Entertainment Oddities Archives - AFP
- Don't laugh at Dear Leader, SKorean athletes warned
- Chile touts intergalactic ties with 'UFO trail'
- New Zealanders flock to 'boobs on bikes' parade
- Norwegian minister bares all to join Arctic skinny-dipping club
- Tall story -- Chinese man regains world's tallest title
- Desolation Row: which lyrics hit note of global gloom?
- North Korea, Georgia 'head' Games medal table
- Scorned as 'ugly', outback women rain fury on Australian mayor
- Monkey gets 'lost in translation' in Tokyo
- Knickers in a twist over Olympic dress code
- Helsinki rubbish bins to thank users for not littering
- Condom ringtone launched in India
- Brazilian hackers make Olympic disappointment known
- North German club wins filthy changing room contest
- Too late to claim estate after 14th century king: Norwegian court
- Fears grow for lost baby whale who thought yacht was mum
- New Zealand court allows 'boobs on bikes' parade
- Tortoise on wheels finds love at Israeli zoo
- Touts dump tickets after Liu exits
- Mystery medal from Rome Olympics auctioned in Australia
- Aussie mayor urges unattractive women to move into town
- Kiwi medal power too much for Games security official
- Teen crowned fastest text messager in Sweden
- 30 men lift bus to save baby in New York
- Call for bullet-proof bras for police: reports
- Stolen bikes returned to New Zealand athletes
- Penguin power: Norwegian regiment honours pint-sized chief
- Potato for a pint? British pub barters as credit crunch bites
- Pronounciation woes cost Spanish couple 3,870 euros
- 'Credit crunch', 'wardrobe malfunction' squeeze into dictionary
- 'Stumpy' the whale makes epic journey without a tail
- Moustache protector, anyone? Weird inventions on show
- Romance blooming in badminton
- Wife auctions evidence of husband's affair on Internet
- World's tallest woman dies
- Octopuses more arms than legs: research
- Mystery man offers 10,000-euro reward for missing Swedish dog
- Taking the pill 'can make women pick Mr. Wrong'
- Rat snacks can solve world food price crisis: Indian official
- England footballer Gerrard 'upsets the neighbours'
- Former rugby player, 71, survives mountain plunge
- Japanese 'dream grapes' fetch nearly 1,000 dollars
- Hong Kong holds Olympics for pets
- Haarlem tackles China over Olympic claim to art of printing
- Wear red to win: psychologists
- Flying piece of art causes museum chaos in Switzerland
- Bangladesh teacher sacked for haircuts
- 'Barns for Obama' aims to redecorate rural Ohio
- 'Say cheese': IOC member urges Chinese police to smile
- 97-year-old travels 2,400km by bike to see badminton
- 'Wurst' fears allayed as Swiss sausage saved
- 'The End' for popcorn in British cinemas: report
- 08.08.08: a symbolic day for festive Stockholm
- Skipping Olympics, Estonian president opts for French lessons
- Lord auctions off title on eBay
- Parents, couples seize chance with lucky Games' date
- Over 300,000 couples tie knot on Olympics start date
- Kinder surprise egg facing ban in Germany: reports
- China bets on Olympic lotteries to tap Games fever
- Beach therapy for Spain's hockey stars
- Bayern's Hoeness fuels Abramovitch's mafia links
- Chinese rush to marry on first day of Games: state media
- China's 'madman' gives life -- and body -- to Games
- Obama: Concussion drove me into White House race
- China's love-struck looking to Olympics for marriage luck
- 103 year-old volunteer proud to play his part
- Rare 111-year-old reptile to become a father
- Vote for Paris! Hilton 'enters' election race with spoof ad
- Azerbaijan's Aliyev orders removal of presidential portraits
- British researchers develop new drug - with maggots
- Extra big stretcher on standby at basketball venue
- German policewomen get special safety bras
- Bulgarian driver has 20 litres of beer 'for the road'
- Airport alone -- family forgets four-year-old at Israel airport
- Obama turns 47, but aides lose present
- NY girl survives 15-storey chimney plunge
- New Zealand town name censored over F-word
- Breaking wind joke is world's oldest: study
- False plates cannot save naked driver from Belgian police
- Hu says table tennis would be his sport at Games
- Pilot arrested for flying over Sarkozy residence
- Sports car sent to Britain from Gulf for service: report
- France launches inquiry into legality of 10-year-old bullfighter
- Goats sacrificed to prop up Indian govt: report
- Bring back escaped bulls dead or alive, orders French governor
- Aussie PM descended from underwear thief: researchers
- Bugs save pest-controller's life in Australian desert
- Fancy a tour of a genocide suspect's secret haunts?
