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  • The Danish craze that has growing numbers of animal lovers hopping on the bandwagon

    Forget about showjumping at the 2012 Olympics, the latest sport sweeping Europe is the gentle art of rabbit hopping. It's a lot like the equestrian version - where riders encourage their horses to clear a variety of gates, fences and barrie...

  • John Lennon's toilet sells for £9,500

    A lavatory once used by John Lennon has sold at auction for £9,500, nearly 10 times its guide price. The porcelain lavatory was used by the Beatle for three years when he lived at Tittenhurst Park in Berkshire between 1969 and 1972, the Te...

  • How to make a crocodile smile: Swim in a pool full of deadly salties with just a perspex cage for protection

    Tourists to this unusual theme park are sure to get some holiday snaps with a difference. Inspired by the popularity of cage shark-diving, a tourist attraction has opened that allows adrenalin junkies the chance to swim with killer crocodil...

  • Russian subs stalk Trident in echo of Cold War

    Russian submarines are hunting down British Vanguard boats in a return to Cold War tactics not seen for 25 years, Navy chiefs have warned.  A specially upgraded Russian Akula class submarine has been caught trying to record the acoustic si...

  • Muslims and Jews among biggest supporters of Barack Obama

    Muslims and Jews in the United States remain among the most ardent supporters of Barack Obama, whose overall job approval ratings have been falling sharply, according to a new poll. The Gallup survey, which tracked opinions over a period fr...

  • Belgian Cardinal Danneels condoned sex-abuse silence

    The former head of the Catholic Church in Belgium tried to stop a victim of sex abuse from going public with their story, Church officials have confirmed. During a meeting in April, Cardinal Godfried Danneels advised the victim to delay a p...

  • Romanian lorry driver faces murder inquiry after driving over Italian lying on the road

    A Romanian lorry driver has been arrested in Italy after driving over and killing an Italian holidaymaker who was lying in the road to stop him from leaving during an argument over a broken wing mirror, the Guardian writes.

  • Leonardo DiCaprio stalked by Romanian Carmen Bistriceanu, who claims she’s pregnant with him

    Leonardo DiCaprio  can breath a deep sigh of relief. A Los Angeles court granted a restraining order earlier today against Livia Bistriceanu, a woman that Dicaprio claims has been stalking him. According to documents filed by DiCaprio at t...

  • Two women who were sun bathing were swallowed by the waters of a dam

     Two young women from Argeş county were swallowed by the waters of Noapteş dam. It seems that they were sun bathing on the shore of the lake, although this is forbidden in the area. The military firemen were called Friday in the afternoo...

  • Nightmare evening for two youths: They were left in a supermarket elevator, without air

    A nightmare evening for two Buzau youths who were locked in a tight elevator cabin for almost an hour, with no ventilation and no water after Winmarkt store staff closed down security systems and wend home. Because it was closing time, s...

  • First pictures of David Cameron's daughter Florence

    The first pictures have been released of David and Samatha Cameron’s baby daughter Florence Rose Endellion, born on Tuesday during a family holiday in Cornwall. The Prime Minister’s daughter, who had been due next month, was delivered b...

  • Calf saved from the farmer's shotgun grows into towering 6ft 5in, one-tonne beast

    Trigger the Friesian was only a day old when his farmer aimed his shotgun at him - and because he did not want any more males he intended to kill the baby calf.  But neighbour Shaun Layton stepped in, saved his life and now Trigger is 6ft ...

  • Dying Spanish village offers cheap homes to tempt young families

    The school closed a decade ago and the beautiful, if dangerously crumbling, church shut its doors in January, but this tiny village in one of the most unpopulated and forgotten corners of Spain is making a brave attempt to stave off a slow ...

  • Venezuela politician offers breast implant in $6 raffle

    A Venezuela politician has launched a raffle to help fund his election campaign - and the lucky winner will receive a breast-enlargement operation. Gustavo Rojas hopes the unusual raffle, with tickets at $6 (£3.90), will help him get elect...

  • Plants send SOS signal to insects

    Plants can summon insects to their aid to avoid being munched to death by caterpillars, scientists have found.  Leafy tobacco plants have evolved a "chemical SOS" that attracts predatory insects that eat the attackers, BBC News informs.

  • Australians celebrate bumper ski season

    Australian skiers are set for their best weekend of sport in many years after huge snowfalls across mountain resorts in Victoria. Some 51cm of snow fell on Mount Hotham in the past week - a similar amount was dumped on Falls Creek, Sky News...

  • Shocking: PDL Caransebes leader's son might get away with severely injuring four. It's the audience that's guilty!

    A shocking verdict was passed by magistrates in the case of the Speed Motorcycling National Championship in early August, in which the son of a local PDL leader severely injured four people. After three weeks of investigations, prosecutors ...

  • Monastery K1: Basarabi superior filmed while beating up an old man

    Incredible scenes caught on film by Cancan reporters. The superior at Basarabi monastery, in Constanta, beat up a man who was going through the monastery's yard to take a shorter road to his home. The footage shows a different face of this ...

  • Revenge of the cat: Is this YouTube video the last word on 'Cat Woman'?

    Public condemmnation of Mary Bale - the 'Cat Woman' - has been near-universal. But, as is so often the case when it comes to us naturally self-mocking Brits, it has been condemnation with a tongue lodged firmly in its cheek, the Daily Mail ...

  • Humiliating

    The state hasn’t got enough incomes to the budget to support the economy. The Boc government has led Romania to a point wherefrom it could contemplate bankruptcy. The loan coming from the IMF, European Commission and the World Bank worth ...

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