World Vignettes

Woman kills husband by sitting on him

CAIRO: A Woman weighing 160 kg sat on her husband8217;s head until he suffocated following a dispute over his will, police officials have said. Fawakih Ibrahim Abdel-Latif killed her husband, Sayed Ahmed who weighed 55 kg on Saturday. She found that he had left more land in his will for his four children from his first wife, than the three he had with her.

World kissing record

BARCELONA: A month after 1,600 couples set a world kissing record near Madrid, 2,160 couples near the rival city of Barcelona puckered up to set a fresh record. On command, all the couples 8212; complete with identification numbers and under the watchful eyes of invigilators 8212; kissed for a minimum of 10 seconds to set the simultaneous kissing record yesterday. The event 8212; to be presented to the Guinness book of records 8212; was held in a new 8220;besodrom8221; beso is Spanish for kiss in the town of Castelldefels. Customers there get a kiss from waitresses or waiters if they order drinksworth over seven dollars.