SOFIA, Thursday 24 June 2010 (AFP) - Hundreds of Bulgarians have shared their views on what life will be like in 50 years' time and sealed them in a time capsule to be reopened on June 23, 2060, the national library hosting the project said Thursday.

HONG KONG, Thursday 10 June 2010 (AFP) - Even Hong Kong's dead cannot escape the Internet after the government Thursday opened the electronic gates on a brand new virtual graveyard.

BEIJING, Wednesday 9 June 2010 (AFP) - A farmer in central China has turned his home into a fort equipped with a homemade cannon and fireworks to fight off government eviction in an ongoing land dispute, state media said Wednesday.

LES SABLES D'OLONNE, Tuesday 8 June 2010 (AFP) - Perched in a beach hut on the Atlantic shore and paid to dole out suntan lotion and the odd body rub, two French students on Tuesday clinched what was billed as the ultimate summer job.

BEIJING, Tuesday 8 June 2010 (AFP) - A group of young Chinese web addicts staged a mutiny at an Internet "boot camp", tying up their instructor and fleeing the facility over its tough military-like techniques, state media said Tuesday.

PHNOM PENH, Monday 7 June 2010 (AFP) - A Cambodian woman whose story gripped the nation after she apparently spent 18 years living in the jungle has been found in a dugout toilet 11 days after she disappeared again, her father said Monday.

LONDON, Friday 4 June 2010 (AFP) - British people are the worst-dressed holidaymakers in Europe followed by Germans, while the Italians and French are the smartest, according to a survey released Friday.

SYDNEY, Thursday 3 June 2010 (AFP) - An Australian official's wife sparked an online controversy after using Facebook to complain about the "ugly... freaks" at a local horse-racing day.

SYDNEY, Wednesday 2 June 2010 (AFP) - An Australian pub has been drunk almost dry by thirsty customers travelling miles for a beer from one of the country's hottest towns after their local closed, the manager said Wednesday.

SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday 2 June 2010 (AFP) - A woman hit by a car while walking on a route provided by Google's online mapping service is suing the Internet colossus for not recommending a safer path.