ROD NICKEL, Reuters February 10, 2012 1:06am
WINNIPEG, Manitoba - The usually frigid Canadian city of Winnipeg - often nicknamed Winterpeg - has been so mild and dry this winter that a popular snow-sculpting competition has been forced to truck in 200 loads of fake flakes for this year's annual event.
February 8, 2012 8:21am
For several days, a spider made itself right at home inside a Taiwanese woman's ear, even spinning its web there. The unusual housing arrangement surprised the woman, a resident of the Taichung area, according to a report on Taiwan's Central News Agency late Monday.
February 7, 2012 4:02pm
TOKYO - Over a thousand people gathered on the outskirts of Tokyo, shovels and ladders in hand. Their goal: to dig their way to victory in the Japan All-National Hole Digging Competition, and claim the coveted Golden Shovel.
February 5, 2012 9:52pm
A gamer died while playing video games at an Internet cafe in Taiwan last week, but his death went unnoticed for several hours, a UK-based news site reported.
Reuters February 4, 2012 4:01pm
SYDNEY - Thousands of Australians were cut off by floodwaters on Saturday as heavy rain broke river banks across the vast eastern outback and some families battled with deadly snakes for rooftops, rescuers said.
MARTYN HERMAN, Reuters January 27, 2012 2:55pm
LONDON - As shopping lists go, the one compiled by the London 2012 Olympics organizing committee (LOCOG) for the furnishing and stocking of its newly-acquired Olympic Village is a lengthy one. In the coming months 16,000 beds will be delivered along with 9,000 wardrobes, 170,000 coat hangers 11,000 sofas and 5,000 toilet brushes.
Agence France Presse January 21, 2012 6:26am
OTTAWA - Canada's military -- facing belt-tightening, a spy scandal and having recently completed a nine-year combat mission in Afghanistan -- on Friday ordered 20,000 stress balls. Little other information about the stress ball order was provided, except that the rubber balls must be "orange."
Agence France Presse January 18, 2012 1:26am
GENEVA - An anonymous animal lover mailed 50,000 Swiss francs (40,000 euros) in cash to an animal protection agency to help finance a new visitors' centre, the group said Tuesday.
January 15, 2012 11:32am
Dozens of fish falling from the sky amid heavy rain Friday morning puzzled residents of Loreto town in Agusan del Sur as they witness the incident.
Agence France Presse January 8, 2012 9:29pm
SYDNEY - An Australian family spoke of their fright Sunday after waking to find a 1.7 metre (five-foot seven-inch) crocodile lurking in their living room. "It was the most freakiest thing -- you don't usually see a crocodile in your lounge room... It was really a very surreal moment," said the family's mother.
