A Chinese state newspaper has been left red faced after internet users pointed out its new building's remarkable similarity to a penis.So much is the People's Daily newspaper's embarrassment that censors have been trying to quell chatter on social networks.Despite this, a few comments have managed to slip through about the new home of the government-controlled publication.One user on the Chinese

A British holidaymaker was horrified to find a menu at restaurant in Poland offering a portion of CERVICAL CANCER.Owen Durray, 32, was dining at the Bee Jays restaurant in Poznan when he spotted the stomach-turning dish.Among the cold starters was 'Cervical cancer served on beetroot carpaccio with mustard-honey dip' for 25 Zloty (£5).Mr Durray, from Kent, said: "No one I know has had cervical ca

Johannes Sebothoma (49) of Kgobokwane in Limpopo, South Africa says he wants to kill himself after he was denied his lotto win.Johannes believes that Gidani, the Lotto operator, or an employee at Gidani has cheated him of his money.Johannes said that after losing the ticket on 29 April 2009, his heart ached every time he read in newspapers that the jackpot still hadn't been claimed and that there

Four female nurses in South Africa have been fired following a disciplinary hearing after a woman was forced to give birth on a pavement outside the Soshanguve community health centre in November last year.The nurses, who have appealed the decision, face the implications of being restricted to never practice again in South Africa after the nurses council also launched its disciplinary process, th

A day-old infant was found dumped in a litter bin in Mutare city centre, Zimbabwe.The infant, who was eventually whisked away by the Mars Ambulance Services team, was found wrapped in a plastic with no clothes on and shivering.The time the baby was dumped could not be established as well as how its mother managed to place him/her into a bin and went away unnoticed in broad daylight.Mutare City Cou

MDC-T Youth Assembly chairperson Solomon Madzore was yesterday arrested on allegations of insulting President Mugabe during a rally held recently in Mushumbi, Mashonaland Central province. Police detectives took him to Harare Central Police Station before taking him to Bindura Police Station for further investigations.Chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirm

UK police are investigating whether a burglar had attempted to break into the central Derby building and became trapped.Officers were called to the firm of solicitors on Wednesday afternoon after staff reported a sickening smell wafting throughout the Grade II listed building.After employees searched the Victorian-era premises, located in St Mary's Gate, they found the man's remains wedged into th

UK bankers claim they're struggling to make ends meet on their seven-figure salaries.For one thing, taxes will quickly cancel out about about half their pay making it hard to keep their families in the manner to which they have become accustomed, they claim.The obligatory private schools, second homes and top-of-the-range cars don't come cheap – plus, believe it or not, they actually have a deep

Children who are brought up by two parents grow up to be cleverer than those raised by just one person, new research suggests.Being with both parents in the earliest years of life leads to a child developing more brain cells, the scientists believe.However, the benefits vary between the sexes.Being brought up by both parents causes boys to have better memory and learning functions.By contrast, it

A Wisconsin woman accused of killing her baby more than 50 years ago showed up at her sentencing hearing Wednesday expecting to be sentenced to 45 days in jail as part of a plea agreement forged between lawyers. Instead, Ruby C. Klokow was sentenced to a maximum of 10 years in prison.Klokow, 76, squeezed her eyes shut when a Sheboygan County judge told her that abiding by the plea agreement betwe

On 19 April Princess Mabuyakhulu 9, a grade 3 pupil at New Creation Learning Centre in Palm Ridge, Ekurhuleni, South Africa got a beating for spelling mistakes.Her hand was sore and swollen, but she was too scared to tell her parents until she couldn't write. When her parents noticed the swelling they took her to Katlehong's Natalspruit Hospital where she had an operation.Her mum, Sindisiwe Shoba

A jogger who saw smoke rising from a fire near his house turned round the corner and saw a body engulfed in petrol flames. Another witness, who lives nearby, said: "Residents looked on from their yards as the fire burnt the man to death and did nothing. Nobody tried to save him or put out the fire."Shocked and traumatised residents of Wallacedene, Cape Town, South Africa, said they thought the cha

A suspected drug trafficker, Emmanuel Onedigbo, almost lost his life recently at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Ikeja, when he was unable to expel a warp of cocaine which got stuck in his anus.A native of Anambra State, 28-year-old Onedigbo, arrested on his way to Pakistan onboard a Qatar flight, had allegedly inserted four wraps of cocaine in his anus.He was said to have tested posit

Three college friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving Boston Marathon suspect, have been charged with covering up evidence in an attempt to obstruct the investigation into the attack, which killed three people and injured more than 260.Two Kazakh students and a third man, a US citizen, all 19, are alleged to have disposed of Tsarnaev's laptop and a backpack containing fireworks in the frenzied

A man whose heart stopped beating while he slept has claimed that he witnessed angels and spoke to God before miraculously waking up in hospital and recovering.Don Houston, 62, who has a history of heart trouble, shared his story after recovering from the serious illness just before Christmas last year.He said that while he was unconscious in an Oklahoma City hospital - with only machines keeping