A potted plant on the counter of a cafe near Tokyo joins the blogging community. more »
Inmates at a jail in Portugal produce award-winning wines as they serve their sentences. more »
A 5 tonne digger moves hearts as well as earth in a unique dance duet. more »
As governments around the world bail out their banks, a priest in Germany is giving bankers a chance to ask for help from on high during the financial crisis. more »
Authorities in Nepal have enthroned a three-year-old girl as a new Kumari, or "living goddess", in a centuries-old ritual the new government has allowed to continue. more »
Penguins washed up on beaches in north-eastern Brazil head back to their natural habitat. more »
An international conservation group says a quarter of the world's mammals face extinction. more »
Hard pressed to find good helping hands these days? Not bothered that these helping hands may not be human? more »
Canadian forests are being ravaged by the voracious mountain pine beetle. more »
An Indian man has come up with a novel way of making ends meet - he's dresses as a monkey to scare away monkeys for money. more »