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Issue number 27
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A selection of unintentional news stories.

Sign in the lavatories of a multinational company:

These facilities and their usage are randomly inspected/monitored.
Please respect and use the facilities provided. Misuse is highly unacceptable.

Bar hostess was boy, 14

A 14-year-old schoolboy dressed as a woman worked as a hostess at an Okinawa bar for more than two months, Japanese police said yesterday. His employer believed he was a girl.

Mr Johnson was pinned to the ground receiving injuries to his right leg, body and shoulder. What was most trying of all, his lighted cigarette rested on the side of his cheek, near his eye, and he could not move it. Look out for the repeat performance.

Steps to jail

An Australian robber has been sentenced to 10 years' jail after being identified through dog excrement on his shoe which left a distinctive footprint during a hold-up.

Great shoe offer... every pain guaranteed.

Strike to hit MPs

Armoured Piranha gives Alvis a boost

Springbok strategy backfires on Old Monk

4000 people could lose their sight in one eye after a dispute within the NHS

Rather than fear the Russian Bears, we should embrace them

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