Man arrested for stealing bridge

Russian police have detained a 45-year-old municipal worker for stealing a bridge. The 5-meter span metal bridge disappeared from a river crossing in the Ryazan region, east of Moscow. Police said they tracked it down to the man, who had used his work truck to remove it and then chopped it up and sold it for scrap. In a statement, Ryazan region police called it "the bulkiest theft of the year."

tightrope

A man walks the tightrope in the remote mountain village of Tsovkra-1, some 3,000 metres above sea level in Russia's Caucasus region of Dagestan August 20, 2007. For children in this remote mountain village on Russia's southern fringe, after-school games means balancing on a wire suspended one storey above ground. By a quirk of history that goes so far back that in time no one really remembers, nearly every man, woman and child in Tsovkra-1 can walk the tightrope.

"Teeth King"

""Raja Gigi" or "Teeth King" Rathakrishnan Velu uses his teeth to pull seven train coaches, weighing about 300 tonnes, in Kuala Lumpur August 30, 2007 in an attempt to break a record which he set four years ago with six coaches.

human tower

The group "Minyons of Terrassa" form a human tower called "Castell" during the annual fiestas of "San Felix" in Vilafranca del Penedes, near Barcelona August 30, 2007. The formation of human towers is a tradition of Catalonia and between 100 and 200 people are needed to complete a tower.

Strange and Unusual

A cabin, modelled on the dwellings of Russian fairytale figure Baba Yaga, is seen in the village of Uliyanovka, some 40 km (25 miles) from St. Petersburg, August 30, 2007. The cabin, which weighs some 13 tonnes, was built by enthusiasts, the owner said.

Jesus case before Kenyan court

A case on behalf of Jesus Christ has reached Kenya's High Court after two millennia. A group called Friends of Jesus is seeking to clear the name of Jesus Christ. They say his human rights were violated when he was convicted and crucified without a fair trial. They also want a ruling on whether Jesus' sentencing was legal, arguing that the correct penalty for blasphemy at the time was stoning, not crucifixion.