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Comedian Armando Iannucci got past security guards at the US State department in Washington with a pass which "could have been produced by a child", in what he described as "probably international espionage".
Kevin Rudd, the Australian prime minister, has been accused of losing his temper during a trip to Afghanistan because troops could not find him a hairdryer before a photo opportunity.
John Cobb, an opposition frontbench MP who recently returned from a trip to Afghanistan, claimed Australian troops had told him that Mr Rudd "threw a wobbly" during the visit, and said the soldiers at the Australian base of Tarin Kowt were "going on and on about it".
The incident was alleged to have occurred when Mr Rudd embarked on an unannounced visit to pay tribute to troops serving the war zone before Christmas last year.
© Getty ImagesKevin Rudd, the Australian prime minister, reportedly became angry when troops could not find him a hairdryer
The incident was alleged to have occurred when Mr Rudd embarked on an unannounced visit to pay tribute to troops serving the war zone before Christmas last year.
© REUTERS/Lucas JacksonMusician Tori Amos poses for a portrait while promoting her new album "Abnormally Attracted To Sin" in New York March 26, 2009.
Amos is known for her emotionally heavy songs about topics such as sexual abuse and religion and her 10th studio album, to be released on May 19, is no different. It features songs on difficult topics including a suicidal mother and how relationships are affected by pressure from events like the financial crisis.
"The world has changed completely, it seems, in the past two years. The world that we all knew before, could wake up in feeling safe, ... now it seems that everything has been turned upside down," Amos told Reuters in an interview.
A WIKIPEDIA hoax by a 22-year-old Dublin student resulted in a fake quote being published in newspaper obituaries around the world.
The quote was attributed to French composer Maurice Jarre who died at the end of March.
It was posted on the online encyclopedia shortly after his death and later appeared in obituaries published in the Guardian, the London Independent, on the BBC Music Magazine website and in Indian and Australian newspapers.
"One could say my life itself has been one long soundtrack. Music was my life, music brought me to life, and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz playing in my head, that only I can hear," Jarre was quoted as saying.
However, these words were not uttered by the Oscar-winning composer but written by Shane Fitzgerald, a final-year undergraduate student studying sociology and economics at University College Dublin.
The quote was attributed to French composer Maurice Jarre who died at the end of March.
It was posted on the online encyclopedia shortly after his death and later appeared in obituaries published in the Guardian, the London Independent, on the BBC Music Magazine website and in Indian and Australian newspapers.
"One could say my life itself has been one long soundtrack. Music was my life, music brought me to life, and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz playing in my head, that only I can hear," Jarre was quoted as saying.
However, these words were not uttered by the Oscar-winning composer but written by Shane Fitzgerald, a final-year undergraduate student studying sociology and economics at University College Dublin.
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The accident occurred near a church in east Moscow and the significance of the number 666 on the vehicle's registration plate made some emergency workers nervous.
"The driver of BMW was trapped in his car with rescuers trying to get him out," the source said adding that no one was injured on the tram.
A woman unexpectedly went into labor just before heart surgery in the Russian city of Penza, and gave birth to a healthy girl, the clinic's chief doctor said on Tuesday.
The 36-year-old woman from the nearby Russian republic of Mordovia "was admitted to the clinic for an urgent operation to replace an artificial heart valve, which the patient had been living with for several years," Dr. Vladlen Bazylev told RIA Novosti.
Replacing a heart valve usually involves open-heart surgery, and is considered a high-risk procedure.
The 36-year-old woman from the nearby Russian republic of Mordovia "was admitted to the clinic for an urgent operation to replace an artificial heart valve, which the patient had been living with for several years," Dr. Vladlen Bazylev told RIA Novosti.
Replacing a heart valve usually involves open-heart surgery, and is considered a high-risk procedure.
© APThe Teletubbies, from left, Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po
Violence flared at the Welcome Family Holiday Park in coastal resort of Dawlish, Devon, on Sunday during a fancy dress themed evening.
Up to 20 inebriated holidaymakers in costumes clashed at around 1am in the camp's clubhouse.
Police were called to the scene after two members of staff were assaulted.
A British man has been appointed as the new caretaker of an Australian tropical island, a six-month position described as "the best job in the world".
Ben Southall, 34, a charity fundraiser from Petersfield, Hampshire, emerged from a field of some 35,000 applicants.
His new job requires Mr Southall to live and report from Hamilton Island, on Queensland's Great Barrier Reef.
Ben Southall, 34, a charity fundraiser from Petersfield, Hampshire, emerged from a field of some 35,000 applicants.
His new job requires Mr Southall to live and report from Hamilton Island, on Queensland's Great Barrier Reef.
Just when you think there's nothing dumb left to report, up pops "Disgruntled drug buyer calls police to complain."
Now, granted, this is Cape Cod, where it was winter right through the end of April, and where rain has been and continues to be the forecast through May 9. Cape Codders aren't at their best right now.
Now, granted, this is Cape Cod, where it was winter right through the end of April, and where rain has been and continues to be the forecast through May 9. Cape Codders aren't at their best right now.
