due in court

Two women who claim they were ordered at gunpoint by Colombian gangsters to smuggle £1.5million worth of cocaine out of Peru are due in court…

Many reported dead in Cairo clashes as Egyptian security forces move in on Muslim Brotherhood protest camps

Egypt: Claims of many dead as protest camps broken up

Many people have been reported killed as Egyptian security forces moved to clear two camps of protesters linked to deposed president Mohammed Morsi…

FILE - In this combination of two undated handout photos made available by the Centro de Estudios Borjanos, the 20th century Ecce Homo-style fresco of Christ , left and the 'restored' version, at right. A year ago, a botched restoration of a fresco of Christ by an 80-year-old Spanish pensioner drew mocking laughter. Now, the artist Cecilia Gimenez has the last laugh. Officials in Borja, a town of 5,000 people in northeastern Spain, said Tuesday Aug.13. 2013, the fresco has drawn more than 40,000 visitors and raised more than euro 50,000 ($66,285) for a local charity. Next week, Gimenez and the local council which owns the sanctuary are to sign a deal sharing the profits from merchandising that features the image. (AP Photo/Centro de Estudios Borjanos, File)

Monkey Christ fresco pulls in the punters

The botched fresco restoration ridiculed for its depiction of ‘monkey Christ’ has become a major tourist attraction…

A man watches Indian Navy submarine INS Sindhurakshak on fire in Mumbai August 13, 2013. Eighteen Indian sailors were trapped after an explosion and fire on board the conventionally powered Indian submarine berthed at the coastal city of Mumbai early on Wednesday, the navy said. Picture taken August 13, 2013. REUTERS/Vikalp Shah (INDIA - Tags: DISASTER MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Sailors die after explosion causes submarine to sink

At least 18 sailors are believed to be trapped on board a submarine after an explosion caused it to sink…

Chinese children attend a class at the primary school in China's rural Panghai town, Guizhou Province March 1, 2006. Spending on education is expected to take up a record 4 per cent of China's gross domestic product (GDP) during the coming five years, China Daily reported. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause

China relaxes one-child policy in face of ageing population

China is considering relaxing the country's one-child policy. But why now, and is it too little, too late…

Mugabe to toast victory by grabbing more assets

Robert Mugabe has hit back at claims of vote-rigging by claiming it was his pledge to seize Zimbabwe’s remaining foreign and white-owned assets that secured…

Britain to file complaint with Spain over 'unacceptable' delays on Gibraltar border

UK to take Spain to task over Gibraltar border delays

Britain is set to take Spain to task over 'unacceptable' delays on the border with Gibraltar, which saw some motorists facing a five-hour wait to…

'Living nightmare' for families of women held in Peru

The families of two women being held in Peru on suspicion of trying to smuggle £1.5million worth of cocaine out of the country say they…

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Meet the shark whisperer: Hypnotist diver puts shark in a trance

If only Jaws could have been tamed as easily as this. This shark whisperer has got a deep-sea predator eating out of the palm of…

Tech

World War G breaks out as new smartphone promotional stunt back fires

20 hurt as people bring BB guns and a spear to smartphone balloon stunt

A promotional stunt in which people burst balloons to get vouchers for a new smartphone went terribly wrong when people turned up with BB guns…

Limbless Channel swimmer finds stolen wheelchair

A quadruple amputee who swam the English Channel has spoken of his elation after his custom-made wheelchair was recovered in a car park…

Russia: Olympic athletes who promote 'non-traditional sexuality' will be arrested

Russia: Athletes who breach 'anti-gay laws' will be arrested

Athletes at the Winter Olympics will be arrested if they breach Russia's controversial 'gay propaganda' laws, the country's interior ministry has confirmed…