Some of the stranger stories from around the world

US: An American Twitter user has been sent dozens of messages meant for England coach Roy Hodgson — because his user name on the site is @woy.

AN explosion at a police station in western Iraq yesterday killed 16 policemen and two civilians, including a seven-year-old girl, and wounded 33 more, the US military said.

A suspected suicide bomber detonated explosives in a car outside a police station this morning west of Baghdad, killing at least 17 people and wounding 33 more, the US military said.

AN American soldier was killed and three wounded yesterday in separate roadside bombings which prompted a fierce eight-hour firefight where US attack aircraft, tanks and helicopters battled Iraqi resistance fighters.