Weird / Interesting
27 July 2010 [14:25]
Two cricket fans got more than they bargained for while watching a match over the weekend and ended up being hit by a meteor strike.
27 July 2010 [12:16]
27 July 2010 [11:25]
In a country where racism is entrenched and often violent, an ‘Afro-Russian’ becomes the first black to be elected to office. Jean Gregoire Sagbo, of Benin descent, says he feels no racism in his town, where he is viewed as a Russian who cares about his hometown.
26 July 2010 [17:45]
26 July 2010 [17:09]
26 July 2010 [16:10]
Japanese women held the world's longest life expectancy for the 25th year in row in 2009, with their average life-span hitting a record high of 86.44 years, the government said Monday.
26 July 2010 [13:40]
A bronze surfer statue near San Diego has been the target of many gags, but never one this big and scary.
26 July 2010 [13:15]
Education helps the brain stave off the effects of dementia, a new study claims.
24 July 2010 [13:08]
A man has claimed to be a victim of alien attacks after his home was repeatedly hit by meteorites over a three-year period.
24 July 2010 [12:45]
Quantum physicists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe it is possible to create a time machine which could affect the past without creating a "grandfather paradox".
24 July 2010 [11:45]
The Force was with a man when he robbed a bank wearing a Darth Vader mask and a cape.
24 July 2010 [11:27]
Two fugitive nuns in their 80s have gone on the run in France to escape being sent to a retirement home by their Mother Superior.
24 July 2010 [10:55]
Maria Rizzo, 34, stopped to admire the spectacular view from the street above the house in Alassio in northern Italy.
23 July 2010 [17:35]
23 July 2010 [16:55]
Women who are overweight or obese when pregnant are one third more likely to give birth early, researchers have warned.
23 July 2010 [16:09]
Robot surgeons that can operate without human assistance may one day be able carry out routine procedures on real patients.
23 July 2010 [15:36]
Parents of new babies miss out on six months worth of sleep in the first two years of their child's life, according to a study.
23 July 2010 [14:35]
An ancient ceremonial ground used by a Pre-Columbian civilisation for human sacrifices has been uncovered on Peru's northern coast, archaeologists said on Thursday.
23 July 2010 [14:16]
Brain scans may be able to help people choose their careers, scientists claim.
23 July 2010 [13:58]
23 July 2010 [13:43]
23 July 2010 [13:15]
Researchers have found that people who feel insecure or anxious about their lovers are nearly 50% more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than those happy with their partner.
23 July 2010 [12:55]
23 July 2010 [12:25]
23 July 2010 [11:55]
23 July 2010 [11:15]
Plainclothes police severely beat the wife of a provincial official, mistaking her for one of many Chinese who petition government offices in the hope of redressing wrongs, the China Daily reported.
23 July 2010 [10:25]
Archaeologists have found Stonehenge's lost "twin" - described as the most important discovery at the world famous site for 50 years.
22 July 2010 [16:30]
22 July 2010 [15:17]
22 July 2010 [13:55]
22 July 2010 [13:22]
22 July 2010 [10:25]
Social networking site Facebook officially has 500 million users, the company announced Wednesday, dpa reported.
21 July 2010 [15:15]
21 July 2010 [11:25]
20 July 2010 [14:35]
This is the black couple who have amazed medical experts after their baby daughter was born with white skin, blue eyes and blonde hair.
20 July 2010 [11:25]
19 July 2010 [15:48]
19 July 2010 [15:23]
The German government set up a hotline Monday aimed at helping Muslims who feel pressured into espousing extremist ideas, the federal constitutional protection office said, DPA reported.
16 July 2010 [17:35]
Archaeologists working at the World Trade Centre site in New York have found the remains of a wooden ship apparently buried there more than 200 years ago.
16 July 2010 [17:07]
The operation to separate the Siamese twins from the Iraqi city of Najaf, Zainab and Roqiah, began here today at King Abdulaziz Medical City of the National Guardç according to SPA.
