Italian record stores are not exactly rushing to stock up on a new album of love songs written by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, but the irrepressible lyricist apparently has no plans to stop.

"This is a hobby for him and he is not giving it up. He is a passionate, romantic person. He writes love songs and he's good at it," Mariano Apicella, the Neapolitan crooner who sings the billionaire's lyrics, told Agence France Presse.

Pakistani police on Thursday arrested a woman who had killed her husband and was attempting to cook his body parts after he planned to marry another woman without her permission.

The police arrested Zainab Bibi, 32, and her nephew Zaheer, 22, in the Shah Faisal colony of Pakistan's southern megacity Karachi, and recovered the bowl of flesh she planned to cook, said police chief for the area Nadeem Baig.

A Copenhagen hotel will continue reserving a whole floor for women, despite a recent ruling that doing so is discriminatory and illegal, the hotel director said Tuesday.

Last May, the Bella Sky Hotel in central Copenhagen opened a floor dubbed the Bella Donna with 20 specially decorated rooms for women, and no men allowed.

Mexican soldiers hit the jackpot when they carried out a surprise search of a car in the unruly border town of Tijuana and found $15 million plus jewels and drugs stashed inside.

The haul, uncovered on Friday, most likely belonged to one of the country's notorious drug cartels, the defense ministry said in a statement Tuesday.

Children cradling a baby doll sold by Toys R Us will now have to play a new game -- teaching their infant some manners.

At least that's the fear of parents outraged at what seems to be a doll babbling: "Hey crazy bitch!"

Pizza mogul Herman Cain's scandal and gaffe-plagued campaign for the US presidency hit another bump on Tuesday when he embarrassingly messed up the name of CNN debate moderator Wolf Blitzer.

Cain, who briefly led the field of would-be Republican nominees but was already plummeting in the polls before Tuesday's debate, made the new slip-up when asked to explain his idea for "targeted identification" at airports.

More than 400 female workers at a bra factory in southern China cut off the power and downed tools after a manager told one to "jump off a roof and go to hell", state-run media said on Tuesday.

Workers wearing pink overalls walked off the job at Top Form Underwear after a Cantonese-speaking boss verbally abused a Mandarin-speaking worker who didn't understand instructions, the New Express reported.

Seven vinyl banners draped this month along one of Chicago's most iconic bridges — advertisements some have dubbed "a visual crime" and "commercial graffiti" — are reviving a debate about how governments raise money in tough economic times.

In the aftermath of the recession, a public school district in Colorado is selling ads on report cards and Utah has a new law allowing ads on school buses. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration, straining to fill a $600 million budget hole, is looking to raise $25 million from ads on city property — including bridges, electrical storage boxes and garbage cans.

A ninth-grade South African arts exam quizzed students on soap operas, drawing a furious reaction from a parent who said it discriminated against children without TV, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

The exam asked students to "name two soapies that you enjoy watching and name three characters from each", according to The Star. Bonus points were offered for students to say who was their favorite character and why.

Ai Weiwei fans have again rallied behind the outspoken Chinese artist after he revealed he is being investigated on pornography charges -- by posting naked pictures of themselves online.

Supporters of Ai -- who disappeared into custody for 81 days earlier this year -- this month donated nearly nine million yuan ($1.4 million) to the artist after he was handed a huge bill for alleged back taxes.