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Man caught at airport with 44 lizards in pants
WELLINGTON: A German man who stuffed 44 small lizards into his underwear before trying to board a flight has been sentenced to prison in New Zealand for plundering the countrys protected species. Hans Kurt Kubus,58,will spend 14 weeks behind bars and must pay a 3,540 fine before being deported to Germany,the court ruled on Tuesday. Kubus,who was caught in December,had 44 geckos and skinks in his underwear.
John Paul II regularly whipped himself
London: Pope John Paul II used to whip himself regularly with a belt that he had kept in his wardrobe and signed a secret document saying he would resign if he became incurably ill,a new book has revealed. In the book,Why a Saint? by Monsignor Slawomir Oder,the Vatican postulator in-charge of the late Pontiffs canonisation process,has claimed the Polish-born Pope whipped himself as an act of penance and self-flagellation.
Susan Boyle feels fine after intruder scare
LONDON: Singing sensation Susan Boyle said on Wednesday that she felt fine despite a break-in by a teenager at her home in Scotland,British media reported. Boyle saw a youth run out from her home in the small Scottish village of Blackburn as she returned on Tuesday night from recording a charity single for Haiti,The Sun said. The singer appeared calm on Wednesday,smiling and giving the thumbs-up to well-wishers outside her house.
