TELUK INTAN: Like alien creatures always seen in scientific fiction films, a baby turtle was found to have only an eye above its nose.

BUNOL, Wednesday 25 August 2010 (AFP) - Tens of thousands of revellers from around the world pelted each other with tonnes of tomatoes Wednesday in a mushy festival in the eastern Spanish town of Bunol.

KABUL, Sunday 15 August 2010 (AFP) - The group of foreigners jogging past mounds of fetid trash on the streets of Kabul attract bemused stares from locals, but the brief escape from bulletproof cars is a welcome break for ex-pats living in war-torn Afghanistan.

PERAK: A fashion designer bride walked into a church wearing a wedding gown with an 85m-long train sewed by herself on Friday 13 August 2010.

The gown impressed the wedding guests and created a new record in the Malaysia Book of Records (MBR) as the longest wedding dress train.

RAMAT GAN, Thursday 12 August 2010 (AFP) - An Israeli zoo welcomed its first baby orang-utan in 10 years after a 42-year-old male passed on two young arrivals from Europe to mate with a female his own age, zookeepers said on Thursday.

DHAKA, Wednesday 11 August 2010 (AFP) - Farmers in a parched district of northern Bangladesh are marrying off frogs in a desperate bid to bring on monsoon rains and protect their crops, local officials said Wednesday.

SERDANG: The Dog Marathon returned again! The annual event started 13 years ago has received great response from dog lovers especially in 2008 when it attracted 611 dogs to participated and created a Malaysian record.

PENANG, Wednesday 4 August 2010 – Through a Hokkien sketch, the Penang police made a great effort to advise Penang residents to stay away from gambling and other crimes.

Kitchen has always been a women's world. Once they step into it, they will indulge in cooking to bring happiness and warmth to their families.

FORCOLI, Sunday 1 August 2010 (AFP) - Forget those pencil-thin model types. Italy has chosen a full-figured woman as new beauty queen, proud of her ample body weighing in at a hefty 170 kilos (375 pounds).