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A Dutch animal rights campaigner whose Swiss citizenship application was twice refused because of her "big mouth" and vocal opposition to Switzerland's iconic cowbells has finally won her battle for naturalisation. Nancy Holten, 43, was born in the Netherlands but has lived in Switzerland since she

A young Spanish woman who sued her parents after they refused to continue supporting her financially is lazy, a judge has ruled. The unnamed 23-year-old went to the provincial court of Cantabria in Castro Urdiales to complain that her parents had refused to continue providing her with food and shelt

Costumed gladiators can return to major tourist spots in Rome after winning a legal battle against local authorities, The Local reports. Rome authorities had banned the performers on the basis they overcharge tourists, and in some cases have allegedly pick-pocketed them.

A man was arrested on his wedding day after his wife's family realised that over 200 guests from his side of the family were paid imposters. Suspicions were aroused after members of the wife's family realised none of the paid guests would disclose their relationship with the husband beyond just bein

A businessman is set to get a new trial on mortgage fraud charges because his lawyer fell asleep during the trial. Lawyer Stan Levenson was seen sleeping by the judge, witnesses and the jurors who convicted James Nassida last year.

The owner of a flower shop has been arrested for stealing flowers from graves at a nearby cemetery over the course of several months. Police installed CCTV cameras at the cemetery after two plants disappeared from the mausoleum and replacement plants were stolen two days later.

A 20-year old drug dealer – who ran his crystal meth supplying business like a modern corporation, with business strategy meetings and a system that saw him charge interest on debts and give price guides, discounts and refunds for complaints – has been praised by a judge for his business acumen.

Three women who carried an enormous plastic vagina through Seville in Spain as part of a protest meant to mimic the Easter procession could be jailed after their actions were deemed a “religious hate crime”. In May 2014 the trio paraded the plastic vagina, set atop a plinth in the style of the V

A popular parish priest who took part in an Easter parade dressed as Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner and who simulated sex with males dressed as Bunny Girls has apologised to his parishioners for his “misguided” behaviour. Father Juan Carlos Martínez, 40, dressed up to take part in his Galician t

A leading federal US judge has announced that he is opposed to execution by lethal injection -- and would prefer to introduce the guillotine instead. Judge Alex Kozinski, a prominent and controversial judge on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, is a conservative appointed by President Reagan. His Cou

A former IBM employee who is deaf is suing his lawyer for wrongly interpreting his sign language after settling his discrimination case for $200,000 rather than the amount he claims to have asked for – $200m. James Wang, 49, argues his lawyer, Andrew Rozynski, exaggerated his understanding of sign

Police in Thailand have arrested a man after he attempted to smuggle six vials of human semen across the border to Laos. Authorities discovered the load in a nitrogen tank in the man’s bag as he was passing through the town of Nong Khai.

Judges in India’s Supreme Court have thrown out a lawsuit because no one can understand it. The case was filled with so much jargon that it was incomprehensible.

A lawyer who drunkenly harassed diners in a Thai restaurant before launching a foul-mouthed tirade at police and patrons was eventually banned from a total of 225 bars and restaurants. Leon Monastirski was arrested last February after police were called by bosses at a Thai restaurant where he was re

Celeb couple Victoria and David Beckham have registered their five-year-old daughter Harper's name as a trademark. According to European intellectual property office records, Victoria Beckham registered The Harper Beckham trademark in February.