- Saudi religious police ban pet cats and dogs
- Two Cypriots in court for 'killing' 233 trees
- Victoria's secret: queen's underwear sells at British auction
- Russian in deep water after swimming home to Estonia
- Aussies down pecking order at Olympics ceremony
- McDonalds to power Manila's police cars
- 'Priceless' oldest Veuve Clicquot found in sideboard
- British scientist hopes for 'yeti hair' breakthrough
- 'No chance' against French first lady: British PM's wife
- Curious Beijingers urged 'Don't ask' as Olympics near
- Nigeria coach orders short back and sides for Olympic team
- Indian monkey god sent to Obama
- Painter fuming over fine for smoking in own van
- Radioactive Russian woman sparks airport evacuation
- Un oeuf is not enough, says Sarkozy protest man
- Shock deal puts 50-year-old in Women's NBA after fight bans
- Name change for Talula Does The Hula from Hawaii
- Pet rabbit saves Australian couple from fire
- Merkel bracing for more presidential backrubs
- 'Penguins' trigger air-sea rescue off Scotland: coastguard
- British opposition leader eyes 'Sharia law for bike theft'
- Japanese man barks up wrong tree with lost dog advert
- Thousands converge on Barcelona for European gay games
- Skinny Santa in white suit draws looks at Santa convention
- French couple rapped for sex video at Canada WWI memorial
- Climate protester tries to glue himself to British PM
- Ex-Python loves lemurs, prefers to peerage
- Greeks islanders on Lesbos lose 'lesbian' case: source
- World's Santas meet in Denmark to argue, eat and chase records
- Manager and ref trade red cards
- Cable theft brings trains to grinding halt in Poland
- WTO meeting: been there, done that, got the T-shirt
- Saved by a squawk: parrot alerts family to blaze
- Finns take karaoke marathon title to 18 days
- Chavez seeks to end spat with Spanish king with a hug
- Ancient Australian tree takes life-saving drive
- Half million dollars found in diapers in Mexico
- Singapore cancels ASEAN song-and-dance: Surin
- Canadians bid to free 100-year-old lobster
- Make way Ronaldo, here come the robots
- Drugs seized in Spain replaced with talcum powder
- Briton puts divorce pact online to silence critics
- Japanese lucky charms turn out to be radioactive: police
- Latvian lightning strike pulverises dining table
- Japanese dog-lover tries to snatch Corgi... twice
- 85,000 SKoreans to compete for 'iron ricebowl' jobs
- Islands row deflates Japanese condom sales drive in SKorea
- Dutch muncipal workers fish family's holiday plans from the sewer
- US to get a taste of "kimchi" Western
- Japanese postman fights for moustache
- Marseille fans' appeal for Drogba return hits 2m euros
- Finnish cabinet ministers to start sporty life
- Explorer bids to kayak to 'melting' North Pole
- Japanese lucky charms turn out to be radioactive
- Koala unscathed after ride in car grille
- Makemake -- or Easter bunny -- enters book of space names
- Australian boy's curiosity leads to wrecked bathroom
- Hundreds queue for special HK banknotes
- Hong Kong gets more rare Chinese sturgeons, says official
- Marseille fans raise 1.5m euros for Drogba, only 26m to go
- Indian groom skydives to wedding venue
- Move to break hearse cartel sparks transport strike in Malta
- In White House race, truth hurts
- Couples hope to bring home the bacon in marriage ritual
- Erotic pole dancer perks up metro commute in Chile
- Russian town puts breasts on a pedestal
- Air traffic controller wanted... application available in braille
- Finland regains karaoke crown, keeps on singing
- Shark found in Australian pool
- Sex curse found at ancient Cyprus site: report
- SMS service to help Austrian men remember anniversaries
- Rambo the elephant takes Danish toddler for a ride: report
- Next US president will be a lefty, whatever his party
- London restaurant blast at world's hottest curry title
