10 METRO Wednesday, September 30, 2009 D To celebrate the release of Couples Retreat, Universal Pictures International Ireland and Metro are offering you the chance to attend an exclusive screening of the film, with leading man Vince Vaughn in attendance. Based on an original idea of Vaughns, the comedy follows four Midwestern couples who embark on a journey to a tropical island resort. While one of the couples is there to work on their marriage, the other three set out to jet ski, spa and enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon discover that participation in the resorts couples therapy is not optional. Suddenly, their group-rate vacation comes at a price. You can attend the premiere on Friday 16th October at The Savoy Cinema, OConnell Street, D1. AT AN EXCLUSIVE SCREENING INTRODUCED BY VINCE VAUGHN! Terms & Conditions: The competition closes at Midnight Friday 2nd October and the winners will be chosen at random from the entries received. Entrants must be over 18 years old. Usual Metro rules apply. The Editors decision is final. SP. Oxygen8, Hospitality House, Cumberland Street South, D2. Customer Service number 0818286606 metrocompetition Text COUPLE, followed by your answer A, B or C and your name to 53133 (texts cost 60c + standard network charge) or email your answer, your name and contact details to ireland.comps@metroireland.ie For your chance to win a pair of tickets (30 pairs to be won), just answer this simple question: Who is the retreat for? A. Cowboys B. Clowns C. Couples SEE IT FIRST, AND FOR FREE IN CINEMAS OCTOBER 16 METRO World AmericA: A Massachusetts man who stole a hot dog from another man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Police say Antonio Judd stole the hot dog after flashing a gun. When he was arrested he was carrying a pellet gun and a knife. He had previous convictions for assault and vandalism. AmericA: A nine-year-old boy charged in the gang-rape of an eight-year-old Liberian girl sobbed in court yesterday as his teacher testified that he was unruly and often got into fights with other students. The boy is one of four Liberian boys who lured the girl to a shed at a west Phoenix apartment complex and took turns raping her. The trial continues. TAiwAn: A 17-year-old boy has been arrested for chopping off his fathers hands, allegedly to avenge years of physical abuse. The boy cut through his fathers wrists with a knife while he was asleep at the family home in central Miaoli. The 37-year-old father, a divorced iron smith, is in stable condition after doctors reattached his severed hands. mAlAysiA: The hit movie Bruno, by Sacha Baron Cohen (pictured), has been banned because it highlights gay life and has gay sex scenes. The Muslim- majority nation has strict public morality rules, including those applying to entertainment. VenezuelA: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (pictured) yesterday took a break from railing against colonialism at a weekend summit to go shopping in luxury stores, buy jewellery and mingle with stunned tourists he even posed for some photographs. Soldiers rape women in street and kill 157by ALHASSAN SILLAH SoldierS reeking of alcohol men- aced Guineas capital yesterday, a day after they killed more than 150 pro-de- mocracy demonstrators at a rally. dr Chierno Maadjou with the Guin- ean organization for defense of Hu- man rights said 157 people had been killed and more than 1,200 wounded. opposition politician Mutarr diallo said he witnessed soldiers raping women with rifle butts. NewYork-based Human rightsWatch said sources said security forces had stripped female protesters and raped them in the streets. other eyewitnesses said soldiers had stabbed protesters with knives and bayonets. one said: i saw several women stripped and then put inside the military trucks and taken away. i dont know what happened to them. Tensions have risen in Guinea amid rumours that military leader Capt Moussa dadis Camara may run in presidential elections set for January 31. Capt Camara said the shootings by members of his presidential guard were beyond his control. Capt Camara came to power in a coup in december, hours after long- time dictator lansana Conte died. Floods: Villagers and their pig wade through water when the storm hit the Philippines Typhoon leaves death in its wake TYPHOON Ketsana roared into central Vietnam yesterday, killing at least 31 people as it brought flooding and sustained winds of up to 144kmh (90mph), disaster officials said. More than 170,000 people in its path were evacuated. The storm made landfall about 60km south of Danang and moved inland towards Laos. Ketsana left more than 200 people dead across northern Philippines last week as a weaker tropical storm. v1 index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html