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How About That?
From the unusual to the funny and the downright bizarre, we bring you a sample of weird news from around the world, along with cartoons, blogs and games... because news doesn't have to be serious.
Money 'can buy you happiness'
Countless years of folk wisdom have been undermined as a new report claims that money can, in fact, buy you happiness.
05 Apr 2008
Latin rap, the alter ego of street music
Rap songs performed in Latin are being held up as an antidote to the dumbing down of English and French at a festival in Europe.
05 Apr 2008
Enjoy your stay... at North Korean embassy
North Korea, one of the poorest countries in the world, is reportedly raising much needed funds by transforming parts of its Berlin embassy complex into a backpacker hostel.
05 Apr 2008
Curious case of the sex changes
A row has broken out over the translation of a best-selling novel by the British author Mark Haddon after a "feminist" attempted to make some of the characters female.
05 Apr 2008
Nicolas Sarkozy's heels inspire British men
The male heel has climbed to the top of the footwear charts because of the "Sarkozy effect".
05 Apr 2008
Melton Mowbray pork pies join the Euro elite after 10-year fight
A list of fine European foods that includes Champagne, Parma ham and Whitstable oysters has a new member - the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie.
05 Apr 2008
Traffic cone chaos a year after work is finished
Traffic cones were left on a dual carriageway for a year after repairs were finished, it was disclosed yesterday.
05 Apr 2008
Does the Red Planet look like a Mars bar?
Viewing these amazing new images of the Red Planet, you could be mistaken for thinking you were looking at the gooey insides of a Mars chocolate bar.
04 Apr 2008
Kevin Rudd's salute to George Bush sparks row
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who is due to fly to London shortly, has been condemned by Australian politicians for saluting President George W Bush at a social gathering of NATO leaders in Bucharest, Romania.
04 Apr 2008
Schoolboy scoops spoon world record
A British schoolboy set a world record yesterday by balancing 16 spoons on his face.
04 Apr 2008
Emmerdale 'sacks child actor, 2, for crying'
The mother of a two-year-old actor in the soap Emmerdale claimed her son was sacked because he cried on set.
04 Apr 2008
'Human Spider' Alain Robert comes to London
Clinging to the outside of the eighty-eighth floor, heart pounding, palms sweating, and nothing between you and the flashing blue lights of the police cars hundreds of feet below except a lot of thin air - this is not a sport for acrophobics.
03 Apr 2008
'Pregnant' man reveals ultrasound to Oprah
A pregnant man who used to be a woman has shown Oprah Winfrey the images from his ultrasound scan, proving that his pregnancy is not a hoax.
03 Apr 2008
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