A 107-year-old Malaysian woman says she is ready to marry for the 23rd time because she fears her current drug addict husband might leave her for a younger woman, a report said yesterday.
Wook Kundor made headlines four years ago when she married Muhammad Noor Che Musa, a man 70 years her junior in northern Terengganu state.
But Ms Wook is now looking for new love as she fears that Muhammad, 37, who is undergoing voluntary drug rehabilitation treatment in Kuala Lumpur, will leave her once the programme ends.
"Lately, there is this kind of insecurity in me," the Star newspaper quoted her as saying, showing a photograph of the smiling, wrinkled-faced centenarian wearing a Muslim headscarf.
"I realise that I am an aged woman. I don't have the body nor am I a young woman who can attract anyone."
"My intention to remarry is to fill my forlornness and nothing more than that," she said, adding that she felt lonely without her husband by her side to celebrate the coming Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr next week. (AFP)
Camels mistaken for rebel attack
African Union soldiers have shot dead 11 camels in the Somali capital, mistaking the galloping animals for an insurgent attack.
Al Shabaab rebels sometimes use passing civilians and vehicles to give them cover before attacks, police said, and the peacekeepers from Amisom mission thought they were behind the camels which ran past the entrance to Mogadishu's airport.
"We thought Islamists and Amisom were fighting last night, but this morning we just saw 11 dead camels," resident Farah Aden told Reuters. "Each camel had at least 10 bullet wounds - the whole area was covered with blood."
"We admit there was a mistake and we've spoken to the owners," said Barigye Ba-hoku, spokesman for the AU troops who face nearly daily attacks from hardline Islamist rebels.
"It was our new forces and they were not aware of the camels' movements. They say they were attacked, and so opened fire," he said. (Reuters)
Four-eyed fish
Zoologists in Britain are celebrating after a pair of rare four-eyed fish were born at their aquarium. The fish - known as anableps - originally come from the rivers of South America where they use their bizarre eyes to see both above and below the water's surface at the same time.
This is the first time the species has bred successfully at Blue Planet in Cheshire and the zoological team are hopeful that more babies are on the way, with several more females apparently pregnant. (PA)
Burning desire
Smokers in Croatia will no longer have to stand outside bars after the government decided to ease a ban and allow smoking inside.
Bar owners complained that the ban halved their profits and forced many of them to close.
It will remain for all other public places, including restaurants, offices, hospitals and schools. (PA)
Single track love
A theme park has introduced a speed dating service on its rollercoasters.
Single men and women taking part in the scheme at Alton Towers Resort in Staffordshire will be paired up as they queue for rides.
Each couple will enjoy their first date reaching speeds of up to 100kph on rollercoasters such as Rita - Queen of Speed and Spinball Whizzer. (PA)
Shock treatment
A chemist's assistant subjected to a mock hold-up as part of a training programme is suing her store, saying the ordeal traumatised her.
Babette Perry said she was not told in advance of the training drill at the store in Mount Holly, New Jersey. The gunman claimed he had taken another worker hostage and she tried to call for help, but the phone was not working. (PA)
Special needs
A well-dressed elderly man carrying an oxygen tank robbed a bank in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla.
The oxygen tank was in a black bag and connected to the man's nose with plastic tubing.
Police said the man presented a note demanding money to a clerk and fled with an unknown amount of cash. (PA)