Rooney promised movie role

Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney has got a lucrative job offer from a prestigious film director. Manchester United's Wayne Rooney (AP-Yonhap News)According to Britain’s The Sun, Mexican-born director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, who is in the spotlight for his Oscar-winner “Biutiful,” said the door to Hollywood is wide open to the footballer, adding that he is talented at acting.“I said to h

Feb. 7, 2011

Egg painting exhibition in Wuhan, central China

A photo taken on Feb. 5, 2011 shows egg painting exhibits during a Spring Festival temple fair held in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province. (Photo: Xinhua-Yonhap)

Feb. 6, 2011

The opening of a new year sumo tournament in Tokyo

Grand champion Hakuho, second left front row, and other top sumo wrestlers stand at attention on the sumo ring as Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hanaregoma, in kimono, delivers the opening speech at the start of a new year tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena on Jan. 9, 2011. Japan's sumo association said on Sunday Feb. 6, 2011, it will cancel its March tournament due to a match-fix

Feb. 6, 2011

Fishing net firm to help trawl for space debris

Japan’s space agency and a 100-year-old fishing net company plan to collect debris orbiting around the Earth, the British Daily Telegraph reported.The NASA’s Orbital Debris Quarterly News released in January, 2011 found that more fragments have separated from space vehicles. It is estimated that there are about 370,000 pieces of space junk, according to the Telegraph report. The U.S. Space Surveil

Feb. 6, 2011

Blood vessel buster draws attention

A British restaurant promises a free meal to anyone who can finish a 4,200-calorie burger with side dishes under a time limit. According to the British Daily Mail, Oscar’s Diner, an American-themed burger restaurant, in Telford, Shropshire, offers a prize to anyone who can finish their mammoth Titanic burger in the given time.Weighing-in at 1.1 kilograms, the jumbo burger features 450 grams of bee

Feb. 3, 2011

Man gets tattoo to win 'Mini'

A German man had “MINI” tattooed on his penis in a bid to win a £20,000 ($31,800) Mini Cooper.According to the British Metro, Andreas Muller, 39, announced he would get the tattoo there and then at a radio station contest to see who deserved the prize.Muller’s high-pitched scream while getting the tatoo was aired live on radio, but the stunt nabbed him the prize.“Once I’m sitting in the car, it wo

Feb. 1, 2011

Rabbit gets stuck in cup

A rabbit trying to eat food gets stuck to the bottom of a cup during a snow carnival in Beijing, China, on Jan. 31, 2011. (Photo: AP-Yonhap)

Feb. 1, 2011

A portrait of Mubarak with moustache and hair to represent Hitler

An anti-government protester being carried on the shoulders of another holds up a portrait of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on which he had drawn a moustache and hair in black to represent Adolf Hitler, to loud cheers from the crowd, at the continuing demonstration in Tahrir square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. (Photo: AP-Yonhap)

Feb. 1, 2011

Carnivorous lizard found in California

This image provided by Riverside County Animal Services shows Animal Services officer, Kim McWhorter, holding a 5-foot long Monitor lizard animal controls officers found wandering around a condo complex in the city of Riverside, Calif., Tuesday Jan. 25, 2011. Black-throated Monitor lizards are carnivorous and native to the grasslands of Africa (Photo: AP)

Jan. 28, 2011

Volcano erupts on Japanese island of Kyushu

The Shinmoedake Volcano erupts on the Southern Japanese Island of Kyushu on Thursday. (Photo: AP-Yonhap)

Jan. 28, 2011

‘소말리아 해적은 일등 신랑감’

