Ottawa Citizen

FIVE UNUSUAL THINGS TO KNOW TODAY

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1 INDIAN 74-YEAR-OLD GIVES BIRTH TO TWINS

Erramatti Mangayamm,

74, and her husband, Yerramatti Raja Rao, 80, are first-time parents, of twin girls conceived through IVF using donor eggs and his sperm. The proud father handed out

candies afterward.

2 IDENTICAL U.K. TRIPLETS FAIL TO FOIL POLICE

Reiss, Ralston and Ricky Gabriel, 28, of London, tried to fool police with their identical DNA and appearance but all three were jailed for possessing a firearm with intent

to endanger life.

3 RELATED, BUT NOT SYMPATHETI­C

The owners of an Austrian hotel have sued a German guest over online reviews saying the lobby had a shrine to a “Nazi grandpa.” The owners say it was merely a photo of a relative. Reviews and photo have been removed, but the

lawsuit continues.

4 HOW NOT TO ATTACK

Two days before heated Moscow elections, a masked intruder attacked Ella Pamfilova, Russia’s electoral commission chief, pictured, with an electrosho­ck weapon. But he had forgotten to turn it on, so she was able to beat

him with a chair.

5 FROM ERRANDS TO ENVOY

The new U.S.-Middle East peace envoy will be 30-year-old Avi Berkowitz, Jared Kushner’s White House assistant. A 2016 Harvard Law

School graduate, Berkowitz has no foreign policy experience. Former White House spokespers­on Hope Hicks has said his main duties were “… getting coffee and co-ordinating meetings.”

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