16 July 2010 [12:15]
15 July 2010 [17:35]
Dole Food Company, an American-based food distributor, has plans on setting up banana vending machines in Japan.
15 July 2010 [16:23]
13 July 2010 [11:25]
A New Zealand man was shot in the backside by a dog that jumped onto a loaded rifle, a news report said Tuesday, dpa reported.
10 July 2010 [13:25]
10 July 2010 [13:10]
An angler was left with a nasty surprise when he caught a giant turtle in a Midlands reservoir.
10 July 2010 [12:45]
Drivers in Italy have reportedly stolen thousands of euros after a lorry carrying ?2 million (£1.67 million) overturned on a motorway in southern Italy.
10 July 2010 [12:25]
10 July 2010 [11:55]
10 July 2010 [11:35]
10 July 2010 [11:07]
Scientists have discovered two potent human antibodies that can stop more than 90% of known global HIV strains from infecting human cells in the laboratory, and have demonstrated how one of these disease-fighting proteins accomplishes this feat.
10 July 2010 [10:45]
10 July 2010 [09:55]
It has been a basic principle of evolution for more than a century that plants and animals can adapt genetically in ways that help them better survive and reproduce.
09 July 2010 [13:45]
Britain's oldest ironmongers is beaten by the recession (and B&Q) and closes after 480 years.
09 July 2010 [13:25]
It's been several months since the legislators in Taiwan's parliament got into a huge brawl with each other, but they've returned to their old ways - with two hospitalised following a punch-up over a trade pact.
09 July 2010 [12:20]
09 July 2010 [11:42]
09 July 2010 [10:55]
08 July 2010 [16:10]
Pentagon researchers are attempting to develop a military vehicle which can travel underwater like a submarine before bursting out of the waves and flying like an aeroplane.
08 July 2010 [15:25]
A wave of massive star formation appears poised to begin within a mysterious, dark cloud in the Milky Way.
08 July 2010 [14:56]
08 July 2010 [13:55]
Infrared "night vision" cameras developed by German researchers could make night driving safer.
08 July 2010 [13:27]
Fish communicate with each other in a secret language of grunts, growls, chirps and pops, researchers in New Zealand have discovered.
08 July 2010 [11:55]
An American woman has been named the luckiest lottery winner in the world after scooping her fourth multi million pound jackpot.
08 July 2010 [09:55]
08 July 2010 [09:35]
Arctic Circle rainbow really does have a 'pot of gold' at the end of it
A 'pot of gold' has been discovered at the end of an Arctic Circle rainbow - as this amazing picture shows.
07 July 2010 [15:09]
Japanese adult film star Anri Suzuki, 24, is offering free sex to Chinese students in Japan as a form of reparation for Japan’s World War II sins.
07 July 2010 [14:35]
07 July 2010 [13:38]
07 July 2010 [12:35]
An elderly American widow has been living with the corpse of her late husband for more than a decade because she found his death "hard to take".
07 July 2010 [12:16]
A woman from Essex has eaten nothing but crisps for the last 10 years.
07 July 2010 [10:40]
28 June 2010 [13:54]
Johanna Sigurdardottir, Iceland prime minister, married her long-time partner on Sunday as a new law legalising homosexual marriages came into force.
28 June 2010 [13:34]
A cat that had both its back legs severed by a combine harvester can walk again after being fitted with prosthetic limbs in a world-first operation.
28 June 2010 [12:22]
Defense Ministry: Weapons and ammunition seized in direction of Yukhari Veysalli village of Khojavend district
So-called Armenian & French "aid convoy" return back [VIDEO]
Italy criticizes Germany for funding migrant charities
Azerbaijan Army Units detect weapons & ammunition at next civilian facility in Garabagh region [VIDEO]
Azerbaijan offers route for withdrawal of disarmed Armenian military personnel from Karabakh
Azerbaijan detects Quadrocopter of Armenian armed forces formations
Military Pundit: Azerbaijan's losses are considered minimal from military point of views