News of the Week.

1. Proof, as if any were needed, that the burqa is a bad idea: GUWEI'IYYA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - The legs are long, the eyes are big, the bodies curvaceous. Contestants in this Saudi-style beauty pageant have all the features you might expect anywhere else in the world, but with one crucial difference -- the competitors are camels. Clearly, this is what happens when you don't see enough of your women.

2. Police foil radio control zeppelin jailbreak. Yes, you read that right. MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police said on Friday they had foiled an Italian drug trafficker's plan to break out of jail in the Canary Islands using climbing equipment and a four-meter-long zeppelin. "The plan consisted of using a remotely controlled zeppelin to bring him night-vision goggles and climbing equipment with which to escape," a National Police statement said. Anyone from steamfashion watching? No doubt the band Abney Park could find some inspiration here - Airship Pirates indeed!

3. From Turkey - the game show where you gain your soul: ISTANBUL (Reuters) - What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists? Turkish television station Kanal T hopes the answer is a ratings success as it prepares to launch a gameshow where spiritual guides from the four faiths will seek to convert a group of non-believers. The prize for converts will be a pilgrimage to a holy site of their chosen religion -- Mecca for Muslims, the Vatican for Christians, Jerusalem for Jews and Tibet for Buddhists. A team of theologians is on hand to make sure that the atheists are genuine when they start and the winner is genuine when he or she finishes. Much like Queen Victoria, Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate is not amused. I have to admit, I agree with them on this one. Game shows are tacky enough as it is, and this IMO is in pretty bad taste. Plus... what do they do if the winner says they want to be a Hindu?

4. And from Latvia - the bank loan that might see you lose it! RIGA (Reuters) - Ready to give your soul for a loan in these difficult economic times? In Latvia, where the crisis has raged more than in the rest of the European Union, you can. Such a deal is being offered by the Kontora loan company, whose public face is Viktor Mirosiichenko, 34. Clients have to sign a contract, with the words "Agreement" in bold letters at the top. The client agrees to the collateral, "that is, my immortal soul."

This (AFAIK) is Viktor Mirosiichenko.     Would you entrust him with your immortal soul?