KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday 7 September 2010: Whenever we mention about museums, most of us will usually think of historical relics and static exhibitions. The National Museum is going to break the traditional image of museums in this school holidays by presenting a living snake exhibition called "Pameran Ular lawan Ular". Local "Snake Queen" Noorazhariah Andan has also been invited to live together with a hundred of cobras during the exhibition.

PARIS, Monday 6 September 2010 (AFP) - One of the hardiest insects around, the cockroach, may hold the key to next-generation antibiotics, British scientists hope.

TALLINN, Monday 6 September 2010 (AFP) - Estonian authorities said Monday they had busted a trio of alleged fraudsters who helped people pass written driving exams using a camera hidden in a tie, and bribed a road-test examiner.

TOKYO, Monday 6 September 2010 (AFP) - Japanese police have arrested a suspected armed robber who wore a nappy on his head as a makeshift balaclava, the force and local media said on Monday.

LONDON, Thursday 2 September 2010 (AFP) - British border officials said Thursday they had stopped dozens of weird animals being snuck into the country -- including a boa constrictor wrapped round a man's leg.

BERLIN, Thursday 2 September 2010 (AFP) - Vegetarian activists in Germany's Berlin have caused a stir with an advertising campaign for a new restaurant seeking human meat "donors" and "open-minded" surgeons.

MOSCOW, Thursday 2 September 2010 (AFP) - Ancient coins excavated in Moscow have raised doubts about the true age of the Russian capital, which celebrates its 863rd birthday at the weekend, a leading Russian archaeologist said Thursday.

BERLIN, Thursday 2 September 2010 (AFP) - Two lawyers who repeatedly appealed minor traffic violations were fined and handed two-month bans by Germany's highest court on Thursday for making "absurd and abusive accusations" in their defence.

BEIJING, Thursday 2 September 2010 (AFP) - A huge traffic jam stretching at least 120 kilometres (75 miles) reappeared in northern China Thursday, with thousands of cargo trucks stuck in a bottleneck, state media said.

BEIJING, Thursday 2 September 2010 (AFP) - A retired Chinese coal miner has found an underground solution to the country's sky-high housing costs, by carving out a new home beneath the shack he lives in, state media reported on Thursday.