World News...

...in brief...

Uruguay
Revellers didn't let the rain spoil the annual 'bake fest', held at the weekend at a park in the outskirts of Montevideo. The fair was opened by local celebrity Rula Lenska and raised just over thirty thousand Uruguyan Pesos (about a thousand pounds) for Help The Aged. Top prize went to Mrs. Menenzes' black forest gateau.

Somalia
125,000 Somali Shillings' (about fifty pounds) worth of gardening equipment was stolen from a lock up garage on the outskirts of Mogadishu last Thursday. Police are looking for two men.


Cambodia
The price of margarine is set to see an unpopular rise in shops in and around the outskirts of Phnom Penh. A 250g tub of margarine, previously retailing at 3,299 Riel (about 50 pence)  will cost 4,299 Riel  from Wednesday at midnight. Local housewife Vera Shivanouk described the news as 'typical'.

Ukraine
Mrs. Fillipova of Kiev had a nasty surprise when she woke up on Friday morning. Two huge 'for sale' signs had been erected outside her small wooden house on the outskirts of the city. It transpired that contractors had placed these in error - her neighbours, the Korsakovskis, had in fact put their house up for sale just the day before and the workmen had got the wrong address by accident. 'It's a simple mistake to make and there are no hard feelings since the agents immediately re-located the signs after I'd pointed it out. I'm just glad to have things ironed out and want to say that I am most definitely staying here' said Mrs. Fillipova to local newspaper the Kiev Enquirer. (Associated Press).

Canada
A wedding reception on the outskirts of Toronto on Satruday evening was marred when a fight broke out between rival groups of men. The scuffle spilled out on to the streets outside the 'Toronto Diner', and the police were eventually called. Local traders reported reduced takings. The bride was said to be 'shaken'.

..more news from around the globe tomorrow..