Two aspiring army officers built a horror dungeon decorated with bones, feces and animal guts in a bid to scare younger trainees at a military training center in Sweden, Aftonbladet reported Wednesday.

There's a Persian saying used to describe an under-the-radar political effort: "Driving at night with the lights off." Allies of embattled President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be doing just that as they campaign in Iran's hinterlands in hopes of scoring a comeback in next month's parliamentary elections.