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A touring circus in the Belarusian city of Vitebsk was so bad that police were called in. Spectators suspected the Russian performers of being drunk as artistes repeatedly fell off bicycles and jugglers dropped their props. Exotic beasts, including two apparently plucked from the realms of fantasy, did not show up, reports the

AN American man could spend five years in jail for snooping on his wife’s emails. IT technician Leon Walker, 33, ­suspected wife Clara, now his ex, was having an affair after finding she had made phone calls to her allegedly ­violent former husband. He said concern for the ­welfare of their one-year-old daughter made

What’s cuter than a baby panda? A baby panda being attended to by men in panda costumes, of course. Staff at Wolong Giant Panda Research Centre in China dressed up in the panda outfits in order to check on the cub’s progress. Although the centre uses hidden cameras to monitor the four-month-old baby panda, they ... Read more

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange handed himself in to British police on Tuesday after Sweden issued a warrant for his arrest over allegations of sex crimes. Assange, whose WikiLeaks website is at the centre of a row over the release of secret US diplomatic cables, was arrested under a European Arrest Warrant. Swedish prosecutors want to ... Read more

American-made sex robots are heading to the UK. US citizen Scott Maclean has been working on his erotic male and female bots – which come with automatic moving limbs and programmable personalities – since 2004 and has revealed he has had a number of enquiries from British men. He told The Sun newspaper: “We’ve had ... Read more

The Guardian Karima Keyek, known as ‘Stealer of Hearts’, claims prime minister offered her cash and jewellery at Valentine’s dinner. Karima Keyek says Berlusconi behaved towards her like a father: ‘It is the first time in my life that a man has not tried to take me to bed’ . The latest sex scandal threatening ... Read more

Paul the psychic octopus, the unlikely hero of the 2010 World Cup, has been found dead in his German aquarium, reports BBC News. Officials cite natural causes rather than angry German soccer fans, and say that the beloved psychic cephalopod will be cremated, not turned into calamari. The aquarium plans a monument. “Paul delighted people ... Read more

They “could be the youngest couple in the world to get engaged of their own free will,” reports Gulf News. It would be tough to beat: The Syrian boy is five and the girl is three. Their parents swear it’s legit and even bought rings that have been exchanged. As the story goes, the boy, identified ... Read more

A Taiwanese woman has decided to marry herself in an elaborate ceremony due to a lack of potential suitors.  Chen Wei-yih has posed for a set of photos in a flowing white dress, enlisted a wedding planner and rented a banquet hall for a marriage celebration with 30 friends. Uninspired by the men she’s met ... Read more

On the 10th day of the 10th month of 2010, a Michigan woman gave birth to her third child. Barbara and Chad Soper never planned to have their children born on these particular dates. Though it does make it easier for everyone to remember their birthdays. The Soper’s first child, daughter Chloe Corrin, was born ... Read more

In Kenya, hundreds of young girls are being sexually abused by their own teachers during the past two years, a senior government official told BBC News. The official said the number of cases of sexual abuse was much more widespread than previously thought, adding that most of the cases are prevalent in the rural areas. ... Read more

Any firefighter can rescue a cat from a tree – but a black bear is a much bigger challenge! Crews had to shoot several tranquilliser darts at a 130 kg beast that  scrambled up a 60ft tree in a residential area of Bend, Oregon – and then fell asleep. The dozy animal had to be ... Read more

An island in the Maldives will be staffed exclusively by blondes if a scheme by Lithuanian firm Olialia gets the green light. An island in the Maldives will be staffed exclusively by blondes if a scheme by Lithuanian firm Olialia gets the green light. Olialia (pronounced Ooh La La) is hoping that by opening a ... Read more

Actress Gloria Stuart, who played an elderly Rose in the 1997 film Titanic, died at home in her sleep at the age of 100. Stuart studied drama and philosophy in college, began acting during the 1930s, and was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild. She retired in 1946 to work as a painter ... Read more

For two hours, a grieving mum cradled the apparently lifeless body of her newborn son – and all her caresses and whispered words were rewarded when the baby suddenly began to move. Born prematurely at 27 weeks and weighing just one kilo, doctors said Jamie Ogg had no chance of survival. Unlike his twin sister ... Read more