'Shoe-thrower' lace-up becomes top seller
2009-09-17 11:20:40
A type of shoe named after the man who tried to hit former US President George W. Bush with his own footwear has reportedly become a top seller in north-eastern Bangladesh.
Thailand man lives with 4600 scorpions
2009-09-09 11:40:33
Suang Puangsri, 38, holds a scorpion in his mouth at his home in Uttaradit province, 600 km (373 miles) north of Bangkok September 4, 2009.
Kids send Marcus the lamb to slaughter
2009-09-15 09:04:43
A group of schoolchildren who reared a lamb from birth and named it Marcus has overridden objections by parents and rights activists and voted to send the animal to slaughter.
107-year-old to marry for 23rd time
2009-09-15 14:49:10
A 107-year-old woman from Malaysia is reportedly planning to marry for the 23rd time because she fears that her current husband may leave her for a younger woman.
Annoyed passenger 'drives bus home'
2009-09-15 14:44:31
A passenger in China drove her bus home after becoming annoyed by the driver's late start to his shift, it has been claimed.
3-year-old gets stuck in washing machine
2009-09-15 10:38:36
A 3-year-old boy was stuck inside a washing machine at his home in Tianjin municipality for almost half an hour till firefighters arrived on the scene.
Scared of rats, women phone firefighters for help
2009-09-15 10:37:26
Two 23-year-old women in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, phoned up the city fire brigade on Sunday asking them to take away a rat caught in a mousetrap they had set up the previous night.
World's oldest person dies in California at 115
2009-09-14 09:57:53
The world's oldest person, a woman who was born in 1894 and gained a measure of fame when she voted for Barack Obama for U.S. president, died on Friday at the age of 115.
Body Worlds plans cadaver show dedicated to sex
2009-09-14 09:22:39
German anatomists plan a new show dedicated solely to dead bodies having sex as part of the Body Worlds exhibitions.
More than 40,000 Japanese aged 100 or over: survey
2009-09-11 16:00:28
More than 40,000 Japanese people are aged 100 or over, up 10 percent over last year, a government survey showed on Friday, in the latest reminder of the economic problems facing the world's most rapidly aging country.
Child bride dies giving birth
2009-09-14 11:54:19
A 12-year-old Yemeni girl, who was forced into marriage, has died during a difficult delivery in which her baby also died, a children's rights organization said yesterday.
Costumed parade of hogs in Bulacan of Manila
2009-09-12 16:04:40
A pig dressed as the cartoon character "Popeye" takes part in a costumed parade of hogs at the Malolos town in Bulacan province north of Manila September 12 2009.