(Argentina, AFP) - A couple who parked for a bit of passion on wheels got the surprise of their lives after their raucous rocking sent their car over a cliff in the western part of Argentina.

(Iran) - An incensed Iranian motorist doused his car in gasoline and set it ablaze with a match after picking up a parking ticket, media reported. A news agency posted photographs of the charred shell of the car and quoted witnesses describing the driver's frantic but fruitless pleas to the parking attendant not to issue a ticket.

(Turkey, AFP) - More than a third of Turkish women believe they deserve being beaten if they argue with their husbands, deny them sex or burn the meal, according to a survey carried by Anatolia news agency.

An illegal immigrant was arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a 49-year-old San Antonio man.