Bizarre: Girls must bathe less to prevent AIDS

ZIMBABWE: A politician in Zimbabwe said spread of HIV can be curbed if women start shaving their heads and stop bathing.

Morgan Femai claims these measures would help men "resist attractive and well-dressed women".

The senator reportedly insisted that new laws should be drawn up forcing women to make themselves less attractive to save men from themselves.

The politician came up with the gems while he was addressing people attending a workshop on spreading AIDS awareness.

"What I propose is that the government should come up with a law that compels women to have their heads cleanshaven like what the Apostolic sects do," he said. "They should also not bath because that is what has caused all these problems."

Mother kills self over ice cream

INDIA: A woman set herself ablaze after her husband told her off for buying ice cream for her children.

The husband was angry with his wife as he was of the opinion that ice cream would harm the health of their two children, reports The Times of India. The woman was very upset over the issue and set herself on fire and sustained about 70 per cent of burns.

Her husband rushed her to the hospital but she died due to her injuries.

The wife's relatives are speculating foul play and they suspect that the husband might have had a bigger role to play in the tragedy. They claim he used to often fight with his wife over trivial matters.

The woman left behind two daughters.

Family wakes to find Lexus in their pool

CALIFORNIA: The Diaz family awoke to find a Lexus at the bottom of their swimming pool.

The Southern California family tells San Gabriel Valley Tribune that drivers navigating the tricky intersection next to their house in La Puente have hit their cinderblock wall before, but early Sunday one of them smashed right through it in his silver sedan, then sank into the pool.

A crane later fished out the 2006 Lexus.

California Highway Patrol officer Steve Licon says the driver — 40-year-old Modesto Cabral — was able to escape from the car through the passenger side window and had only minor injuries.

Jail records show he was booked on suspicion of drunken driving and was being held on $10,000 bail. It is not clear whether he's hired an attorney. (AP)

Burglar leaves homework at crime scene, arrested

UTAH: An 18-year-old Utah man was arrested on suspicion of burglary after police say he left his homework at the crime scene.

Police in Orem say they tracked a USB drive found at the burglarized home to Dallas Naljahih. They say the computer hard drive contained his homework and was in a backpack abandoned in the backyard.

A 75-year-old man and his wife reported their home had been burglarized early Saturday. The husband says he was woken up by a light in his office, and found a man who was looking through a desk.

The suspect punched the man and fled on foot.

Police say that Naljahih was found asleep at his house along with evidence connecting him with the burglary. (AP)

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