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A 5-star hotel... that flies?

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:59:49 -0500

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 natural energy. Stuart McDill reports.

Watch out: escaped tiger (of sorts)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:37:01 -0500

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.

UK's suburban Crocodile Dundee

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:32:09 -0500

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

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:52:01 -0500

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

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:55:01 -0500

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

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:45:01 -0500

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

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:56:01 -0500

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

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:46:01 -0500

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

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:31:01 -0500

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

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:51:01 -0500

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.