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A German woman, fearful that a burglar was trying to break into her second storey apartment, called police after she heard someone climbing up to her balcony shortly after midnight, police said on Thursday.

At least 11 tigers have died of hunger and malnutrition in a Chinese zoo so far this year, the Year of the Tiger in the lunar calendar, local media reported on Thursday.

More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday decrying China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated writers because he was HIV-positive, a move that Beijing defended.

In search of Mr. or Mrs. Right, dozens of Japanese are attending a newly launched school in Tokyo that aims turn them into marriage material.

Los Angeles, March 10 -- Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan may not be getting plum film roles anymore, but she might bring in millions in a lawsuit over a widely viewed television ad. Lohan, 23, has sued online brokerage E-Trade for $100 million alleging that a company ad in which a baby named Lindsay is referred to as a "milkaholic" violated her rights, according to the New York Post.

REUTERS - Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, ranked the world's richest man by Forbes magazine on Wednesday, built his $53.5 billion empire by buying and turning around a creaking state monopoly and myriad other companies.

An Olympic mystery was solved on Wednesday when officials said they had located the stick Sidney Crosby used to win the men's hockey gold medal for Canada at the Vancouver Games.

Danish food ingredients and enzymes maker Danisco said on Wednesday it would investigate whether snakes, spiders and carnivorous plants could provide new powerful enzymes to improve consumer goods.

Britain's Royal Opera will stage the world premiere next year of "Anna Nicole", a work about the life of former Playboy model, actress and tabloid favourite Anna Nicole Smith who died in 2007.

A court in Cyprus remanded two men in custody on Wednesday on suspicion of snatching the corpse of former Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos, holding it for ransom for three months until its discovery on Monday.

Slovenia will this year allow hunters to kill 75 brown bears and 12 wolves to limit the damage they do to crops and livestock and prevent numbers growing, the environment ministry said on Wednesday.

India, March 10 -- Actually no party wanted the women's bill securing 33 percent seats in the lower House of Parliament and the state legislatures. There was resentment even within the Congress but none dared to speak.

A New Zealand woman sold two vials that she said contained the ghosts of an old man and a young girl for almost NZ$2,000 ($1,410) after a fiercely contested online auction, local media reported.

An elephant gave birth to a calf at Sydney's main zoo on Wednesday, surprising vets and keepers who two days earlier declared the baby had died in the womb.

Sujet Salee is a Thai boxing champion with an impressive fight record, but the 29-year-old also stands out among his peers for another reason: he's blind.

New Delhi, March 10 -- Rahul Mahajan has rushed to the defence of his new bride Dimpy, whose bikini-clad item girl days were revealed by a tabloid after their televised marriage this week. "All these big stars who sport bikinis or kiss on screen are paid in crores, and get called classy.

Canada's largest airline has learned it sometimes has to take a back seat to the country's biggest sporting passion, ice hockey, the head of Air Canada said on Tuesday.

Fuelled by leftover chocolate and with components made from carrots, potato starch and flax, the world's first sustainable Formula 3 racing car has a top speed of 135 miles per hour and can go from zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds.

London, Mar 9 (ANI): Two squirrels are said to love coconuts so much that they end up scrapping the inside of the nuts.

Train enthusiasts longing for a ride from a bygone era can chug down the tracks in Indonesia's only steam passenger train.