ODDLY ENOUGH

When you need some light entertainment, why not click here for some strange-but-true stories from around the world.   Often weird and always quirky, these stories will give you a laugh – or at least make you wonder …!!

 
Kim Stanley Robinson still betting on utopia (ABC)
published on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:00:00 +1000
 
gazAcclaimed science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson has told the 68th World Science Fiction Convention in Melbourne that he is still optimistic about the world's future.
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Baby born on board chopper (ABC)
published on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:06:00 +1000
 
A baby girl has been born in the back of a rescue helicopter in north Queensland.
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Uncontrolled fires destroy 'paradise of diversity' (ABC)
published on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:04:00 +1000
 
Scientists say many native animal species in Northern Australia are "plunging towards extinction".
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Boy mauled by Taronga Zoo sea lion (ABC)
published on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:00:00 +1000
 
An 11-year-old boy is in hospital in a stable condition after being mauled by a sea lion at a Sydney zoo.
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Paris metro body heat to help warm building (Reuters)
published on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:26:31 +1000
 
PARIS (Reuters) - The warmth generated by human bodies in the Parisian metro will help heat a public housing project in the city centre, the capital's largest owner of social housing said on Friday.
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