Chastity

A middle-aged Italian woman called the fire brigade after she lost the key to a chastity belt that she was wearing to prevent herself from having sexual intercourse. The woman from Padua, who has not been identified due to Italy’s privacy laws, sent stunned firefighters to the rescue after she convinced them of the urgency to break the lock.

Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç inadvertently initiated a new debate last week, by saying something unexpected during a long speech that touched upon “moral corruption” in society. He said: