The distraught doctor spent hours throwing up after the operation.

CNN: More is not always better in medicine

In Gaza hundreds of posters of Mr Abbas with a black X across his face appeared in public places, and relatives of the victims of the winter's military operation were throwing shoes at his picture, a reference to the shoe hurled in contempt at the then American president, George Bush, in Iraq.

ECONOMIST: The Palestinians and the Goldstone report

In one almost comic incident a few years ago, a judge caught in a sting operation was found throwing thousands of dollars from her balcony to incredulous neighbours as investigating police closed in.

ECONOMIST: Mob law

We've known for a while now that Motorola's been throwing together the plans for Operation: Don't Get Embarrassed By Nokia In Our Hometown, but they're just now starting to make some deets official for their Chicago boutique -- now known as "Destination Q" -- one week before the scheduled grand opening of June 8.

ENGADGET: Moto preps "Destination Q" in hometown Mobile