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  Fancy a fish with 6-pack abs (18 March 04:11)
Mar 17 - Scientists have created a transgenic trout with muscles your average body builder would die for. But this guy is more than just pretty - his creator says the buff fish could be big ...
  Eat dirt Indonesian-style (17 March 11:27)
Mar. 17 - Dirt is turned into tasty snacks of the soil in Indonesia's East Java province.
  Dog worth her weight in diamonds (17 March 12:17)
Mar 16 - A golden retriever swallows a $20,000 diamond - with the unlucky owner having to wait three days for the dog to "produce" the 3 carat stone.
  New travel agency for teddy bears (15 March 09:37)
Mar 15 - A Czech entrepreneur has opened a travel agency offering city breaks for cuddly toys.
  Chess boxing a big hit in London (15 March 05:07)
Mar 15 - A Dutch artist has created a new sport combining the intellectual finesse of chess with a good old-fashioned punch up.
  White Day Valentines reply in Japan (14 March 10:22)
Mar 14. - One month after receiving gifts from women on Valentine's Day, Japanese men return the favour on White Day.
  A spellbinding Egyptian discovery (13 March 11:52)
Mar. 13 - Archaeologists in Egypt have found what they believe are hieroglyphic funeral spells guiding a mysterious 4,000-year-old queen in the afterlife.
  Chef makes mommys milk cheese (11 March 10:42)
Mar 10 - New York chef makes cheese from his wife's breast milk. Sharon Reich reports.
  Bottled ghosts sold in New Zealand (10 March 09:42)
Mar 10 - A New Zealand woman sells two "spirits in a bottle" amid a bidding frenzy in an online auction.
  Fireworks honour Mexican saint (10 March 04:17)
Mar 09 - Tultepec, a town near Mexico City, stages a spectacular fireworks display to honour the patron saint of pyrotechnicians, San Juan de Dios. tara Cleary reports.
  Women served up sushi treat (09 March 05:57)
Mar. 9 - A restaurant in Poland serves up a treat on Women's Day -- sushi served on a male model.
  Competitive shearing reaches Alps (08 March 10:52)
Mar. 8 - Alpine farmers bring in speed sheepshearing as a tourist draw.
  Worlds thinnest ceramic bowls (08 March 05:07)
Mar 8. - After a decade of experiment and trial, a Taiwanese potter develops a technique he says creates the world's finest porcelain.
  France rocks to 69-year-old DJ (06 March 12:57)
Mar 5 - A glam granny is filling the dancefloors of some of the most prestigious clubs in France with her techno mash-ups.
  Strongest teeth in Africa (05 March 03:07)
March 4 - Nigerian Michael Chukwuma tows cars, lifts hundreds of pounds- all with his teeth. Manoush Zomorodi reports.
  Sydney-siders bare all for art (01 March 11:37)
Mar 1 - 5200 naked people gather on the steps of Sydney's Opera House for an art installation by photographer Spencer Tunick.
  Panda pigs out on meat feast (28 February 04:27)
Feb. 28 - A hungry panda helps himself to scraps of meat after breaking into a villager's pig pen in China in search of food.
  Japan temple flushes away troubles (26 February 03:27)
Feb. 26 - Tired of bad relationships or even extra weight, Japanese are trying a divine remedy for what ails them -- flushing it away.
  Ghanas Snow Leopard set for slopes (26 February 02:31)
Feb 25 - Despite learning to ski just six years ago, Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong is determined to put his country on the map at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. Julie Gordon reports....
  New trachea grown in arm (25 February 10:07)
Feb 25 - A Belgian woman has a new lease on life after a breakthrough transplant surgery gave her a new windpipe, which was grown in her own arm. Julie Gordon reports.
  Taiwans ninja night out (19 February 02:42)
Feb 19 - Ninja-themed restaurant in Taiwan gives customers a mysterious dining experience.
  Shoedunnit A sole mystery in Seoul (19 February 06:27)
Feb 19 - South Korean police uncover Aladdin's cave of designer shoes, suspected to be stolen by a second hand shoe shop owner.
  Camel cuisine on the menu in Dubai (18 February 11:37)
Feb 18 - The animal known as the ship of the desert can end up as dessert in the Gulf emirate, as a long-established restaurant serves up a new selection of camel meat dishes. Karen Selby re...
  Tiny home gets big makeover (18 February 02:02)
Feb 17 - An award-winning Hong Kong architect has managed to squeeze 24 rooms - including a home cinema and "spa" - into 344 square feet of apartment space. Rob Muir reports.
  Tic toc goes the bacteria clock (17 February 09:50)
Feb 17 - Blinking bacteria cells glow as the world's first genetic clock. Julie Gordon reports.
  Pelican attacks weather man (17 February 08:07)
Feb 17 - A Sydney weather man for an Australia TV station is attacked by a pelican while trying to present his live segment from a zoo.
