Children attending the Adolf Reichwein School in the northwestern German city were handed cones containing the pens by members of the German Communist Party, according to the school's headmaster. Angry parents who discovered that the pens given to their six-year-old children could project erotic ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - For tourists tired of traditional sightseeing tours, one Berlin tour guide is offering something altogether different: a tour of Berlin's public conveniences. Tour guide Anna Haase wanted to take visitors to Berlin off the beaten track and came up with the novel idea of showing ...

Network administrator Oliver Beel lost his job after charging his Segway, a two-wheeled electric vehicle, at work in May 2009. After he connected the vehicle to the firm's power source for 1-1/2 hours, his boss asked him to remove it. Twelve days later Beel found himself without a job.

DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese security forces have arrested seven Koranic teachers for forcing children to panhandle, a police official said on Friday, days after the West African state announced a crack down on public begging. The predominately Muslim country is under mounting international ...

The officers arrived at his house in the central Dutch village of Nijkerk to talk to the neighbor when the man was leaving on his bicycle, police said. Asked to identify himself, the man got off his bike and started to kick and bite the officers, police said Thursday. The man was taken to the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Canadian parents are more lenient with their children than mothers and fathers in France and Italy, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Montreal, the University of Rennes in France and the University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Italy discovered that ...

The ministry said in a statement it reported its suspicions in early August to local police in The Hague area, the government seat. The staffer of the Dutch State Treasury Agency was suspended and later arrested. The employee is accused of transferring the money between March and July in various ...

The "Student Information Guide 2010-2011," which was handed out in recent weeks, included an ad offering the chance to earn money by engaging in sexual activities in front of webcams. Leiden University said in a statement on its website that it had nothing to do with the guide, produced ...

The Ryanair flight from Liverpool to Poznan made the unscheduled landing in the northwestern city of Bremen on Tuesday, local police said. The British woman was treated for scalding at the airport and released -- but not before the plane resumed its journey without her. She later took a train to ...

BERNE (Reuters) - Vuvuzelas have been kicked out of European competitions after UEFA said that the controversial plastic trumpets drowned out supporters and detracted from the emotion of the game. The plastic horns became a hallmark of the World Cup in South Africa, producing a monotonous droning ...