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| Jan 31 2012 2:56am | Abandoned Fukushima Pets Face Harsh Winter |
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| Dogs and cats abandoned in the Fukushima exclusion zone after last year's nuclear crisis have survived high radiation and lack of food only to face freezing winter conditions.... more | |
| Jan 29 2012 2:40am | Smash And Grab: Ship Ploughs Through Bridge |
| A cargo ship has smashed through a US bridge after being too tall to go under it, leaving a 300ft gap in the structure.... more | |
| Jan 28 2012 3:24am | Cat Chaos Grounds Canadian Flight For Hours |
| A flight was held up for four hours when a cat escaped from its carrycase and ran amok in the cockpit.... more | |
| Jan 28 2012 12:40am | Cocaine Worth £1m Sent To UN 'By Mistake' |
| A 16kg shipment of cocaine lost by Mexican drug traffickers has turned up at the United Nations headquarters in New York.... more | |
| Jan 27 2012 9:38pm | US Man 'Forgotten' After Drink Driving Arrest |
| A US jury has awarded a man $22m (£12m) after he was kept in solitary confinement without trial for nearly two years over an alleged drink driving offence.... more | |
| Jan 27 2012 11:51am | Monkey 'Extinct For Years' Found In Jungle |
| A monkey thought to have been extinct for years has been "rediscovered" in the dense jungles of Indonesia.... more | |
| Jan 27 2012 6:07am | Demand Rises For Female Bodyguards In China |
| A security school in China is training women to become bodyguards after a surge in demand for female security personnel.... more | |
| Jan 26 2012 10:40pm | Danger, Kids Crossing: Ropey Route To School |
| Children in Indonesia have been filmed risking their lives by crossing a collapsed suspension bridge to get to school.... more | |
| Jan 26 2012 11:10am | Bungling Armed Robber Shoots Himself In Foot |
| A bank robber in Brazil spent very little time on the run from police - because he shot himself in the foot during the break-in.... more | |
| Jan 25 2012 7:07am | Damage To Dummies Prompts Ride Rethink |
| Thorpe Park ordered experts to redesign its £20m new rollercoaster - after dummies lost limbs during tests.... more | |
| Jan 25 2012 5:05am | Gold Silk Cape Spun By Spiders On Display |
| A cape created from golden silk spun by more than a million spiders is being put on display in the UK.... more | |
| Jan 24 2012 3:04am | Ascot Labels Shame Punters Deemed Too Scruffy |
| Ascot Racecourse has apologised for its 'lack of judgment' after sticking orange labels on visitors who had not adhered to a strict new dress code.... more | |
| Jan 22 2012 3:36am | Child Eaten By Crocodile In Front Of Father |
| A 10-year-old girl has been eaten by a crocodile as her father watched on helplessly.... more | |
| Jan 21 2012 11:12pm | Miracle Melinda: World's Third Smallest Baby |
| The world's third smallest surviving baby has been discharged from hospital.... more | |
| Jan 21 2012 4:24pm | Man Was Oblivious Of 3-Inch Nail In His Head |
| Doctors in the US have removed a three-inch nail from a man's brain after he accidentally fired it into his head.... more | |
| Jan 21 2012 11:20am | Magic Year For Potter Star - But Putin Beware |
| Big money losses for Vladimir Putin, a magic year for Rupert Grint and a baby for actress Sandra Bullock - just some of the predictions a Taiwanese fortune teller has announced to mark the start of the Chinese New Year.... more | |
| Jan 20 2012 10:31pm | Monkey 'Extinct For Years' Found In Jungle |
| A monkey thought to have been extinct for years has been "rediscovered" in the dense jungles of Indonesia.... more | |
| Jan 20 2012 12:44pm | Man Arrested Over Saddam Statue Buttock |
| A 66-year-old man has been arrested over claims a buttock from a Saddam Hussein statue was illegally brought back to the UK after the Iraq War.... more | |
| Jan 19 2012 12:00pm | The Artist Pooch Up For Top Dog Movie Honour |
| One of the stars of the hit silent movie The Artist is up for a glittering new prize - the Golden Collar Award.... more | |
| Jan 19 2012 3:13am | Threat Hanging Over Indonesia 'Train-Surfers' |
| Authorities in Indonesia are so fed up with people illegally riding on railway carriage roofs they have resorted to desperate measures - hanging concrete balls above the tracks.... more |


