Albino whale carcass found

CAIRO, Egypt – Coast guards in northern Egypt have discovered the dead body of a six-ton, 17-meter-long white whale, Egypt’s official news agency MENA reported on Tuesday.

The rotten carcass of the rare albino whale was discovered lying on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, in the Kafr el-Sheikh governorate. It is believed to have died of a stomach wound at sea.

Local doctors and members of environmental organizations rushed to the scene. They plan to examine the creature before its remains are disposed of.

Albino whales are extremely rare in the Mediterranean Sea. They are more commonly found in oceans.

Court to ‘Stingy’: Send 124,000 roses

MOSCOW – An Iranian man has been ordered to send his wife over 124,000 roses, worth more than $200,000, after she took him to court for “being stingy,’ the Iranian Etemad paper said on Tuesday.

The woman, only known as Hengameh, filed a complaint in court against her husband claiming her dowry after 10 years of marriage. Under Iranian law, a woman can claim her dowry, paid on marriage, from her husband at any time.

A rose in the Islamic Republic costs almost $2, so the man will have to pay some $235,000 for the whole bouquet. If he refuses to repay the dowry, he could go to jail.