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French 'Spiderman' climbs 88-storey office tower in Shanghai
Beijing - French climber Alain Robert evaded security guards to scale Shanghai's highest building dressed in a Spiderman costume on Thursday, before Chinese police arrested him. Robert, 44, took about one hour to scale the 88-storey Jinmao Tower, one ...

[Posted on : 2007-05-31 ] Category : [ Fun (General) ]

Israeli rescues cat from leopard who stole into his home
Tel Aviv - A 45-year-old Israeli man woke up in the middle of the night to find a leopard staring at him and dangling his cat between its teeth, Israeli newspapers reported Tuesday. But rather than fleeing, the man jumped onto the leopard, who let go ...

[Posted on : 2007-05-29 ] Category : [ Fun (General) ]

Wedding party skips bill at reception
Vienna - A whole wedding party made off without paying at a restaurant in Villach in southern Austria last weekend, claiming bad service caused them to flee the restaurant, Austria's ORF television reported Wednesday. Before dessert was served, the br...

[Posted on : 2007-05-09 ] Category : [ Fun (General) ]

Naked and a noisemaker: Night-time jogger nabbed by police
Luxembourg - Police in the Luxembourg town of Mersch nabbed a man who was out jogging fully naked, and by coincidence they also solved a neighbour's complaint about loud music late at night. Police said Tuesday that they were responding to a woman's c...

[Posted on : 2007-04-24 ] Category : [ Fun (General) ]

Excrement pile saves Chinese woman after balcony fall
Beijing - A Chinese woman survived a fall from a sixth-floor balcony after she landed on a large pile of excrement dug up by workers clearing a septic tank, state media said on Tuesday. The unnamed woman was stretching to hang washing when she lost he...

[Posted on : 2007-04-03 ] Category : [ Fun (General) ]

Harvard doctorate student wins sudoku world title
Prague- A murmur fills the room as a contestant criss- crosses a chart full of numbers. Following the second World Sudoku Championship on a large screen, the audience is watching one of the finalists, Thomas Snyder, as he rushes to inspect his result...

[Posted on : 2007-03-31 ] Category : [ Fun (General) ]

 



 

 


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