New Zealand: Given away dog on Trade Me for $900
Wendy Sadgrove thought she had given her beloved pet to a “good home” but only weeks later her basset hound was listed for sale on Trade Me for $900.
The mother of three, from Waipapa near Kerikeri, reluctantly gave away the three and a half-year-old pedigree basset hound named Simi after a string of tragic events meant she could not keep the playful canine.
She is demanding the dog be returned as she never intended for money to be made out of her unfortunate circumstances. …
New Zealand Herald
Philippines: Recovering Tacloban Hall of Justice’s records near impossible
Pending cases in the Tacloban City Hall of Justice may not be revived following the building’s destruction from super typhoon Yolanda, a state prosecutor said Thursday.
Regional Prosecutor General Claro Arellano explained that while typhoon-ravaged Tacloban in Leyte province is gradually getting back on its feet, putting together destroyed legal records would be near impossible.
“Our chance is to be able to reconstitute the records of the cases from the parties but that too will be difficult,” Arellano said in a state news interview. …
Philippine Star
Indonesia: Wreck of Nazi U-boat Submarine Located in Java Sea
A group of Indonesian archeologists has discovered what is believed to be the wreck of a German U-boat that sank during World War II lying on the floor of the Java Sea about 100 kilometers from Karimunjawa Island.
“This is a spectacular discovery in the history of Indonesian archeology. This is the first of its kind in the country,” chairman of the National Archeology Center, Bambang Sulistyanto, said on Wednesday. …
The Jakarta Post
Germany: Listening Sector: Berlin Makes Easy Target for Spies
The center of Berlin has become a playground for spies. Phone calls in the dense German government district can be monitored with basic equipment and even by allies. German counter-espionage agents are alarmed. …
Der Spiegel
Ireland: Bus driver forced to transport bomb
Dissident republicans have forced a terrified female bus driver to transport a bomb to a police station in Northern Ireland.
The viable device, attached to a two-hour timing unit, was left behind the driver’s seat and was capable of causing death or serious injury, according to police. …
She managed to abandon the bus in a place of relative safety a short distance away at Northlands Road before raising the alarm and has been praised for her courage. …
Belfast Telegraph
Canada: GO Transit makes train Quiet Zones permanent
Riders gave 80% approval to being able to snooze or work on upper levels of rush-hour trains without noise distractions.
That’s why the company has decided to make its test Quiet Zones a permanent fixture on the upper level of train coaches. …
The Toronto Star
Sweden: Pub guests denied drinks for being ‘too nice’
Four foreign men have reported a Stockholm pub to the police after they were refused drinks, which they claim was because of their skin colour, but which the bartender claims was because the men were “unusually pleasant”. …
In fact, one waiter told police during questioning that the group of men was acting so pleasantly that the four men must have been on drugs. …
The Local
*Basset Hound image via Shutterstock
