Some more funny and random headlines from around the world:
- Skinny dip organisers claim world record: Organisers of a mass skinny dip on a Gower beach claim a new world record after hundreds of naked swimmers took to the sea.
- Antarctic penguin takes wrong turn to NZ: A young emperor penguin takes a wrong turn from the Antarctic and arrives on a New Zealand beach, said to be the first such visit since 1967.
- Council admits fence ‘own goal’: Red-faced council officials apologise after building a fence through the middle of football goalpoasts in a York playing field.
- Stolen Apollo moon dust recovered: The US recovers a scattering of moon dust stolen from Nasa after the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, just as it is about to be sold at auction.
- San Francisco weighs pet sale ban: The US city of San Francisco weighs a proposal to ban the sale of pets within its borders in a move described as an effort to protect animals.
- Pope uses iPad to send first tweet: Pope Benedict XVI sends out his first tweet to launch a Vatican news portal as he celebrates 60 years since becoming a priest.
- Sydney dwellers paid to head into the countryside: Australia’s New South Wales government is offering Sydney residents a cash grant to leave the city and resettle in rural areas.
- ‘Get sterilised, win a car’ in Indian state: India’s Rajasthan state offers cars and other prizes to men and women who volunteer for sterilisation.
- Treasure found in Indian temple: Treasure, thought to be worth billions of rupees, is unearthed from secret underground chambers in a temple in southern India.
- Wayward baboon ‘captured’ in US: A baboon which has been roaming the streets and gardens of a town in the US state of New Jersey for three days is believed to have been captured.
- Car bought for £60 sold for £430k: A vintage Bugatti car which was bought for £60 in 1950 sells for more than £400,000 at auction.
- Open and shut case of the failed jailbreak: A woman who tried to smuggle her husband out of a Mexican prison in a suitcase is caught by guards, it has emerged.
- Polar bears ‘have Irish ancestors’: The maternal ancestors of modern polar bears were from Ireland, according to a DNA study of ancient brown bear bones.
- Austria embraces pasta headgear: Austrian police issue a driving licence showing a man wearing a pasta strainer on his head, which he claims is confessional headgear in the religion of pastafarianism.
- Pets therapy launch at hospital: Dogs and cats are to be used to help hospital patients across north Wales as a Pets As Therapy scheme gets under way
- Tata to launch ‘cheapest homes’: India’s Tata group says it will launch cheap housing that can be built within a week for 500 euros, according to Indian media reports.
- US love letter 53 years in post: A love letter to a US college student from the girlfriend who became his first wife is finally on its way to him – 53 years after it was written.
- China stages ‘bee-wearing’ contest: Images from a “bee-attracting” competition in China’s Hunan province, which pitted two fearless bee keepers, Lu Kongjiang and Wang Dalin, against one another.
