A crocodile was reportedly found on Wednesday in Beirut River as witnesses said more than one reptile existed in the area.
Al-Joumhouria newspaper posted a video footage it took of the crocodile, whose age is estimated to be between 3 to 5 years old.
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A police car pictured in Menznau near Lucerne, Switzerland on February 27, 2013. Swiss police said a woman was literally caught with her pants down over the weekend after taking the wheel in …more
Swiss police said a woman was literally caught with her pants down over the weekend after taking the wheel in the nude to try to cover for her unlicensed male friend.
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A larger version of the giant inflatable yellow duck that captivated Hong Kong will grace a port city in Taiwan later this year, officials said Wednesday.
Keelung city council speaker Huang Jing-tai said he has signed an agreement with Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman to create an 18-meter-tall (59-feet) version, which is expected to go on public display around mid-December and will remain permanently in Taiwan.
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George Washington famously said he could not tell a lie, but people in the city that bears his name don't seem to feel so conflicted.
One in five in the U.S. capital failed to drop a suggested $1 in an honor box when they helped themselves to tea at unmanned kiosks set up by Honest Tea, a beverage company.
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The famed dabbawalas of Mumbai are celebrating the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby with the Indian tradition of passing out sweets.
Thousands of dabbawalas each day pick up lunches at workers' homes and deliver the lunches to them at their offices. They have been hailed for their efficiency and Prince Charles visited them a decade ago, creating a connection with the men.
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Swiss police said a woman was literally caught with her pants down over the weekend after taking the wheel in the nude to try to cover for her unlicensed male friend.
Police said the pair's car stopped some 100 meters (yards) before a roadside checkpoint on Sunday night near the city of Baar in central Switzerland, then proceeded to drive up to officers -- who found the 27-year-old woman naked at the wheel.
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How to properly peel an orange, hold an oyster fork, and pronounce luxury brand names -- wealthy Chinese are paying handsome sums to learn such skills as they seek to match their high-end lifestyles with high-class etiquette.
A two-week course at the newly opened Institute Sarita in Beijing costs 100,000 yuan ($16,000), but that has not dissuaded dozens of students from across the country from signing up.
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A flood of last-minute bets on Britain's royal baby poured in on Monday even as Prince William's wife Catherine was in hospital in labor.
Most of the money was going on the name of the third-in-line to the throne, with one bookie suspending betting on the subject.
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Royal supporter Terry Hutt sits near the media pen outside of Saint Mary's Hospital in London on July 21, 2013. There's still no sign of Britain's royal baby, even though the world's media have been …more
There's still no sign of Britain's royal baby, even though the world's media have been camped for three weeks outside the London hospital where Prince William's wife Catherine is due to give birth.
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From royal baby name generators to interminably dull live-feeds of a hospital door -- the longer Britain waits for Prince William's wife Catherine to give birth, the more nonsense the Internet provides.
Bored web users can while away hours creating ghastly photomontages of what the little heir will look like -- taking Kate's hair, for example, adding William's nose and the ears of grandfather Prince Charles.
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