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Preciousssss evidence: Experts asked by judge to say if Gollum is a villain
Experts have been asked to analyse the Lord Of The Rings character Gollum to decide whether a doctor should be jailed for comparing him to the Turkish...
Heroes in a half shell! Japan train workers save turtles from grisly death
Railway workers in Japan have devised an ingenious scheme to prevent daredevil turtles from meeting a grisly end – and delaying trains – while...
Hunters close in on escaped tiger on the loose near Mexican holiday resort
Hunters are closing in a Bengal tiger which has been on the run near a Mexican holiday resort for a month.
‘You’re dead. Die! Die!’: Spider killer’s screams send police scurrying
An arachnophobe’s noisy attempts to kill a spider caused a police alert after his neighbours suspected he was attacking his wife.
Fan ejected from football game sends police 240 coconut doughnuts
A football fan sent 20 dozen coconut doughnuts to police officers as payback for being kicked out of a game.
Ruff justice: Doggie DNA tests to nail those who poop but don’t scoop
Dog and cat owners are steaming after being asked to submit their pets to DNA testing in a clampdown on fouling.
Things turn really ugly: Protests and cheating claims at Mr Ugly contest
Riots broke out amid claims of cheating after pageant judges crowned the latest winner of Zimbabwe’s fourth annual Mister Ugly contest.
Recruitment drive for disabled held in building without lifts or ramps
An attempt by Indian Railways to recruit disabled staff backfired badly this week when candidates had to make their way up a building with no lifts or...
Monster jewel in the crown: Largest diamond for 110 years is discovered
One of the largest diamonds seen in more than a century has been unearthed in Botswana.
Tourist dies after 50mph shopping trolley crashes into car in Sydney
A Swedish man has been killed and another seriously injured after the pair crashed into a car while riding 50mph down a hill in a shopping trolley.
Halloween scare: Woman who wanted to pet tiger is bitten at zoo
A woman has been cited for criminal trespass after she suffered a serious hand injury while attempting to pet a tiger inside an Omaha zoo. Jacqueline...
Lost owl gets helicopter ride after crash landing on North Sea oil rig
A disorientated owl has hitched a lift on a helicopter after flying more than 100 miles to an oil rig in the North Sea.
Ouch that’s gotta hurt! Dog named Trigger shoots owner in the foot
A dog called Trigger shot his 25-year-old owner in the foot while they were out hunting.
Turkey PM turns matchmaker with romance-for-votes offer
Lonely hearts in Turkey do not despair: Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s latest ploy to woo voters before the November 1 election is to help singletons...
Pig-snouted turtle from dinosaur era discovered in Utah
A strange pig-snouted turtle that lived alongside tyrannosaurs and duck-billed dinosaurs has been discovered in Utah.
Signs of alien life? Mysterious star stirs controversy
Mysterious light on a distant star could be a sign of alien civilisation, some astronomers have claimed, stirring controversy among their peers.
You call that a baguette? THIS is a baguette…
A judge from Guinness World Records has certified a 122-meter-long (400-foot-long) baguette baked at the Milan Expo 2015 World’s Fair as the longest...
Man stabbed to death following car crash in Melbourne, Australia
A man has been stabbed to death following a car crash in Melbourne, Australia. Homicide detectives were sent to the Widford St and Daley St intersection.
Real-life Ant-Man: Hunter survives on ants for six days in remote Australia
A man missing for six days in a remote Australian desert in searing heat without water was found Tuesday after surviving by eating black ants, police said.
Muslim leaders want Dutch politician stopped from visiting Australia
Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is under pressure from Muslim leaders to cancel the visa for Dutch anti-Islamic MP Geert Wilders.
Japanese climber with no fingers abandons bid to scale Everest
A Japanese climber who lost all his fingertips to frostbite and was trying to become the first person to conquer Mount Everest since its worst disaster...
Glass walkway 1,000 metres above ground cracks under feet of tourists
Tourists screamed in terror as a glass walkway suspended 1,079 metres (3,540 feet) in the air cracked beneath their feet.
Shorn the sheep: Aussie Chris fleeces Kiwis of world record
An Australian sheep that underwent a life-saving shave after being found with a massive fleece has entered the Guinness World Records for having the most...
Thousands line up for rare corpse flower bloom that stinks like ‘rotting flesh’
Thousands of curiosity seekers lined up in the blustery, dark Chicago Botanic Garden on Tuesday night to catch a rare glimpse of a 4-½-foot (1.4-meter)...
Zeek and destroy: Hungry monkey found eating letters on mailbox
It could be a scene straight out of the movie Jumanji. A householder stepped out to get her mail only to find a monkey sitting on top of the mailbox, eating...
Baby born without skull and given days to live is still fighting strong
A young baby born without his skull in Florida recently celebrated his first birthday despite doctors saying he would die within days of birth.
Driver sets fire to petrol station by using lighter to kill spider while filling up
A driver has apologised after he set a petrol station on fire when trying to kill a spider with his lighter as he filled up.
Never mind the tsar: Russia exhumes Nicholas II remains for new probe
Russian investigators on Wednesday exhumed the remains of the country’s last emperor Nicholas II and empress Alexandra as part of a new probe into...
Group sues to give monkey the copyright of selfie photos
US animal rights activists filed an unusual lawsuit on Tuesday on behalf of a macaque monkey who snapped selfie photographs, arguing it owned the photos...
‘I don’t know what the point of Tony Abbott was but it was fun’: John Oliver farewells Aussie PM
Spare a thought for the unheralded victims of last week’s change of Prime Minister – the comedians.

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