New rule bans Australian soccer players from urinating on the playing field
The Australian Football League has instituted a rule that players must not urinate – other than in a toilet – in or about any dressingrooms or on the playing field.
Archive for March, 2003
Doctor hits psychiatric patient with frying pan
A doctor hit a psychiatric patient with a frying pan and a wine bottle, it was alleged at a disciplinary hearing today in Scotland. The general practitioner is accused saying that shooting such people was a “good idea”.
NBC’s Peter Arnett fired for telling Iraqis coalition has failed
NBC fired journalist Peter Arnett Monday for giving an interview to state-run Iraqi TV in which he said the American-led coalition’s first war plan had failed because of Iraq’s resistance.
Alligator bites Martin Lawrence
61-year-old Martin Lawrence of Pembroke Pines, Florida, was bitten by an alligator Saturday while walking his dogs. An officer from the Florida Department of Fish and Game was unable to find the three-to-six foot alligator.
French tourists mauled by tiger
Two French tourists were badly mauled by a tigress in the Bandhavgarh National Park in India. Two others were also injured. As a result of the attack, tourists have been banned in part of the national park.
Reporter in Iraq dies from fall off hotel roof
BBC Channel 4 foreign affairs correspondent Gaby Rado has been found dead while reporting from Iraq after he apparently fell from the roof of the Abu Sanaa hotel at Suleimaniya, northern Iraq, into the car park below where his body was found.
Morocco offers to send 2000 bomb detonation monkeys to Iraq
Morocco has offered to send 2000 monkeys to Iraq to be trained to detonate land mines. Other nations are supporting US efforts as well. Some Arab nations support action in Iraq but have asked to not be identified.