서울의 한 소식통에 따르면 소말리아에서는 지식인들이 해적단에 가담하며, 해적들은 소말리아 여성들에게 일등 신랑감이라고 한다.또한 2008년 BBC와의 인터뷰에서 한 소말리아 주민은  해적들은 20세에서 35세 사이의 젊은이들로 이루어져 있으며, 돈을 위해서 해적에 가담하고 있다고  말했다. 그들은 가장 아름다운 여성들과 결혼하며, 큰 집과 자동차, 새로운 총을 구매하고 있다고 한다. 해적들은 몸값으로 평균 2백만 달러에 해당하는 금액을 받으며, 각 해적들에게 돌아가는 금액도 선진국의 연봉을 넘는 수준이라고 소식통은 밝혔다.파이낸셜 타임즈는 글로벌 거버넌스를 위한 One Earth Future NGO 재단의 자료를 인용하며 2010년 소말리아 해적들이 받은 인질 몸값은 평균 540만 달러에 해당한다고 보도했다

Jan. 28, 2011

China hopes to create world’s largest mega city

China is planning to integrate nine cities to create the world’s largest metropolis with a population of a staggering 42 million, the Daily Telegraph reported.The project, “Turn The Pearl River Delta Into One,” will encompass an urban area of 25,749 square kilometers.The area will cover a large part of China’s major industrial center, including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Zhu

Jan. 28, 2011

Third-sex hostesses ready for takeoff

Thai transsexuals were overjoyed as new airline P.C. Air yesterday took air hostess job applications from "third sex" candidates at Bangkok's Esplanade shopping mall.Among the successful applicants was Miss Tiffany 2007 winner Thanyarat "Film" Jiraphatpakorn.P.C. Air executive Peter Shan said the company had seen the potential of transsexuals to work as hostesses.After passing the preliminary roun

Jan. 27, 2011

Dentist introduces saucy dress code for patients

(Captured from Metro)A German dentist has come into the spotlight after introducing Alpine-style “dirndl” outfits for her staff in an attempt to distract nervous patients. According to the British Metro, Dr. Marie-Catherine Klarkowski and her assistants wear cleavage-revealing garments at the office.“The most important thing is to take away patients’ fear. The sight of cleavage gets patients distr

Jan. 27, 2011

Distant galaxy seen by Hubble may be oldest identified

The Hubble Space Telescope may have discovered the farthest-away object ever identified, a galaxy with light that began shining when the universe was only about 500 million years old.The galaxy was born at a time of rapid acceleration in the birth rate of stars, according to the study released today by the journal Nature. The observation needs to be confirmed with spectroscopy, an analysis of ligh

Jan. 27, 2011

Distant galaxy seen by Hubble may be oldest identified

The Hubble Space Telescope may have discovered the farthest-away object ever identified, a galaxy with light that began shining when the universe was only about 500 million years old.The galaxy was born at a time of rapid acceleration in the birth rate of stars, according to the study released today by the journal Nature. The observation needs to be confirmed with spectroscopy, an analysis of ligh

Jan. 27, 2011

Skinny pigs, poison pork: China battles farm drugs

 BEIJING (AP) _ It has shown up frequently in pork but also in snake dishes in south China and beef from the far western Xinjiang region, sending diners to the hospital with stomach aches and heart palpitations. A farmer pours the fresh milk at a dairy farm in Shenyang, China on Sept. 20. (AP)Clenbuterol, known in China simply as ``lean meat powder,'' is a dangerous drug that's banned in China yet

Jan. 26, 2011

Surfing contest in California

In this Feb. 13, 2010 file photo, Ion Banner loses control on a giant wave during the first heat of the Mavericks surfing contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif. The cold water and stories high surf at the big, treacherous surf break called Mavericks in Northern California have made it a Mt. Everest-like conquest for some surfers. And like Everest, Mavericks has claimed its share of lives: whether it be

Jan. 26, 2011

Ferry race in Sydney

A ferry decorated as a whale leads in the annual Ferry Race during Australia Day celebrations in Sydney, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. (AP-Yonhap)

Jan. 26, 2011

NASA will announce new discovery by Hubble Space Telescope

NASA is planning to hold a teleconference on 3 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 27 (1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 26 in Washington) to announce new discovery by Hubble Space Telescope.The space agency indicated in a media release that “astronomers have pushed the Hubble Space Telescope to its limits and have seen further back in time than ever before.” The new findings will also be published in the journal Nature. T

Jan. 26, 2011