North Korean accordion players are a YouTube hit

A group of North Korean accordion players is proving to be an unlikely hit ...

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

A baby born in a Croatian village cut off by a blizzard is to be called "Sn ...

Food

Ex-L'Oreal chief Owen-Jones asks court to shut chip stand

The former head of cosmetics giant L'Oreal, Lindsay Owen-Jones, has asked a court in France to shut down a chip stand near his apartment in the ski resort of Val d'Isere.


64-year-old tub of lard found in Germany -- still edible

A German pensioner who had kept a tub of lard in his cupboard for 64 years, took it to authorities who pronounced it very much fit for consumption -- if a little tasteless.


'Nuckin Futs' snack gets go ahead in Australia

A snack called "Nuckin Futs" has got the green light to be sold in Australia after regulators accepted the profanity it parodies was part of everyday speech, a report said on Wednesday.


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.


New Hampshire restaurant bans politicians

Cheeseburger and fries, hold the politicians.


From uzis to sushis for Israeli army veterans

Israeli soldiers at the end of their compulsory military service are to be offered generous grants to learn to prepare sushi and other eastern treats, a defence official told AFP on Monday.


Staple diet: Christmas turkey nightmare is resolved at last

The table has been set, the wine has been poured and the Christmas turkey is brought out for everyone's approval.


Norway butter shortage threatens Christmas treats

An acute butter shortage in Norway, one of the world's richest countries, has left people worrying how to bake their Christmas goodies with store shelves emptied and prices through the roof.


Shopper splurges 50,000 euros on wine at Paris duty free

A shopper has broken the record for duty-free purchases at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport by splurging nearly 50,000 euros ($66,000) on six bottles of exclusive wine, the airport said on Monday.


Flesh-eating banana fears hit Mozambique

Rumours of flesh-eating bananas in Mozambique have sparked a plummet in the sale of the fruit, prompting the health minister Friday to reassure people of its safety.


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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 ...