12 odd PHOTOS from a mad, mad world

Here's your weekly digest of photographs that prove that it's a mad, mad, mad, mad world out there! German Michael Sturm fails to set a new world record in carrying one liter beer mugs over a......

Earthquake in China; 8 injured

Eight people were injured in an earthquake near the border area of China's southwestern Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, local authorities said on Wednesday. The 4.9-magnitude quake, which occurred at......

Federer's security tightened after receiving death threat

World No 1 tennis star Roger Federer has reportedly received death threats from an anonymous blogger on a Chinese website Baidu.com. The blog poster, using the screen name "Blue Cat Polytheistic......