  Genome brings extinct man to life (12 February 08:09)
Feb 12 - Scientists in Denmark have reconstructed the nuclear genome of an extinct human being, shinning new light on extinct cultures, heredity and disease. Julie Gordon reports.
  Underwater cycling You can here (10 February 09:37)
Feb 10 - British sports fans create new hobby - underwater cycling
  A 5-star hotel that flies (10 February 06:29)
Feb 10 - An flying cruise ship that is as comfortable as a 5-star hotel could herald a new era in luxury travel - where the super-rich cruise around the world in giant airships powered by na...
  Watch out escaped tiger of sorts (10 February 06:07)
Feb 10 - Tokyo's Ueno zoo conducts its bi-annual drill to train the zookeepers for contingencies of escaped tiger - using a person dressed up in a tiger outfit.
  UKs suburban Crocodile Dundee (03 February 11:02)
Feb 3 - Behind the net curtains of a suburban house, a caiman, an iguana and an Asian monitor lizard make for unusual bedfellows.
  Tough guys test their mettle (01 February 10:22)
Feb 1 - Around 5,000 competitors brave bitingly cold conditions to take part in a perilous test of their endurance, the Tough Guy race, in South Staffordshire, England.
  Artist creates micro tiger sculpture (18 January 11:25)
Taiwanese artist, Chen Forng Shean, claims to have sculpted the world's smallest tiger - appoximately one-tenth the size of a grain of rice.
  Japanese endure New Year ice bath (09 January 05:15)
Jan. 9 - Japanese hope to purify their souls and sharpen their minds with ice baths in the New Year.
  South Korean kids feel the burn (06 January 08:26)
Jan 6 - South Korean students - some not yet teenagers - brave the winter cold at a marine-style boot camp designed to toughen them up.
  Runaway pig causes expressway chaos (05 January 09:16)
Jan 4 - Highway police stop traffic in central Taiwan as a runaway pig darts in and out of oncoming traffic in a desperate bid for freedom.
  Locals punch it out in Peru (29 December 03:01)
Dec 28 - Men, women and children face-off in bare-knuckle brawls in Cuzco as part of an annual tradition to clear personal grievances ahead of the New Year.
  Schnitzel fit for a king (22 December 06:21)
Dec 22 - The humble schnitzel gets a makeover. A fast food restaurant in Duesseldorf is selling golden schnitzels coated in truffles and goldleaf for a mere 150 euros.
  Orangutan becomes Facebook sensation (19 December 09:41)
Dec. 19 - Vienna's Schoenbrunn Tiergarten might be the oldest zoo in the world and feature opulent baroque buildings and 18th century architecture, but it has also a decidedly high-tech side...
  Man marries video game character (17 December 05:08)
Dec 17 - Man marries the love of his life, his favorite video game character.
  Toilet humour big for Beijing diner (16 December 05:08)
Dec 16 - Beijing's toilet restaurant aims to amuse customers' senses and provide a new dining experience.
  Indias mass shaving record attempt (15 December 09:03)
DEc 15 - Around 2,000 men participate in a mass shaving event in India's western Mumbai city in an effort to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records.
  Russian missile or UFO (10 December 07:58)
Dec 10 - Norwegian space scientists have suggested a strange light seen over a military base in Norway may have been a failed Russian missile rather than a UFO.
  Polanski photo sells at auction (09 December 04:20)
Dec. 8 - The day's top showbiz news and headlines including Polanski photo sells at auction, Elton John to support orphan, and Leslie Caron gets star on Walk of Fame.
  A case of cops turned robbers (08 December 10:10)
Dec 8 - Closed-circuit television captures the moment French media say two Parisian police officers conducted a store robbery.
  Tasteless food fair in Paris (01 December 10:15)
Dec 1 - Forget haute cuisine - a new food craze is hitting the streets of Paris using "improper" ingredients like raw horse meat and rotten cheese.
  Horse meat goes haute cuisine (01 December 10:15)
Dec 1 - Forget haute cuisine - a new food craze is hitting the streets of Paris using "improper" ingredients like raw horse meat and rotten cheese.
  Obama-saved turkey does Disneyland (27 November 06:55)
Nov 27 - "Courage", the turkey given a presidential pardon this week by U.S. President Barack Obama, is flown to its new home and given a celebratory reception at Disneyland, California.
  Stolen puppies give the game away (18 November 09:40)
Nov 18 - Thieves who carried out a pet shop heist in Australia were given away by their haul - 17 squealing puppies who were then rescued by police.
  Thief gets trapped drops trousers (17 November 11:35)
NOTE: Natural sound only - no reporter narration Nov 17 - A thief gets himself stuck in a tiny window while trying to break into a supermarket in Almancil, southern Portugal.
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