- Britain's PM compares himself to Bronte's Heathcliff
- Fifi more aggressive than Fang, says dog study
- 17-year-old Hong Kong student wins Oxford PHD place: report
- Abandoned baby panda adopted by cat at Dutch zoo
- Long life of Indonesia's penis growing grandma ends: reports
- Twins tip-off police about mother's drink-driving
- Back in Florence, Japanese girl atones for graffiti
- London restaurant serves up 'world's hottest curry'
- Downright batty: British woman finds bat in her bra
- G8 marathon talks take toll on smile diplomacy
- 'Qaeda expert' climbs NYTimes tower
- Romania's 'happy news' quota unconstitutional, court rules
- Bribe-takers found in Bangladesh's anti-corruption body
- Guest talks too much, German woman calls police
- Putting aside food crisis, G8 leaders savor world delicacies
- Dutch judge orders woman to get rid of 50 cats
- Embattled Bush makes birthday wish
- Knights in the ring as chess boxers slug it out
- Vatican stops fake priest from taking confession: judge
- American defeats Japanese for 2nd year in hot-dog eatoff
- Swiss court rules on noisy chicken
- Tomatoes get international standard
- Beijing hopes to wipe away toilet stigma
- Swedish man wins bike for 'most ridiculous commute'
- Dutch police fine 10-year-old truck driver
- Spanish cabinet members in tie revolt
- Biker Bush vows to stay in saddle at G8
- It's 'Jaws' vs 'Tsunami' in US-Japan hot-dog eating showdown
- Hymns for pope, rock and roll for the dead in Australia
- In drug fight, Thai prison bans dead toads, curry and clams
- Fly me to the Moon: Japan firm offers weddings in space
- France's gift cow-caribou missing from Quebec fete
- School birthday snub sparks cyber debate in Sweden
- French pensioners lose epic battle for chic Paris restaurant
- Man in Australia sells 'life' for 383,000 US dollars
- Colombian thief is nabbed sleeping on the job
- Spain's success at Euro 2008 hurt erotic film festival
- Lausanne offers table football with a twist
Entertainment Oddities Archives - AP
- Australia campaigns against copper theft
- SC bear back at animal refuge after 'cubnapping'
- SC bear back at animal refuge after 'cubnapping'
- BEIJING BEAT: Empty seats, lack of buzz
- Olympic opening uses girl's voice, not face
- New premium grapes auctioned for US$910 in Japan
- New premium grapes auctioned for US$910 in Japan
- Sichuan boy almost misses Olympics parade
- Tenn. constable wins election by 1 vote _ her own
- Tenn. constable wins election by 1 vote _ her own
- Robbie Coltrane joins police hunt for burglar
- Robbie Coltrane joins police hunt for burglar
- Australian brewer drops ad that riles monarchists
- Malaysian court rejects woman's bid to leave Islam
- Dinosaur descendent to become a father at 111
- SKorean firm: We delivered commercially cloned dog
- Australian pleads not guilty in bondage death
- SKorean firm: We delivered commercially cloned dog
- Fla. man dials 911, complains his sub had no sauce
- No TV, video games for girls who trashed home
- SKorea to end ban on revealing sex of babies
- Taiwan cancels nighttime air drill after outcry
- Philippine officials save 18 dogs from butcher
- SKorea ends ban on doctors revealing sex of babies
- Beijingers get dress code advice for Olympics
- Monkey from Mars: A Ga. crime lab's museum oddity
- Indian lawmaker wins vote, sacrifices 200 goats
- Lost Australian Outback gold hunter ate insects
- Monkey from Mars: A Ga. crime lab's museum oddity
- Monkey from Mars: a Ga. crime lab's museum oddity
- `Energy boosting' eel drink goes on sale for Japan's hot summer
- Australian lesbian couple loses legal action over birth of twins when they wanted 1 child
- Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii: New Zealand judge rules what's in name does matter
- Oops, don't ask visitors to Beijing how much money they make, or about their love live
