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A separated Cambodian couple cut their house in half
Cambodian couple cut home in half
A rowing couple in Cambodia give new meaning to "broken home" by sawing their home in half to avoid the divorce courts.

A picture of the debt clock taken in October by Mervyn Kaye US debt clock runs out of digits
The national debt clock in New York runs out of digits to record the spiralling figure.

Computer-generated image of the Milky Way Is anybody listening out there?
Messages are beamed to a planet 20 light years from Earth in the hope they will reach intelligent alien life.

Aarron Evans caught on CCTV Tattoo clue led police to thief
A car thief who had his name and birth date tattooed on his neck is caught after CCTV images helped police track him down.

Gardening inmates win a bathroom
Green-fingered prisoners at a jail win a £1,000 bathroom voucher in the prize draw of an In Bloom event.

Japan police release naked bather
A British tourist is released without charge after swimming naked in the moat of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

Recycling litter funds honeymoon
A couple spent three months collecting litter around their home town to earn enough air miles to pay for part for their honeymoon.

Goat 'condoms' save Kenyan herds
Drought is forcing Kenyan herdsmen to turn to traditional contraception to control the goat population.

QE2 makes last stop on the Clyde
Thousands line up to watch as the QE2 returns to the stretch of water where it was built for the final time.

Beaming American smile US v UK teeth
Why is there a transatlantic dental divide?
The remains of the two reptiles 'Gator gobbler
Python explodes after swallowing 6ft alligator
Christina Aguilera Style crime?
Can fake tan ever be seen as sophisticated?
bike parking sign On the rack
How to park your bike without causing offence
Earth Flat-earthers
The people who still don't believe that the earth's round
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Kisses, fountains
How are events best marked by a modern memorial?
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