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/ 19 December 2007

Thank God it’s not Friday?

An Italian court has ruled that a couple could not name their son Friday and ordered that he instead be called Gregory after the saint whose feast day he was born on. ”I think it is ridiculous they even opened a case about it,” said the family’s lawyer, Paola Rossi.

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/ 28 November 2007

Cock crows too early for Italian town

A rooster crowing at the break of dawn has earned his owner a €200 fine in an Italian court after neighbours complained it was waking them up too early. Ansa news agency reported on Wednesday that the rooster’s owner in Bolzano province would appeal the sentence on the grounds that he needs at least one rooster to breed chickens.