A teenage surfer from New Zealand has used her body-board to fend off an attack by a shark, pounding the fish over the head.

Reuters - The UK government launched plans on Monday to halve the number of smokers by the end of the decade and said it would consider removing branding from cigarette packets and banning cigarette vending machines.

Reuters - Members of the Hanunuo Mangyan tribe in the Philippines do not leave their dead in the grave for long, digging up the remains of loved ones in an unusual revival ritual that itself is slowly dying out.

Reuters - Sexual frustration amongst migrant workers in China's booming southern province of Guangdong is leading to a host of social problems and must be tackled, state media on Saturday cited a local official as saying.

A fat, flightless parrot who shot to fame after attempting to have sex with a TV presenter's head has been appointed a 'spokesbird' by the New Zealand government.

Alaska now has its own version of Groundhog Day

The wages of sin are four buffaloes and a pig. At least in Malaysia

Tracks in the snow leading from a crashed car to the nearby bridge overpass on New Mexico's I-40 just didn't look right to officers.

Two rare sea turtles stranded last fall on separate beaches in the Northwest took flight Thursday on a Coast Guard airplane bound for San Diego.

A North Carolina town's plan to truck in 30 tons of snow for a man-made winter wonderland has been canceled because it looks like Mother Nature will come through with the real stuff.

Police say a lumber truck crashed into a Massachusetts home after the driver was knocked unconscious when he choked on chili from Wendy's.

The Transformers sequel and Land of the Lost are tying for nominations for the Golden Raspberry Awards, which mark the worst in movies

Say Cheese! Cheryl Cole, Dita Von Teese and President Barack Obama have all been churned into amazing cheese sculptures.

Which weird picture is the weirdest? You decide, in a public battle to see which weird picture will go on to fight another day...

Police say a lumber truck crashed into a Massachusetts home after the driver was knocked unconscious when he choked on chili from Wendy's.

A school concert by an unknown singer is called off after it is wrongly publicised as an appearance by Grammy winner Taylor Swift.

A truck driver in America crashed into a house after he was knocked unconscious by the chilli he was eating while driving.

A nine-year-old Indonesian boy is cleared of "severe abuse" by a court, for stinging a classmate with a bee.

A 9-year-old boy who was facing a possible 3 years in jail for stinging a classmate with a bee has been cleared of serious abuse charges by a court in Indonesia.

A Malaysian court has found two lovers guilty of having an illicit affair - and ordered them to pay a fine of four buffaloes and a pig.