Pumpkins, smuggled Speedos and send your pants to Burma

Let's catch up with some international underwear news.

• Want to protest about Burma's brutal regime? Send your dirty knickers to your nearest Burmese embassy - the superstitious authorities believe that touching women's underwear will rob them of their power, reports the Daily Mail. More about the campaign here.
• Watch what you do with those Speedos - they could be fatal, says Stuff. The US military has ended an enquiry into the smuggling of unauthorised underwear and a pair of Speedos into Guantanamo Bay. Don't laugh - it's because they can be used as a noose.
• On a lighter note, here's a bra made out of pumpkins in today's Sun.