Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! All rights reserved. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/oddlyenough.html en-en Sat, 17 May 2008 02:14:00 +0000 5 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/oddlyenough.html http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/any/u/news.gif 30 140 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080517/tod-china-quake-survivors-panda-575248e.html /afp/20080517/r_t_afp_od_china/tod-china-quake-survivors-panda-575248e_1 Sat, 17 May 2008 02:14:00 +0000 An American tourist who survived China's deadly earthquake says he is not only lucky to be alive -- he had a "surreal" experience of sharing the moment with giant pandas. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080516/tod-uk-dutch-prostitution-b7e5c6f.html /rtrs/20080516/r_t_rtrs_od_human/tod-uk-dutch-prostitution-b7e5c6f_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 18:18:02 +0000 Clients of prostitutes in the Netherlands may soon need to check for a sex licence. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080516/tod-uk-austria-monks-1a5e080.html /rtrs/20080516/r_t_rtrs_od_media/tod-uk-austria-monks-1a5e080_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 18:10:32 +0000 Monks in Austria hailed a "miracle" on Friday as they released an album of Gregorian chants under the same record label as Amy Winehouse and Eminem. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080516/ten-entertainment-britain-poetry-auction-a56114e.html /afp/20080516/r_t_afp_en_britain/ten-entertainment-britain-poetry-auction-a56114e_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 13:26:00 +0000 A collection of poems by a Scottish bard dubbed the "world's worst poet" was to go under the hammer Friday, expected to sell for thousands of pounds. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080516/tod-uk-australia-deer-b7e5c6f.html /rtrs/20080516/r_t_rtrs_od_human/tod-uk-australia-deer-b7e5c6f_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 08:56:24 +0000 An Australian man was gored in the thigh on Friday by an amorous stag after entering a deer paddock in the middle of the breeding season. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080516/tpl-uk-albania-blackout-43a8d4f.html /rtrs/20080516/r_t_rtrs_pl_diplomcy/tpl-uk-albania-blackout-43a8d4f_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 08:55:33 +0000 A cat chasing a mouse in Tirana's main power station caused a 72-hour blackout across parts of the Albanian capital, the electricity company said on Friday. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080516/tod-australia-seniors-budget-offbeat-37b0eca.html /afp/20080516/r_t_afp_od_australia/tod-australia-seniors-budget-offbeat-37b0eca_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 06:20:00 +0000 Protesting pensioners brought traffic to a stand still in Australia's second largest city on Friday when some stripped to demand more money from the government. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080516/tod-us-animal-python-f62056d.html /afp/20080516/r_t_afp_od_usa/tod-us-animal-python-f62056d_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 03:06:00 +0000 Giant pythons capable of swallowing a dog and even an alligator are rapidly making south Florida their home, potentially threatening other southeastern states, a study said. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080515/tsc-russia-space-animal-offbeat-dd8f3fa.html /afp/20080515/r_t_afp_sc_russia/tsc-russia-space-animal-offbeat-dd8f3fa_1 Thu, 15 May 2008 18:46:00 +0000 Russian space scientists announced on Thursday a new breakthrough in a long pedigree of firsts: the birth of 30 grandchildren of a "space cockroach" who spent 12 days in orbit. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080515/tod-uk-roughsex-b7e5c6f.html /rtrs/20080515/r_t_rtrs_od_human/tod-uk-roughsex-b7e5c6f_1 Thu, 15 May 2008 16:56:08 +0000 A Canadian man who asked his lover to carve a heart-shaped symbol on his chest during a rough sex game almost died when she accidentally pressed too hard and punctured his heart, a newspaper said on Thursday. Reuters