S.African police arrest 'resurrected' singer

South African police arrested a man on Monday after he claimed to be a popu ...

'Donkey whipped' as Russia poll campaign kicks off

One candidate savagely whipped a donkey in a promotional video while two ot ...

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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.


London orchestra plays concert... for plants

LONDON, Thursday 24 March 2011 (AFP) - One of Britain's most prestigious orchestras has performed to a rather unusual audience -- row upon row of plants, in an attempt to see whether the music helps them grow.


Australian towns in mango 'war'

SYDNEY, Friday 11 March 2011 (AFP) - It's not the war of the roses, but the war of the mango in tropical northern Australia, with two Queensland towns contesting which grew the fleshy golden fruit first.


Human-faced mango

KUALA SELANGOR, Selangor: Have you ever seen a human-faced mango with eyes and a nose on it?


30-feet tall sugar cane trees

The committee members of Teluk Intan Lian Shen San Tai Zi Temple planted some sugar cane trees opposite the temple a couple of years ago.


Animal-shaped potatoes

A sundry shop owner in Teluk Intan Zheng Nan Fu told Sin Chew Daily he had found some potatoes that looked like animals.


Ipoh City Hall to insure 277 trees

IPOH, Tuesday 21 December 2010 – The Ipoh City Hall is going to insure 277 trees!


UAE hotel erects 11-million-dollar Christmas tree

ABU DHABI, Wednesday 15 December 2010 (AFP) - Christmas came in extravagant fashion to the Muslim desert emirate of Abu Dhabi as a glitzy hotel unveiled a bejewelled Christmas tree valued at more than 11 million dollars on Wednesday.


Mumbai neutralises falling coconut threat to Obama

MUMBAI, Wednesday 3 November 2010 (AFP) - The municipal authorities in Mumbai have removed coconuts from trees around the city's Gandhi museum in case any of them fall on US President Barack Obama when he visits, an official said Wednesday.


Woman who stole a plant apologies 20 years later

TAIPING, Saturday 9 October 2010: A woman, who helped a barbershop owner steal an Adenium plant from a family 20 years ago, bought an Adenium plant and secretly returned it to the family together with an apologising note out of deep re


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