Reuters - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to Christmas so that his aging face does not scare children.
Reuters - Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,000 cigarettes into the Nordic country, the Swedish Customs Office said Friday.
Reuters - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics.
A Californian couple got the shock of their lives when they returned home to find a 90ft crane had cut their house in two. The crane had been trying to move ...
Zoo-keepers in China say their tigers have grown so tame that they're frightened of the chickens they're supposed to eat. The Chongqing Wild Animal Park has ...
Reuters - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards.
The infamous beach ball that 'scored' a goal for Sunderland against Liverpool has raised more than £400 for charity. The inflatable deflected a shot from ...
Anti-terrorist police sealed off an airport terminal after mistaking 140lbs of frozen fish for a bomb. Armed SWAT teams evacuated terminal one at Hamburg ...
Taxi drivers in a Chinese city are complaining that they are having to queue for miles to refuel their cars. Cabbies in Chongqing can use either petrol or ...
Reuters - An elderly man who went out to fetch a morning newspaper ended up driving nearly 400 miles after getting lost and taking a wrong turn onto a major Australian highway, police said on Wednesday. The man, 81-year-old Eric Steward, eventually stopped and asked for directions after driving for nine hours, from the New South Wales country town of Yass to Geelong in the southern Victoria state.
Reuters - A Canadian member of Parliament learned the hard way on Tuesday that insulting a rival legislator by Twitter is not a good idea, especially if you're sitting around the same table at the time.
Reuters - "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" on Wednesday, reclaiming a title he first won in 2003.
Reuters - He wiggled, jiggled and even dropped his trousers, but a thief trying to break into a supermarket in Portugal stayed stuck fast in a tiny window until he was rescued by police and the fire brigade.
Reuters - Jack Sim, founder of the World Toilet Organization, has a theory about why governments and people are so reluctant to talk about hygiene: it isn't cool.
Reuters - A London-based translation firm is offering parents-to-be the chance to check the meaning of prospective baby names in other languages to avoid inadvertently causing their offspring future embarrassment.
Reuters - Jack Sim, founder of the World Toilet Organization, has a theory about why governments and people are so reluctant to talk about hygiene: it isn't cool.
Reuters - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes might have thought twice about naming their daughter Suri if they'd known that it means "pickpocket" in Japanese, "turned sour" in French, and "horse mackerels" in Italian.
A Chinese burglar got stuck after he tried to crawl through a tiny opening built for a farmer's pet dog to steal some chickens. The man had to be rescued by ...
Reuters - The driver of a security van who vanished earlier this month with more than 11 million euros ($16.5 million) in cash has surrendered to police in Monaco, French authorities said on Monday.
Children's Rights Still Violated 20 Years After .. Nations are staging special events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which came into force on November 20, 1989.
Teoh body exhumed - Mysinchew KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 - The exhumation of Teoh Beng Hock's body for a second autopsy, ordered by the inquest into his recent death, has been completed.
'Feels right in my bones' to leave, says Oprah .. - Thestar Talk-show host Oprah Winfrey is at times tearful during a live broadcast in Chicago Nov. 20, 2009 as she announces that her show will end its run in 2011.
AirAsia sells 28000 seats for Kolkata routes - Themalaysianinside KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 - AirAsia has sold 28000 seats to date for the Kuala Lumpur and Kolkata sector. Open for sale on Oct 15, the airline said the new route would unlock the potential of international air travel from Kuala Lumpur to eastern India and ...
Hadron Collider back online V3.co.uk - Phil Muncaster - V3 The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is back online after successfully completing its first test since the £6bn project was suspended for vital repairs around 14 months ago.
ARM Predicts Market Explosion In 2010 For Smartphones - Redorbit ARM's designs are in 90 percent of mobile phones , including Apple's iPhone and Nokia's new top-of-the-range N900. Financial director Tim Score said, ...
Space station alarm delays Atlantis crew spacewalk - Google WASHINGTON - Space shuttle Atlantis astronauts aboard the International Space Station delayed their second spacewalk Saturday after being jolted awake by a false alarm, NASA said.
Worst Of Flu Pandemic Behind Us, Experts Say - Nationalpost At times in recent weeks, the number of suspected flu patients showing up at the BC Children's Hospital's emergency department soared to 50 or 60 a day above usual, prompting it to set up a separate influenza clinic.
