North Korean accordion players are a YouTube hit

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"Snow-white" born in village cut off by blizzard

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'Oldest marathon runner' competes in Hong Kong

A 100-year-old British Indian man who claims to be the world's oldest marathoner was all smiles after completing a 10-kilometre run at the Hong Kong marathon on Sunday.


Separated at birth, Indonesian-born twins reunited in Sweden

Twins born in Indonesia and put up separately for adoption, have been reunited after finding each other on Facebook, living just 40 kilometres (25 miles) apart in southern Sweden, three decades later.


Groundhogs clash over weather prognosis

Hollywood star and weather seer Punxsutawney Phil used to be the only groundhog that mattered in weather predicting, but Phil's shock decision Thursday that spring is still six weeks away put him out on a limb.


Spanish pets head to church for blessing

Dogs, cats, rabbits and even turtles, many dressed in their finest, trooped into churches across Spain on Tuesday in search of blessing on Saint Anthony's Day, for the patron saint of animals.


Sitting pretty: bum's the word in Japan security

Put your fingerprint scanners away. Stand aside iris measurers. Buttocks are the new way to prove who you are.


Top dog Oscar campaign heats up after 'Artist' awards

A growing pack of fans is howling for Uggie the terrier to get a sniff at the Oscars after the Jack Russell stole the show in the silent movie "The Artist" that scooped a slew of Golden Globe awards.


Buyers target Hong Kong's 'haunted houses'

It may not be everyone's idea of a dream home, but for bargain hunters in Hong Kong's turbocharged property market apartments that belonged to the recently deceased are proving irresistible -- and the more gruesome the occupant's demise the better.


World's 'most expensive' tea grown in Chinese panda poo

Chinese entrepreneur An Yanshi is convinced he has found the key ingredient to produce the world's most expensive tea -- panda poo.


Mexican Grand Warlock predicts Obama loss in 2012

Mexico's Grand Warlock predicted US President Barack Obama would fail to win re-election and two more Latin American leaders would be diagnosed with cancer, in a traditional New Year's forecast Tuesday.


Spending a night in a Dutch ice hotel

It could be any standard hotel room in the quaint northeastern Dutch city of Zwolle, with a bed, a minibar, bathrobes and two pairs of slippers. Except for the room temperature, which hovers just above freezing.


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North Korean accordion players are a YouTube hit
A group of North Korean accordion players is proving to ...
"Snow-white" born in village cut off by blizzard
A baby born in a Croatian village cut off by a blizzard ...
'Oldest marathon runner' competes in Hong Kong
A 100-year-old British Indian man who claims to be the ...
Deep freeze hits Poland's hardy lake swimmers
Hardy fans of swimming in the frozen lakes of northern ...
Kazakh zoo gives monkeys red wine to beat colds
A zoo in the freezing steppes of Kazakhstan is giving i ...
Separated at birth, Indonesian-born twins reunited in Sweden
Twins born in Indonesia and put up separately for adopt ...