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Dog shoots owner in US
A dog quite appropriately named 'Trigger' shot his 25-year-old owner in the foot in a bizarre accident in the US state of…
Guinness declares record longest ever baguette at 120 metres in Italy
: A judge from Guinness World Records has certified a record 120-metre-long baguette baked at the Milan Expo 2015 World’s…
‘Dead’ Indian wakes up minutes before post-mortem
A homeless Indian man who had been pronounced dead woke up on...right on the autopsy table. To the bemusement of…
India: Man divorces bride on WhatsApp
A 21-year-old bride from Kerala has been divorced by her husband over WhatsApp after just four weeks of marriage. The…
New speices: Sneezing monkey, ‘walking’ fish found in Himalayas
A monkey that sneezes when it rains and a “walking” fish are among more than 200 species discovered in the…
New Species: Scientists discover ‘hog-nosed rat’ in Indonesia
Scientists in Indonesia have discovered a new species of mammal called the hog-nosed rat, named for its features that researchers…
Zombie apocalypse? ‘Dead’ woman comes back to life in Karachi mortuary
Workers at an Edhi mortuary in Karachi received quite a shock when a pregnant woman who had been declared dead and…
8-year-old gets burned while ‘boiling eggs for schoolteacher’
A man claims his 8-year-old son has been burnt while being forced by his teacher to boil eggs at a…
In the wilderness: Obama eats bear’s raw fish dinner
During a recent television shoot with British adventurer Bear Grylls, US President Barack Obama chomped down on a half-eaten salmon…