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Brazilian student sells virginity for $780,000 A Brazilian student has sold her virginity in an online auction for US$780,000 as part of a documentary organised by an Australian filmmaker, although a man who did the same only fetched US$3,000.

25 October 2012

Chinese writer insulted Kazakh women His article speaks of “unbelievable hospitality of Kazakhs who are ready to offer their daughter to a guest spending a night in their house”.

24 October 2012

Lagerfeld denies calling French president an 'idiot' Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld on Sunday denied having called French President Francois Hollande an "idiot", suggesting the purported remark reported in a magazine came from a mistranslation.

22 October 2012

Dinosaur 'thief' arrested in Florida A US man accused of smuggling 70 million year old dinosaur skeletons into the United States, including a toothy relative of the bigger Tyrannosaurus rex, was arrested on Wednesday in Florida.

19 October 2012

Alcohol pipeline unearthed on Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan border Smugglers have been pumping ethyl alcohol from Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan via a self-made pipeline since 2008.

18 October 2012

Australians trial Botox to treat hay fever The best-selling wrinkle erasing drug Botox will be used in an Australian study to treat hay fever, researchers said Tuesday after it showed promise in providing relief in early trials.

10 October 2012

Kazakhstan fishermen caught 2kg piranha in Irtysh River The piranha that weighed over two kilograms fell into the fishermen’s netting in the Irtysh River in Pavlodar oblast.

09 October 2012

Kazakhstan and Indian workers fought for queue in tea-house on D Island at Kashagan Atyrau oblast prosecutors investigated into the details of a fight between workers on D Island at giant Kashagan oil field at the Caspian Sea.

09 October 2012

Quirky museums vie for attention with Vienna's grand galleries Fascinated by contraception, chimneysweeps, or magic boxes? Vienna has a museum for you.

07 October 2012

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Horse smashed in a car during race in East Kazakhstan 13-y.o. horseman from Semei received a brain concussion.

26 September 2012

Dutch police swamped after teen's Facebook party goes viral Riot police went into action in a sleepy Dutch town late Friday to contain thousands of party-goers who turned up after a teenager's birthday invite on Facebook went viral.

22 September 2012

Man mauled by tiger at New York zoo A man jumped off the Bronx Zoo monorail Friday and into the tiger enclosure, where he was savagely attacked and left in critical condition.

22 September 2012

Colombia nabs 2 who swallowed $40,000 in cash Colombia police said Friday they have arrested two men who had each ingested about $40,000 before trying to enter the country, in what may be a novel form of money laundering.

15 September 2012

Japan tsunami 'miracle pine' cut down, preserved A lone pine tree that stood as a symbol of hope in Japan, after surviving the huge tsunami that swept away a forest of 70,000, was being cut down Wednesday in a bid to preserve it.

12 September 2012

PHOTO: Camels freely roam Atyrau Two well-fed camels have been eating off the plants around Torgovaya Baza bus stop in Atyrau for the last few days.

12 September 2012

Catching some zzzz's at Costa Rica's sloth sanctuary They often arrive in bad shape -- hit by cars, zapped by high-voltage wires as they climb trees, or orphaned because superstitious locals have killed their moms.

12 September 2012

White House reveals 'Ale to the Chief' beer recipes Barack Obama promised and Saturday the White House delivered, revealing recipes for the president's official microbrewed honey beers, following an Internet campaign.

04 September 2012

Coca-Cola available but expensive in N. Korea: defectors Coca-Cola has been available at private markets in North Korea for more than a decade even if the US soft drink maker has not opened business in the communist state.

01 September 2012

Australian jailed over penis hack killing of ex-lover An Australian woman who admitted killing her ex-lover and attempting to hack off his penis was jailed for three years and nine months Wednesday, with a court accepting she was suffering depression.

29 August 2012