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Weird and Wonderful Weekly

April 25, 2009 11:16 AM

Bizarre Incidents, Quotes and People From Around the World

By GABRIEL O'RORKE, ABC News London

Quotes of the Week

“Had a massive ice cream fight dressing room based, cost me $2,000.” -- Lily Allen wrote this update on Twitter after she was presented a bill for damages for an ice cream fight backstage at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto.

“Often times when you face such an overwhelming challenge as global climate change, it can be somewhat daunting. It’s kind of like trying to lose weight, which I know something about.” -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a speech to the U.S. State Department Wednesday.

WWW News

Indian Barbie From London: Katrina Kaif from Finchley, London, has become the face of Indian Barbie. Her British upbringing – her father is Kashmiri and mother is English -- meant that the 24-year-old has had to take classes in dancing or singing and Hindi, according to The Telegraph newspaper Katrina is now accomplished in all of these things and says she feels "honored" to be chosen as the face of Barbie.

Saved By the Bra: A 57-year-old woman from Detroit was saved from gunfire thanks to the underwire in her bra. With a stroke of luck, the bra wire deflected a bullet shot at her by a group of men breaking into her neighbor's house, Reuters reported.

World's Most Expensive Suit: The world's most expensive suit was unveiled in Pall Mall, London, this week. The 'Alexander Amosu' is going on sale for just over $100,000, the designer told ABC News. As part of customer service, Alexander Amosu and his tailors will travel to clients anywhere in the world to take measurements and fit the suits. The luxury designer creates the garments from gold and platinum threads, precious stones and a mixture of the world's finest wools: Vicuna, Pashmina & Qiviuk.

Facts and Figures

560,000 The total number of Iraqi police; 270,000 the total number of Iraqi soldiers.

32 percent The amount of work completed on the stadium for the 2012 Olympics in Stratford, near London.

10 jobs Researchers say these are the jobs safest from layoffs in these tough economic times: teachers, doctors, public service workers, public transport workers (e.g contractors building roads or railways), home insulation and other 'green' initiatives, energy, IT, human resources, interim managers and accountants officers.

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