Coconut tree worth millions up for sale [ A Step Beyond ]   Looking for something special to brighten your home, garden, tropical beachfront hotel or casino? A research centre in the Ivory Coast is offering a coconut tree for more than R6-million - and this is no ordinary palm tree... Full Story... Coconut cover's nothing to be shy about

Moscow wants you - as a double agent [ A Step Beyond ]   Russia's secret services have made an offer they hope that readers of their website will not be able to refuse - work as a double agent. Full Story... