Last updated: December 15, 2013

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Aussie held over 'arson, assault'

A 47-YEAR-OLD Victorian man has been arrested by Thai police after clashing with the manager of a motorbike rental company in southern Thailand.

Dead man found riding rush hour train

TRAIN conductor shocked after finding dead man riding the subway during morning rush hour commute.

Grenade hurled at British tourists

grenade

ATTACKER hurled a grenade at British tourists in Kenya but it failed to explode, in a rare attack targeting tourists who are key to the economy.

Emus cause plane to 'belly-flop'

Emus cause plane to 'belly...

A GROUP of emus on a rural South Australian landing strip distracted a pilot to make a "belly-flop" landing earlier this year, a Government report has found.

Parkinson's link to insecticide sprays

FLIGHT attendants forced to spray insecticide through aircraft cabins may have given them Parkinson's disease.

How to survive world's most dangerous situations

THIS military training camp is a place so tough not even active participants really want to be there. But what they learn here will save their lives.

Host 'violated' by Airbnb nightmare

Host 'violated' by Airbnb nightmare

A WOMAN who rented out her apartment feared her suspicious male guests were drug dealers. But the reality was more disturbing.

Five innocent crimes that will get you jailed

Five innocent crimes that will get you jailed

FROM seemingly innocent gestures, to being the wrong sex, these are some of the bizarre reasons used to jail someone. Sound far-fetched? It happens and for the oddest reasons.