Web site's cash handout stunt horrifies French minister
2009-11-16 09:35:32
French Budget Minister Eric Woerth said on Sunday he was horrified by a publicity stunt that attracted huge crowds hoping for a cash handout and led to serious violence when it was canceled for safety reasons.
Italy arrests Mafia boss, on run for 15 years
2009-11-16 09:35:01
Italian police arrested a top Sicilian mafia boss on Sunday who had been a fugitive for more than 15 years.
Anxious Icelanders say honesty their chief value
2009-11-16 09:34:17
Icelanders, still stunned by the collapse of their banks a year ago, chose "honesty" as their chief national value on Saturday at an experimental assembly of politicians and ordinary people to map the island's future.
Career, kids? Girls may not be able to "have it all"
2009-11-16 09:19:41
British schools need to teach teenage girls about the realities behind pursuing a glittering career and having children, a top school head says, arguing that in the end they may not be able to "have it all."
Putin wins respect at hip-hop party
2009-11-16 09:19:06
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rubbed shoulders with rappers and was hailed with "respect" in a television show Friday that could help boost his flagging ratings.
Obama in a grass skirt? Hawaii to host APEC 2011
2009-11-16 09:18:54
U.S. President Barack Obama invited fellow leaders in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation to a summit in Hawaii in 2011, but may have alarmed them with the dress code.
Language no barrier for Japanese translation specs
2009-11-13 15:47:26
It's the latest in eyewear for the linguistically challenged: Japanese computer-maker NEC has created a pair of glasses that double as a translator.
San Diego Great Dane named world's tallest dog
2009-11-13 10:06:40
Guinness World Records officially named Titan, an ailing 4-year-old white Great Dane from San Diego, as the world's tallest dog.
Man swallows 700g of metal
2009-11-13 09:09:07
A man in northern Peru has had nearly 700g of metal removed from his stomach.
150-year old pennies removed from London's Big Ben
2009-11-13 09:08:58
A pile of old coins which have helped keep the clock mechanism of London's Big Ben accurate for the last 150-years were replaced on Thursday by a new five pound ($8.29) coin to mark the 2012 Olympics.
Weird and wacky world records tumble around globe
2009-11-13 09:08:48
Manjit Singh, known as the "Ironman," on Thursday pulled a double-decker bus weighing more than eight metric tons over a distance of 21.2 meters with his hair.
Lawmaker who expensed fine wine, car, jailed
2009-11-13 09:07:41
A former far-right British member of the European Parliament who cheated on his expense money to buy fine wine and a car was jailed on Wednesday for two years.