The global toll from SARS climbed above 500 dead and 7,000 infected on Thursday.
Villagers in southern Taiwan are strapping bras to their faces to guard against the deadly SARS virus due to a shortage of surgical masks.
A runaway Thai elephant brought chaos and cheers to the streets of Manila on Thursday until a passing beer truck helped herd him back to an animal show.
A Dublin bus driver Tells Cops Someone Stole His Marijuana .
A SET of mysterious bright lights in the Australian Northern Territory's night sky have residents in the beachside suburb of Nightcliff abuzz with talk of an alien encounter.
Brad McDonald, 48, was at the Nightcliff Jetty fishing with family and friends when he saw the lights on Saturday about 9pm. - "I thought it was odd before that because the fish were biting like hell, and then all of a sudden the tide went out."
The planet Mercury has passed in front of the Sun as viewed from Earth.
The event, called a transit, occurs only about 12 times a century.