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Helicopter grounded by goat attack
An Australian rescue helicopter has been grounded after an encounter with a territorial goat, local officials say. The aircraft had landed in Onkaparinga Hills, a suburb of Adelaide, to transport a man who suffered leg injuries in a car accident when it was rammed by the goat, which damaged a window near the pilot's feet.
Kebab burp fine
A man has been fined more than £50 by police in Vienna over an "unusually loud belch" in a public park. Edin Mehic was stopped by a local police officer and accused of "offending public decency" with the burp, which he blamed on a kebab he had eaten that contained too many onions. Mehic plans to appeal and a flash mob has been organised to protest on his behalf.