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07.08.2007, 10:15

Military bands play at railway stations in Russia

Moscow is celebrating the 170th anniversary of Russian railroads and military bands are performing at the city's railway stations. The old tradition of open-air performances was re-born six years ago and has now become an annual occasion.

18.08.2008, 10:26 1 comment

Fury over bonkers booklet telling women how to drive

Traffic police in Siberia have risked incurring the wrath of the fairer sex with a new guidebook telling women how to bring their driving up to scratch. The controversial document, ‘Driving rules for a true lady’, claims female drivers flirt with passing

31.10.2008, 14:44

British driver makes muppets out of German police

A British prankster has been mocking German police, making them look like muppets. An Audi with British number plates has been captured – on film – several times travelling over the speed limit in the state of Bavaria…with a Muppet S

31.10.2008, 19:03

Credit crunch rockers sing the blues

There are different ways to respond to an economic meltdown. Five hard-up British builders saw an opportunity to form a band. And they've been singing their way out of recession at a building site in London's Canary Wharf.

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Published: 06 November, 2008, 19:34


A chemist in Sweden has decided to channel his anger at car drivers asking for spare change into entertainment. Those needing notes changed have to sing a song first.

Chemist Rene Jenni said he isn’t being rude to the numerous drivers coming into his pharmacy not for the purpose of buying anything, Ananova reports. He just wants something in return for doing them a favour, the chemist says.

His main reason for doing so was to make the annoying visitors go away because most of them felt too embarrassed to carry out the request.

Yet there are some who are no less imaginative than Jenni himself – they do start singing! One driver must have found it a pleasure, as they sang an entire aria.


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06.11.2008, 17:32

Obama win makes newspapers historic – and expensive

Just two days after the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, issues of American newspapers detailing Barack Obama’s victory have become bibliographical rarities. They are now being sold on eBay for record prices.

07.11.2008, 06:15

Czechs fear rise in Neo-Nazism

Decades after Hitler came to power, the influence of his ideology lives on – and Neo-Nazism, strictly suppressed in Germany, has found breathing space in the Czech Republic.