Snake Smuggler Jailed Over Boas In Baggage

A notorious wildlife trafficker has been caught trying to smuggle nearly 100 live boa constrictors into Indonesia after his bag broke at an airport.

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A Colombian who is just over 2ft tall has been officially recognised as the world's shortest living man by the Guinness World Records.

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A South African pastor has caused outrage by preaching a sermon entitled "Jesus was HIV positive".

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Dramatic video footage shows an American footballer picking himself up after being thrown from his motorbike in a road accident.

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An evening newspaper has come up with an ingenious way to beat a League One football club's ban on photographers.

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A terminally ill whale that had become stranded near an Australian harbour has been blown up by authorities.

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Lloyd's of London has insured some strange things in its 322-year history but a $1m policy for an NFL star's mane of black ringlets stands head and shoulders above the rest.

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A passenger plane travelling from San Francisco to Australia was forced to make an emergency landing after one of its engines burst into flames.

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Doctors are ditching their stethoscopes in favour of an iPhone app that allows them to listen to their patients' heartbeats.

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A skyscraper climber nicknamed "Spiderman" has been arrested after scaling a 57-storey building in Australia with his bare hands.

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A hip-hop dancer who does not have legs has found fame after performing on the Indian version of Britain's Got Talent.

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One of the world's smallest frogs has been found in the jungle of Borneo.

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A Polish man had a bullet lodged in the back of his head for five years because he was too drunk to realise he had been shot at a New Year party.

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A founding member of the Electric Light Orchestra band has been killed in a freak accident when a giant bale of hay crushed his van.

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Tiger Sharks have been spotted in a massive feeding frenzy off the southern Queensland coast.  

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Thousands of lorries are stuck in a 75-mile traffic jam on a motorway heading towards Beijing.

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A male pygmy hippopotamus born in Poland's Wroclaw Zoo has gone on show for the first time.

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A Chinese lingerie company has unveiled a new range of underwear featuring a Princess of Wales lookalike model on the 13th anniversary of her death.

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Vuvuzelas have been shown a red card by European football's ruling body amid fears they could damage the game's "magic".

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A woman's decomposing body has been found wedged inside the chimney of her lover's home after she tried to sneak into his house.

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A daredevil French circus star has performed the UK's highest wirewalk across Newport's river footbridge.

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A Frenchman has been tipped for stardom after being crowned the world's best air guitarist - for the second year in a row.

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A Thai woman has been detained by airport authorities in Bangkok after they found a drugged tiger cub stashed alongside a stuffed toy in her luggage.

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Sumo's governing body has thrown its weight behind Apple's hottest gadget in a bid to wrestle free of texting problems faced by its fat-fingered fighters.

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A fire tornado caused by brush fires and strong winds has stopped motorway traffic as drivers in Brazil gawped at the rare phenomenon.

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