Fully Sick

A woman set fire to her ex-husband's penis as he sat naked watching television and drinking vodka, Moscow police said Wednesday.

Asked if the man would make a full recovery, a police spokeswoman said it was "difficult to predict."

The attack climaxed three years of acrimonious enforced co-habitation. The couple divorced three years ago but continued to share a small flat, something common in Russia where property costs are very high.

"It was monstrously painful," the wounded ex-husband told Tvoi Den newspaper. "I was burning like a torch. I don't know what I did to deserve this."

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The US$3 million Chillout, which opened in a mall in June, is the Middle East's first ice lounge and the latest venture in this desert Gulf emirate that has been transformed by a mania for the biggest, first or most outlandish. Almost everything at the restaurant is sculpted out of ice. Diners sit on ice benches or chairs, eat at ice tables, out of ice plates, drink from ice glasses served from a bar made of ice.

The $17 cover charge gets you one drink and the rental of a hooded parka, woollen gloves and insulated shoes. Customers don them outside, then spend a few minutes in the Buffer Zone, a room set at 41 degrees (F) to adjust before entering the restaurant.

It took 40,000 tons of ice to build the decor of the 2,400-square-foot restaurant. Every item was designed, carved and cut at a studio freezer at Iceculture Inc. in Canada and then shipped to Dubai.

Diffused lighting, from low-heat LED bulbs, constantly changes colours as it filters through the ice blocks. Sheepskin rugs cover the seats for the diners' comfort. Cocktails — which are non-alcoholic in a nod to Muslim culture — are served in ice glasses that are later discarded.

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When you call Customer Service and speak to someone in India who speaks English, but cannot solve your problem, perhaps it's a fault in the wiring?

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Did you know that until recently, breeding dogs in China was banned. Mao Zedong (aka Mao Tse-tung, who once said "all power comes from the barrel of a gun") claimed that dog-breeding was a a bourgeois pastime.

A dog farmer in Shanghai has been jailed for 14 years for breaking into a local dog breeder's home, tying her up and stealing 24 puppies. The pups were valued at around $15,000. Seems like it's a lucrative business these days.

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