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'Oh, you paparazzi are really joy-killer!'

[2011-04-17 10:25]

Next time you play with your animal friends, watch closely. They might have some surprises for you.

Victory Day military parade held on Red Square

[2011-05-09 16:29]

Russian military personnel march along Red Square during a military parade on the Victory Day in Moscow May 9, 2011.

Czech president to be sent thousands of pens

[2011-04-14 14:45]

Some say the pen is mightier than the sword. If true, Czech President Vaclav Klaus will soon be a very mighty man.

Berlin zoo: Beloved polar bear Knut has died

[2011-03-21 12:16]

Berlin's beloved polar bear Knut died Saturday. His death at the young age of four took zookeepers and animal experts by surprise.

Mistakes, misfortune, meltdown: Japan's quake

[2011-03-19 16:40]

"Mistakes, misfortune, meltdown': Read the Reuters' special coverage on Japan's earthquake, tsunami and the unfolding nuclear crisis.

Prosecutors: Berlusconi had sex with teen 13 times

[2011-03-17 11:19]

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi paid for sex with an under-age Moroccan teen 13 times at his villa near Milan, prosecutors said in a document.

Brain Awareness Week calls for global research attention

[2011-03-17 11:14]

Think with your brain. Click to know more about the progress and benefits of brain research.

Obama says he was bullied at school

[2011-03-17 11:09]

President Barack Obama smiled when he said his large ears and funny name once made him a target of school-yard harassment.

One-month-old lion cubs play at zoo

[2011-02-07 11:00]

One-month-old lion cubs play in their enclosure at the zoo in Nizhny Novgorod, Feb 6, 2011.

Mass bird deaths rare, not apocalyptic-experts

[2011-01-06 23:10]

Birds falling out of the sky in the United States and Sweden are freak examples of the kind of mass animal deaths, from beached whales to deluges of frogs, that have unusual but not apocalyptic causes, experts say.

UK stamps could lose Queen's head, if sold

[2010-12-20 09:37]

The British government plans to liaise with Buckingham Palace after it emerged that Queen Elizabeth's head could disappear from stamps as part of plans to sell off the Royal Mail.

Assange free from prison, back to leaking secrets

[2010-12-17 09:30]

WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange was released on bail Thursday - confined to a supporter's 600-acre estate but free to get back to work spilling US government secrets on his website.