Law and Order

NICOSIA - A raunchy picture of a Cypriot teacher in a state of undress was surreptitiously downloaded from her mobile telephone and sent to hundreds of pupils.
The picture made the rounds at the school in the port town of Limassol on the Mediterranean island Tuesday after the teacher left her phone unattended by her desk.
But the prank was not appreciated by parents or teachers, and police have launched an investigation into the incident.
"The police have been summoned, there is a patrol car at the school and the crime department are here to take fingerprints off the mobile phone," the head of the parents' association said.

BERLIN - A 19-year-old German girl has sued her mother for confiscating her two guinea pigs, a dog and a litter of puppies and giving them to an animal home, authorities said Wednesday.
The girl had taken to locking the creatures in her room after the recent birth of the puppies angered the mother, but she returned at the weekend to find them gone, according to police in the western city of Aachen.
The mother, 45, signed an agreement with the home stipulating that the pets could not be given back, they added. "The police is both investigating and mediating," said police spokesman Paul Kemen.