Foiled Thieves

   1. "Sixty-year-old Kung fu fighter nabs robber"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1053551.htm >
   "A 60-year-old woman in China has taken the law into her own iron fists, using
    her skills as a kung fu enthusiast to catch a robber"

   2. "Would-be robber attacked by customer with hammer"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_899411.html >
   "A masked gunman was hit on the head four times with a hammer after a customer
    intervened to stop an attempted robbery on a pizza shop"

   3. "Cook clocks thief with wok"
      < http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/22/1082616265001.html >
   "A purse snatcher was stopped cold on a Berlin street by a quick-thinking
    fast-food cook who hit the fleeing thief over the head with a wok"

   4. "Man scares off robbers by faking seizure"
      < http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040607_328.html >
   "An Australian man visiting a southern Chinese city scared off robbers
    demanding the security code for his ATM card by faking an epileptic
    seizure"

   5. "Lafayette grandmother soothes burglar to sleep"
      < http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2004/07/15/
          lafayette15.DTL >
   "Through prayer, milk and a banana, a 73-year-old Lafayette grandmother soothed
    a robber to sleep"

   6. "'Spiderman' foiled by greased drainpipes"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_861848.html >
   "Residents of a Brazilian city have thwarted a burglar nicknamed Spiderman by
    coating their drainpipes with grease"

   7. "Suspected thief stopped by junior rugby team"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_758978.html >
   "A suspected thief was tackled by a junior rugby team after they spotted him
    acting suspiciously at their ground"

   8. "Suspected thief caught after chase involving 47 people"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_722740.html >
   "The chase described as 'like a scene from Benny Hill' began in Wells after a
    customer in a stationery shop spotted a man taking cash from a till"