- Singapore scraps skits at ASEAN security session because the fun just got too serious
- Singapore scraps skits at ASEAN security session because the fun just got too serious
- China says not involved in loss of British official's cell phone
- New Zealand families swap ashes after funeral mix-up
- Elderly Australian woman attacked by kangaroo but pet dog leaps to her aid
- Daytona Beach cop fired for demanding free coffee
- Fla. officer fired for demanding free coffee
- Styled in the slammer: Latest Japanese hit fashion tailored by young inmates
- Fla. cancer survivor wins dream wedding
- Tigermania lives on in wrestling rings across Japan
- 500 Nepalese riot police seize camp, take hostages in revolt over bad treatment, poor food
- Rover's not for lunch: Beijing restaurants told to nix dog meat dinners during August Olympics
- Rover's not for lunch: Beijing restaurants told to nix dog meat dinners during August Olympics
- Man sues Tenn. church over spiritual fall
- Japanese housewife brews up plan to escape from robber: tea and conversation
- Robbers steal US$300,000 from a bank in a brazen heist near Malaysian police station
- Wrong number! Job hotline was sex line
- Wrong number! Job hotline was sex line
- New Zealand man sells his soul to Hell Pizza
- Want a divorce? Get married properly first, Malaysian court tells woman
- Japanese embassies told to shop for cheaper dishes and silverware to cut costs
- New Zealand man puts soul up for public auction to highest bidder
- Australian funeral provider says hymns are dying out at funerals
- Japanese customs officers punished for planting drugs in luggage to train sniffer dogs
- Man who auctioned everything on eBay says he's disappointed with the selling price
- Chinese woman leaves career to care for stray dogs _ some left homeless in earthquake
- Australia's chief economic bureaucrat takes time out to care for wombats
- Japan summer brings hunger for eel, and the usual wave of fraud follows
- Killer whales kill humpback off coast of Australia, conservation official says
- Crocodile approaches pub in Australia, drinkers invite him in
- Crocodile approaches pub in Australia, drinkers invite him in
- Painting left at Md. Goodwill auctions for $40,000
- Man leaves Ga. jail naked, gets arrested again
- Thousands of 'bride' peaches stolen from Japanese orchard
- Thousands of 'bride' peaches stolen from Japanese orchard
- Indian group asks Hindu monkey god to lead Barack Obama to election triumph
- US sailors left behind in Hong Kong amid bad weather concerns
- Asleep at the wheelchair: Australian man charged with drunk rolling
- Expert: New AIDS threat emerging in India among 'call center Romeos'
- No pornography, gambling for Chinese vacationers to Taiwan
- Beijing registrar sees wave of couples eager to wed on auspicious Olympics kickoff date Aug. 8
- Alligator found in Tenn. drain pipe
- 100 Philippine state university students run naked to celebrate school centennial
- Cross-dressing students get own bathrooms at rural Thai school
- Cross-dressing students get own bathrooms at rural Thai school
- Cross-dressing students get own bathrooms at rural Thai school
- Cross-dressing students get own bathrooms at rural Thai school
- Lizards, jackals and raptors, oh my! Animals on runway delay flights in India
- New Zealand cafe fined after serving dishwashing liquid for mulled wine
- Malaysian firm suspends SMS contest on complains it resembles gambling
- US warning on open manholes and floods in Mumbai rankles local officials
- Former Nepalese king's elderly mistress to remain in palace
- 6 Indonesian children hospitalized after mistaking pills for chocolate
- Malaysian with 25 children gets nod to marry 4th wife
- Huntington mayor opposes raise for himself
- Pakistan party official demands Musharraf step aside after he insists he's not leaving
