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Henan's 'Noah' builds an ark

Odd
2011-9-8

A man from central China's Henan Province who is convinced the world will end in 2012 has hired workers to build his own 'Noah's ark.' The 20,000 ...

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Doctors find 5cm centipede in woman's ear

Odd
2011-9-7

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Man nabbed at US airport with snakes in his pants

Odd
2011-8-31

NEVER mind ants in your pants, what about snakes and tortoises? That's what authorities at Miami's international airport said they found inside the trousers of a passenger as he tried to board a flight for Brazil....

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Mystery of glowing white ball in the sky

Odd
2011-8-23

A HUGE glowing UFO hovering high above Shanghai at around 9pm on Saturday was spotted by several civil aviation pilots who reported the sightings to the East China Air Traffic Control Bureau. A bureau official...

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Monkey bites off baby's testicles during diaper change

Odd
2011-7-20

A monkey bit off an eight-month-old boy's right testicle in a zoo in Guizhou Province yesterday and doctors said the damage was beyond repair, Shenzhen TV reported today. The boy's family condemned the indifference...

23cm-long tapeworm plucked from woman's brain

Odd
2011-7-6

DOCTORS in Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital in Nanjing removed a 23-centimeter-long parasitic worm from the brain of a young woman a week ago, ending her six-month ordeal of tingling seizures, the local Yangtze...

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Turtles crossing runway cause New York flight delays

Odd
2011-6-30

FLIGHTS at John F. Kennedy International Airport were delayed shortly yesterday when about 150 diamondback terrapin turtles were spotted crossing a runway, authorities said. The reptiles were trying to get to...

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Aged Jenin woman goes back to school in 70s

Odd
2011-6-4

ARIFA Malaysha, a 70-year-old school girl, does not care at all to sit on bench together with her classmates of kids who are not older than seven years old in a school in the village of Jaba's in northern West Bank. ...

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Caterpillars stop train in Inner Mongolia

Odd
2011-6-2

SWARMS of caterpillars recently invaded a section of railway in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, delaying a cargo train for three hours, railway police said yesterday. The train slowed and then...

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Breast masseurs stir up fuss

Odd
2011-5-19

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Museum shows Chinese incarnation of Angry Bird

Odd
2011-4-22

FANS of a popular game "Angry Bird" are surprised to find an ancient Chinese wine vessel at the Shanxi Provincial Museum bearing a great resemblance to their bird fighter. The owl-shaped bronze vessel called "Xiao...

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Suspected 'Obama robber' nabbed in Austria

Odd
2011-4-1

AUSTRIAN authorities say they've arrested a man suspected of robbing a series of banks while wearing a Barack Obama mask. Police say the 45-year-old German man is suspected of carrying out seven heists since 2008,...

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British tabby has a purrrfect, but loud sound

Odd
2011-4-1

A GRAY-AND-WHITE cat by the name of Smokey has cat-apulted to fame with purring so loud it has been recorded at a potentially record-setting 73 decibels. Northampton College in central England that measured the...

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Swedish bank robber busted by forgotten urine

Odd
2011-3-10

A Swedish bank robber forgot to cover his tracks and left three bottles of urine behind after hiding inside a bank vault in Copenhagen for three days. The 27-year-old man and his accomplice used the bottles to...

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Gay visitor deported for overstaying

Odd
2011-3-7

AN Italian man was deported from Shanghai yesterday after a 10-day detention for overstaying his visa, the Exit-Entry Administration of Shanghai Public Security Bureau said today. The 55-year-old man, whose name...

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Online gaming addict made airport bomb threat

Odd
2011-3-3

AN online gaming addict threatened to bomb Pudong International Airport in a prank call as a forfeit for losing a computer game got out of hand. The man, surnamed Liu, 20, has been jailed for six months for inventing...

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Couples lock lips for record in Thai kiss marathon

Odd
2011-2-14

A kiss is still a kiss -- even if it goes on for over a day. Fourteen couples from across Thailand gathered at Pattaya beach resort to try and break the world record for kissing, attempting to spend more than...

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Want to be in sumo? App shows how you might look

Odd
2011-2-4

EVER have a yen to be a sumo wrestler? Curious to see how you might look bulked up like a behemoth and with a traditional wrestler's topknot? Now, an iPhone app can show you -- and without even packing on any...

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Gambler guzzles paint after losing all

Odd
2011-1-31

A man gulped down paint after losing money in gambling yesterday in the city's Baoshan District. He is still receiving treatment in hospital. The 40-year-old man, whose name was not disclosed, was addicted to gambling,...

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NY man leaps from window, saved by uncollected trash

Odd
2011-1-4

A man who jumped out of a ninth-floor window in New York was alive yesterday after he landed in a giant heap of trash uncollected since the city's huge snowstorm a week ago. Vangelis Kapatos, 26, was hospitalized...

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'Santa Claus' robs US yacht club bar

Odd
2010-12-22

CALL it a ho-ho-holdup. Police say a man dressed as Santa Claus has robbed a Rhode Island yacht club. Authorities say a bartender was alone in the East Providence Yacht Club Sunday night when a large man wearing...