Three executives dubbed "Germany's stupidest bankers" in the press have been suspended from state bank KfW over erroneous transfers of more than 500 million euros to the bankrupt Lehman Brothers, the KfW said.

In a profession overwhelmingly dominated by women, Marc-Oliver Schlichtmann saw off stiff competition on Wednesday to become the first man to win Germany's best secretary award, organisers said.

A Croatian man claimed Saturday that he has built the biggest castle made of chocolate after working for 24 hours on his candy construction in a central Zagreb square, national television reported.

Sixty Indian chefs cooked a rice dish weighing 13-tonnes on Saturday in a bid to enter the Guinness Book of World Records, organisers said.

A new record has been set for Britain's most expensive vehicle number plate - after "F1" fetched 375,000 pounds, a municipal council said Friday.

A 102-year-old man set sail on Saturday to start a new life in New Zealand, becoming Britain's oldest emigrant in the process, BBC television reported.

A selection of wild and wonderful news items from 2007, for your enjoyment.

A group of Indonesian farmers from the main island of Java have grown a melon weighing more than four kilograms that the country's record house claimed Friday was the world's largest.

Extreme sports fan Alex Roy said Friday that he had smashed the record for the fastest "Cannonball run" across the United States, defying police and speed traps.

French "mathlete" Alexis Lemaire showed off his rare mental agility Thursday (November 15th), claiming a new world record after working out in his head the 13th root of a random 200-digit number in just 72.4 seconds.