Hua Huiqi, a prominent Chinese Christian activist and 'underground pastor,' escaped from Chinese police after being detained on his way to the Kuanjie Protestant Church in Beijing. Huiqi is now in hiding. "Human Rights in China says underground pastor and religious dissident...
"Residents were warned to keep their doors and windows closed yesterday after a 6ft boa constrictor escaped from the home of a former contestant on the television show X Factor. The snake, which kills its prey by...
"First came the flash, an incredible white light that began lifting slowly into the sky, surrounded by blackness and an eerie silence. Then the boom came across the water, the boom of rocket power that rattled his...
I’ve got to give this drunk props for his creativity. A man decided to break into a small airport in San Jose, CA and tried filling his car up with jet fuel. His logic in thinking was since it’s used...
"Crop circles are more associated with aliens than love, but for romantic Robert Szabo they proved the perfect inspiration. The 27-year-old ploughed his proposal into a field before flying his shocked childhood...
After failing to bring the promised devolved powers for regional governments Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has resigned just ahead of a state reform deal in the parliament on Tuesday. "Belgian Prime...
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Yet another stabbing in London. The victim is now in a South London hospital and is in critical condition."A man in his early 20s is fighting for his life after being repeatedly stabbed in south London. Police were called to reports of a knife attack in Thornton...
I think we can begin the farewells to CDs as music downloading is continuing to grow. In just two weeks, Coldplay broke the record of most downloaded album beating John Mayer's old record. This accounts to "SOLD"...
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"Fancy a gentle paddle down the Thames? Or a splash about in the Norfolk Broads? Or maybe something a bit more bracing?Like a 120ft vertical drop, straight down the front of a churning, thundering, pounding waterfall...
" "King Puck" is one of the last regents of Ireland, though his reign is a short one -- from August 10 to 12 every year. Nevertheless, the small Irish town of Killorglin (about 100 km. from Cork) has been crowing...
Running a car on English wine? Well most English wine I've tasted has been little better than petrol although it's said that with climate change English vinyards could soon be competing with the French."Prince...
John McCain, who has had trouble convincing the religious right of his Christian credentials, went to Billy Graham's Blue Ridge mountaintop retreat in western North Carolina to meet with the powerful preacher Billy...
A Brooklyn restaurant cook stole frozen lobster tails and stuffed them down his pants. I know the northeast has been hit with a heat wave…but frozen lobsters…really? "Maybe he was trying to beat the heat. A...
A Chinese man has decided to commemorate the upcoming Olympic Games by sticking 2008 needles into his head. I suppose that shows real dedication to a love of the Olympics - although I would much rather wave a flag or...
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