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Reuters - A lonely wild male elephant raided a
female elephant stable at a circus in eastern India and wooed
one of its residents to elope with him, a newspaper report said
on Thursday.

Reuters - A Japanese fan club for wasps has added
the insects to rice crackers, saying the result adds a waspish
scent to the traditional fare.

Reuters - A German court has awarded 3,000 euros
($4,100) in damages to a man who had to have the top of his
skull replaced with plastic because of a faulty hospital
fridge.

Reuters - A bad-tempered French manager of a
factory in China overshot the mark at a meeting when he pulled
out a pistol and shot the ceiling, state media said on
Wednesday.

Reuters - Britain's first official road signs to
warn drivers about the dangers of trusting their satellite
navigation devices (satnavs) were introduced on Tuesday in a
Welsh village.

Reuters - Illegal immigrants in Italy earning a few
coins by washing windscreens at traffic lights could face up to
three months in jail after Florence launched a crackdown and
other cities said they might follow suit.

Reuters - Chinese "twins" have sued a hospital
over an apparent mix up of babies 21 years ago until they were
reunited by chance and neighbors' complaints.

AP - When the cook on his shrimp boat went into labor 30 miles offshore, captain Ed Kiesel grabbed a new roll of paper towels and a first aid handbook and did the best he could.

Reuters - A diamond-encrusted platinum skull by
artist Damien Hirst has been sold to an investment group for
the asking price of 50 million pounds, a spokeswoman for
Hirst's London gallery White Cube said on Thursday.

Reuters - A teenager has been arrested on
suspicion of having posted a video of himself on YouTube
driving at speeds of more than 140 mph, police said on
Thursday.