The military police at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport made a startling discovery when it found a small dog in a luggage locker who had been left there for 36 hours.
An airport employee heard a strange noise coming from one of the lockers on Tuesday morning and warned the military police, who are responsible for security at Schiphol. When the locker was opened the police found a small keeshond dog in a carrier bag stuffed between several suitcases. The dog's owner did leave some water and dog food in the locker.
Police said the keeshond was "properly pampered" by officers and was now in professional care and in good condition.
The owner will get a hefty fine when he reports to the airport to collect his luggage and the dog, police said.
Teacher's right for gun
An Oregon high school teacher has sued for her right to bring a gun into the classroom for personal protection, clashing with anti-gun advocates fighting for years to rid the US schools of weapons.
The teacher, who has a legal permit to carry a concealed handgun, filed a lawsuit against the Medford school district in southwestern Oregon to overturn the district's rule that prohibits teachers from bringing a weapon onto school grounds.
The standoff between the teacher and the school district has grabbed the attention of both sides of the national gun debate. "The right to protect yourself is natural, God-given and should not be taken away," said Kevin Starrett, executive director of the Oregon Firearms Federation, which is paying for the teacher's legal bills.
A 'meteorite headache'
Dozens of people living in a Peruvian town near Lake Titicaca reported vomiting and headaches after they went to look at a crater apparently left by a meteorite that crashed down over the weekend, health officials said.
After hearing a loud noise, people went to see what had happened and found a crater 65 feet wide and 22 feet deep on an uninhabited plateau near Carancas in the Puno region.
Experts from Peru's Geophysical Institute are on their way to the area, 1287km south of Lima to verify whether it was a meteorite.
'Red lights' turned off
About a third of Amsterdam's red-lit windows for prostitutes will disappear from the city centre as one of the main brothel owners is set to sell his empire to a real estate company.
A housing company is to buy 18 premises, currently featuring 51 windows, for about $35 million, (BD13m) Amsterdam city council said.
Tourist authorities acknowledge the 700-year-old red-light district - a maze of narrow alleys and canals lined with sex shops, prostitutes behind windows and marijuana-selling "coffee shops" - is as much of a draw as other attractions such as the Van Gogh museum or the Anne Frank House.
