Odd News Shorts from Around the World

July 2nd, 2007

Here is some little tidbits of weird news from around the world:

- In Palermo, Italy a teacher who forced a pupil to write “I am a retard” 100 times was acquitted by an Italian court on Wednesday of abuse charges.

- In Ottawa, Canadan Canadians will install surveillance cameras around the National War Memorial in Ottawa after three youths urinated on the base of the monument late on the July 1 Canada Day holiday last year.

- In Seoul, Korea one of South Korea’s top banks has rolled out a new credit card for Protestant clergy that will give them breaks on Bible purchases and allow them to gather bonus points they can turn into donations for their churches.

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