- Growing number of Japanese offenders unable to pay fines, end up in jail
- Premium black watermelon auctioned in Japan at record 650,000 yen
- Premium black watermelon auctioned in Japan at record 650,000 yen
- Indonesian couples told to plant trees before marrying
- Homeless Japanese woman arrested after living undetected in man's closet for a year
- Japanese scientists create microscopic noodle bowl using nanotechnology
- Japanese scientists create microscopic noodle bowl using nanotechnology
- Japanese brewery to make beer from space barley
- Naked Israeli tourist remanded to New Zealand mental health unit after bar fight
- Cat hired as station chief brings passengers back to debt-ridden Japanese train company
- Cat hired as station chief brings passengers back to debt-ridden Japanese train company
- Ky. 'Duct tape bandit' sentenced to 10 years
- Malaysian suspect escapes in police car while handcuffed
- Wedding photographer captures China earthquake, stunned bride as shoot turns to dust
- Malaysian court sends woman to jail for trying to jail judge
- Israeli tourist strips naked in anger at New Zealand men's whistles
- Missing parrot returned to keeper in Japan after reciting name, address
- Missing parrot returned to keeper in Japan after reciting name, address
- New Zealand pilots run out of fuel; prayers answered as plane lands next to 'Jesus' sign
- Philippine police officers told to smile, or else
- Thieves wearing nothing but briefs break into Malaysian home
- New Zealand police: Mystery flying object turns out to be part from a log splitter
- New Zealand police: mystery flying object part from a log splitter
- Report: New Zealand man caught trying to buy snacks with marijuana instead of cash
- Australian officials hunt smugglers who tried to mail geckos to Europe
- Malaysian with 3 wives, 18 children seeks court's permission to take a 4th spouse
- World's smallest helicopter to fly at da Vinci's birthplace
- Ga. church tempts worshippers with $500 gas raffle
- Australian driver fined after buckling case of beer in car _ but not 5-year-old child
- Dangling rope made of sheets marks classic prison breakout in New Zealand
- Man Acquitted of Iguana 'Leg' Smuggling
- Men Accused of Stealing Swimming Pool
- Drivers Flood Station for 35 Cent Gas
- Police Tip Line: How Do I Thaw a Turkey?
- Police Seek Answers in Tree Top Mystery
- Frog without lungs discovered in remote part of Indonesia
- 2 American men charged in Australia with trying to smuggle 1,300 dead beetles to US
- Report: Indonesian masseuses padlock their pants while working
- Report: China to extend smoking ban to school campuses
- Malaysian man shoots son after mistaking him for burglar
- Report: Malaysian man shoots son after mistaking him for burglar
- China's famed Shaolin Temple installs luxury restrooms for tourists, monks
- Japanese mobile phone company to test scent downloading service with handset
- Malaysian police catch greedy restaurant robbers who returned for seconds
- Malaysian prime minister's wife wasn't hiding pregnancy
- 2-meter python hitches ride on minibus, snarls traffic in Philippine capital
- 2-meter python hitches ride on minibus, snarls traffic in Philippine capital
- 2-meter python hitches ride on minibus, snarls traffic in Philippine capital
- Malaysian man gets divorced twice in one day
- South Korean court: 'love shot' can be sexual harassment
- Australian building Stonehenge replica to lure tourists
- NZ race stewards ban tipsy jockey
- South Korea introduces new logo for spas to differentiate from 'love motels'
- At Japanese Zen temple, even the dog prays
- Man arrested for growing marijuana _ after calling police to report stolen plants
- Man says he will auction his life _ house, car, job and friends _ online
- Escaped prisoner seizes New Zealand airport bus, passengers
