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A street sign designates the street outside the former childhood ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:45:36 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A street sign designates the street outside the former childhood home of Pop Star Michael Jackson in Gary, Indiana. Residents of a Ukrainian village want to rename it after the late pop superstar Michael Jackson, a lawmaker who represents the village has told AFP.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Tasos Katopodis)

Dandelions grow at the edge of a path. A German gardener's ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:08:56 GMT

(AFP/File) - Dandelions grow at the edge of a path. A German gardener's house was left a smouldering wreck after he set it on fire while trying to get rid of the weeds with the help of a flame-thrower, police have said.(AFP/File/SCOTT OLSON)

A giant plastic statue of Michael Jackson has been unveiled ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:57:34 GMT

(AFP) - A giant plastic statue of Michael Jackson has been unveiled in a village near the Swiss city of Zurich, ahead of a ceremony to pay homage to the late pop icon, organisers say.(AFP/Sebastian Derungs)

Wallabies are getting "as high as a kite" on opium ...

(AFP/DDP/File) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:20:31 GMT

(AFP/DDP/File) - Wallabies are getting "as high as a kite" on opium in Australian poppy fields and flattening crops as they hop round in circles, according to a report. The marsupials, which look like small kangaroos, have been getting into medical opium crops in the southern island state of Tasmania and chewing on the plant's intoxicating heads, state officials said.(AFP/DDP/File/Philipp Guelland)

Not satisfied with social networking sites for humans, a Colombian ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:56:37 GMT

(AFP/File) - Not satisfied with social networking sites for humans, a Colombian engineer has launched mypetbum.com, which aspires to become a Facebook for cats and dogs.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)

This recent handout photo provided by the Polish customs office ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:04:13 GMT

(AFP) - This recent handout photo provided by the Polish customs office shows scorpions discovered by Polish customs agents in Warsaw in a package posted from Hong Kong. Polish customs officers have intercepted a package posted from Hong Kong containing 39 scorpions -- 32 of them still alive -- addressed to a student in Poland's south-west city of Wroclaw.(AFP/Ho)

A plane from the Air New Zealand airline is shown taxiing past ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:54:26 GMT

(AFP/File) - A plane from the Air New Zealand airline is shown taxiing past the air traffic control tower at Sydney Airport in 2007. New Zealand's national airline has come up with an imaginative way of encouraging passengers to pay attention to the pre-flight safety video -- showing cabin crew in the nude.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)

A statue of Colonel Sanders, US fastfood chain Kentucky Fried ...

(AFP/JIJI PRESS/File) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:35:18 GMT

(AFP/JIJI PRESS/File) - A statue of Colonel Sanders, US fastfood chain Kentucky Fried Chicken's founder, is displayed by Osaka city officers after it was recovered from the sludge of a river nearly a quarter century after it went missing in March 2009. The "curse of Colonel Sanders", blamed for the Hanshin Tigers Japanese baseball club's quarter century of bad luck, was declared exorcised in a full Shinto rite Thursday.(AFP/JIJI PRESS/File)

Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen arrives dressed as a schoolboy to ...

(AFP) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:10:30 GMT

(AFP) - Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen arrives dressed as a schoolboy to attend a press conference in Sydney, on June 29. Cohen's alter ego, gay Austrian fashionista 'Bruno' is in Sydney to attend the Australian premiere of his self-titled movie on June 29.(AFP/Greg Wood)

A file photo of Brussels sprouts and carrots in 2009. A British ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:44:11 GMT

(AFP/File) - A file photo of Brussels sprouts and carrots in 2009. A British navy captain has banned Brussels sprouts from his ship and labelled them the "devil's vegetable", reports said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Barbara Sax)

Newlyweds are pictured in Ireland in 2002. Too much time spent ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:50:17 GMT

(AFP/File) - Newlyweds are pictured in Ireland in 2002. Too much time spent on the Internet is causing increasing friction between couples in Ireland, a marriage counselling service said Friday.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)

A policeman stands guard in London in 2007. A British pensioner ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:34:34 GMT

(AFP/File) - A policeman stands guard in London in 2007. A British pensioner and former boxing champion beat up a knife-wielding burglar who broke into his home, leaving him battered and bruised, newspapers said.(AFP/File/Chris Young)

Bruno, the alter ego of British satirist Sacha Baron Cohen, ...

(AFP) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:17:38 GMT

(AFP) - Bruno, the alter ego of British satirist Sacha Baron Cohen, arrives in shining armour with a horse dressed in fishnet stockings and studded leather straps for the Australian premiere of his self-titled movie at the State Theatre in Sydney, on June 29. Bruno also declared Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is "uber-cute" -- and even hotter than US President Barack Obama.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev meeting with military ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:04:26 GMT

(AFP/File) - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev meeting with military cadets on June 18, 2009. An official from Nazarbayev's Nur Otan party recommended Friday that all civil servants in the Central Asian state be required to sport a button on their lapel affirming: "I am against corruption."(AFP/File/Stanislav Filippov)

French makeup artist Helene Jonca applies the final touch to ...

(AFP) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:42:31 GMT

(AFP) - French makeup artist Helene Jonca applies the final touch to US President Barack Obama's wax figure in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Obama's wax double has joined the pantheon of world leaders and stars at the Grevin Museum in Paris after being unveiled at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.(AFP/Pierre Verdy)

A man sells spices at a market in Baghdad. An Air India passenger ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:29:41 GMT

(AFP/File) - A man sells spices at a market in Baghdad. An Air India passenger jet heading to Frankfurt was forced to return to Mumbai after a bag of curry powder set off smoke and fire alarms, media reports say.(AFP/File/ALI AL-SAADI)

Monks and believers are seen cleaning the 15-meter-tall Buddha ...

(AFP/Jiji Press/File) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:43:00 GMT

(AFP/Jiji Press/File) - Monks and believers are seen cleaning the 15-meter-tall Buddha statue at the Todaiji temple in Nara, western Japan. A Japanese company has reportedly agreed with the ancient temple that it would withdraw a controversial plastic figurine -- a seated, grinning Buddha with a bulge between its legs -- that was sold at the temple.(AFP/Jiji Press/File)

Pigeons fly over the historical centre of Sibiu city in March ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:03:50 GMT

(AFP/File) - Pigeons fly over the historical centre of Sibiu city in March 2009. Pigeons may sometimes appear to randomly target city sculptures with their droppings, but according to a new Japanese study they also have the potential to become discerning art critics.(AFP/File/Daniel Mihailescu)

A restaurant in Rome which presented a Japanese tourist with ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:58:24 GMT

(AFP/File) - A restaurant in Rome which presented a Japanese tourist with a bill for nearly 700 euros (980 dollars) after a meal with his fiancee has been closed down by the authorities.(AFP/File/Marcello Paternostro)

Tea being served. Tea, water and biscuits are on South Africa's ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:42:34 GMT

(AFP/File) - Tea being served. Tea, water and biscuits are on South Africa's recession menu to replace lavish meals at some government meetings as the belt is tightened on public spending, a spokesman said on Thursday.(AFP/File/Khalil Mazraawi)