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Riyadh (dpa) - A Saudi husband has called for his wife's ears and nose tip to be cut off as punishment for her throwing acid at his face, the state-run al-Watan newspaper reported Thursday. It said the man's own ears and the tip of his nose had to be surgically removed as a result of the attack. He then underwent cosmetic surgery. Al-Watan quoted the wife as saying: ``One year ago I had enough of my husband's abuse and harshness, which made me throw the acid at his face.'' A Saudi judge has already sentenced the wife to two years...

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Man Chops Off Testicle in Dispute with Wife NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Kenyan man chopped off one of his testicles in a row with his wife and then walked naked to a police station to report the incident, police said on Monday. Police rushed 26-year-old Stephen Ongala to hospital after he stumbled into their police station in the border town of Busia in western Kenya on Friday bleeding heavily. "He said he did it because he had had a disagreement with his wife," said deputy police chief Shadrack Maithya. "If we get evidence that he tried to take his life,...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A 73-year-old man who used an air raid siren to stun his wife into submission has had it confiscated by German police. "My wife never lets me get a word in edgeways," the man identified as Vladimir R. told Mannheim police. "So I crank up the siren and let it rip for a few minutes. It works every time. Afterwards, it's real quiet again." A police spokesman said neighbors had complained at the noise from the 220-volt rooftop device, believed to be an old-fashioned air raid siren. Rosina, Vladimir's wife of 32 years, said she sometimes had...