- Australian PM's alcohol campaign raises questions about New York strip club scandal
- Australian PM's alcohol campaign raises questions about New York strip club scandal
- Australian PM's alcohol campaign raises questions about New York strip club scandal
- Australian woman kills husband in fight over Bruce Springsteen
- 'Missing' couple surprise daughter, police on return from vacation
- Spurned Chinese wife burns 400 cell phones after relationship blows up
- Thai government investigates claims that Buddhist monks are flirting online
- Report: Beijing has more public toilets than any city in the world
- US presidential candidate Obama thanks Japanese town of Obama for support
- 2 fishermen rescued, another missing after trawler sinks off Australia's east coast
- Armed robber in Australia picks wrong bar, gets hog tied by biker gang
- Python stalked, then ate family dog in front of children in Australian tropics
- Japan's oldest person dies at age 113
- Japan's oldest person dies at age 113
- Myanmar magazine launches counterattack on 'fat' Rambo
- Smoking, drinking Thai health official says he's no model for anti-smoking campaign
- Officials: Bank Goof Led to Loss of Cash
- China alcohol group calls for end of ban on boozy work lunches
- DVD in Firefighter's Coat Blocks Bullet
- Australia's postal service lifts weight restrictions on motorcycle staff
- South Korean dog cloning firm gets first order for pitbull that saved woman's life
- South Korean dog cloning firm gets first order for pitbull that saved woman's life
- South Korean dog cloning firm gets first order for pitbull that saved woman's life
- Love prevails as Hindu hard-liners protest Valentine's Day in India
- New Zealand's oldest immigrant, 102, arrives for new life
- Report: Singapore retailer pulls 'Jesus' cosmetics from shelves following complaints
- Man who hid his dead wife's body in Australian backyard for 23 years convicted of murder
- Welsh-born man who hid dead wife's body for 23 years convicted of Australian murder
- No reprieve for Malaysia's rodents in Year of the Rat
- Report: Prank caller dogs Hillary's widow with late night heavy breathing in New Zealand
- Japanese company pays balding man out-of-court settlement for lack of hair growth
- For Year of the Rat feasting, Thai vendors tout fresh-from-the-field rodents
- Philippines to phase out incandescent bulbs by 2010, president says
- Philippines to phase out incandescent bulbs by 2010, president says
- Crime doesn't pay, neither does sleeping on the job
- Crime doesn't pay, neither does sleeping on the job
- Report: Rat-hot panties the rage in Malaysia ahead of Lunar New Year
- Vitamin Beer, anti-car bomb device, invisible gym on display as world's inventors gather
- Vitamin Beer, anti-car bomb device, invisible gym on display as world's inventors gather
- Sanrio unveils big Hello Kitty statue at Tokyo flagship store
- Sanrio unveils big Hello Kitty statue at Tokyo flagship store
- Indonesian soldier kills endangered tiger, skins it, distributes meat
- Indonesian soldier kills endangered tiger, skins it, distributes meat
- Indonesian soldier kills endangered tiger, skins it, distributes meat
- Ore. Goodwill Store Sells Parked Bike
- Touching nose to refer to Thailand's new PM is no joke, says sign language interpreter
- Touching nose to refer to Thailand's new PM is no joke, says sign language interpreter
- Touching nose to refer to Thailand's new PM is no joke, says sign language interpreter
- Touching nose to refer to Thailand's new PM is no joke, says sign language interpreter
- Shanghai subway employee fired for uploading video of couple kissing to Internet
- Thieves in Malaysia load stolen cow into the back seat of a car
- Man shoots co-worker while rescuing him from the jaws of a crocodile in Australia
- "Pair of fools" jailed in bungled burglary in Australia
