Some more funny and random headlines from around the world:
- Bond star in UK Afghan base visit: James Bond star Daniel Craig surprises UK troops serving at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan with a visit as they prepare to watch the 007 latest film, Skyfall.
- Santa left dangling by his beard: A Santa Claus is left dangling from the ceiling after his beard becomes trapped while abseiling inside a Reading shopping centre as part of a Christmas lights switch-on show.
- ‘Enormous’ royal bloomers sold: A pair of Queen Victoria’s linen drawers go under the hammer in Colchester.
- WWII pigeon message stumps GCHQ: Britain’s top code-breakers say they are stumped by a secret code found on the leg of a dead pigeon in a Surrey chimney and are hoping the public can help.
- Gangnam Style ‘most viewed video’: Gangnam Style, the dance track by South Korean pop phenomenon Psy, becomes YouTube’s most-watched video of all time.
- Fergie time: Does it really exist?: Do Man Utd get extra minutes to score late goals?
- Boyle’s Olympic ceremony honoured: Danny Boyle’s Olympic opening ceremony is honoured at Evening Standard Theatre Awards, hosted in London by actor James Corden.
- Living with the world’s first face transplant: First face transplant woman on her life
- Second Saturn ‘Pac-Man’ spotted: Astronomers see a temperature pattern on Saturn’s moon Tethys that looks like the 1980s arcade icon Pac-Man – the second such find near Saturn.
- Second Saturn ‘Pac-Man’ spotted: Astronomers see a temperature pattern on Saturn’s moon Tethys that looks like the 1980s arcade icon Pac-Man – the second such find near Saturn.
- Scolari angers Brazil’s bankers: The new coach of Brazil’s national football team, Luiz Felipe Scolari, says staff at the country’s largest public bank have an easy life, sparking a row.
- Early Mickey Mouse poster sold: A 1928 film poster of Mickey Mouse sells for more than $100,000 (£62,320) at an auction in Texas.
- Giant remote-control robot built: A Japanese man’s made his childhood dreams come true by building a giant robot, that can be controlled using a smartphone.
- Sixty-day bread could cut waste: An American company has developed a technique that it says can make bread stay mould-free for 60 days.
- Missouri couple claim US jackpot: A 52-year-old mechanic from Missouri and his wife claim their share of a $587.5m Powerball lottery jackpot.
