Some funny and interesting headlines from around the world:
- UK scrambles to keep ‘dozen eggs’: UK officials say they will defend food producers’ right to label groceries by number, amid fears that the EU may consign “a dozen” eggs to history.
- Marilyn Monroe X-rays auctioned: A set of three X-rays of Marilyn Monroe’s chest taken during a 1954 hospital visit sells for $45,000 (£29,900) in Las Vegas.
- Wonder Woman gets trendy makeover: After a radical makeover, super hero Wonder Woman dons a trendy new outfit in issue 600 of the iconic monthly comic book series
- Brazil’s Christ statue re-opened: Brazil’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue above Rio de Janeiro is put back on show after a $4 million renovation.
- Scientists work on car for blind: US scientists aim present a prototype car for blind drivers in 2011, using sensors to indicate turns in the road via vibrating gloves.
- Buffett gives charities $1.93bn: The billionaire investor Warren Buffett donates shares worth $1.93bn to five charitable foundations.
- World Cup replica made of cocaine: Laboratory tests confirm that a replica World Cup trophy found by police at a Colombian airport is made out of cocaine.
- US airline ‘loses Israeli guns’: Four guns belonging to security guards accompanying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington disappear in transit.
- WI lands £1m record deal to ‘jam’: The Women’s Institute is mounting an assault on the music charts after signing a £1m record deal.
- Cleaner returns $50,000 lost cash: A Pakistani hotel attendant gains recognition after handing in more than $50,000 (£33,000) in cash left behind by a guest, reports Syed Shoaib Hasan.
- Drunk Australian rides crocodile: A drunk man in Australia survives being bitten by a huge salt water crocodile after he climbed into its enclosure and tried to ride it.
- German motorway hosts huge party: Cities in the German Ruhr area throw a huge party on the region’s busiest motorway after closing it to normal traffic
- Sidney clinches snail world title: Sidney the snail hits a top speed of 0.003mph to take the world championship defeating all-comers in Norfolk.
- Model of supersonic car unveiled: The British team hoping to drive a car faster than 1,000mph unveils a full-scale model of the vehicle at the Farnborough air show.
- Second henge found at Stonehenge: Archaeologists discover a second henge at Stonehenge, described as the most exciting find at the site in 50 years.
