AN EYE ON... human anatomy

Leg: A cemetery in Cuenco, Ecuador has refused the request of a man who wanted his amputated leg to be given a Christian burial. He lost the leg after a bout of diabetes, but asked his family to save it for burial. When he arrived at the cemetery to buy a plot for the leg, however, he was met with a refusal as the rest of the body was missing. The leg had to be thrown away.

Ears: Two boys aged eight and nine are recovering at the Cape Town Red Cross Children's Hospital after having their ears sewn back on by a plastic surgeon. The owner of a drinking club had sliced the boys' ears off because he suspected them of stealing money from him.

Cleavage: Members of parliament in Madrid are demanding an apology from Manuel Fraga, 75, for saying, of a female member, that "All she had to show was her cleavage". Mr Fraga, the president of the Galicia region, said the remark was a "pleasant allusion to a woman's attributes".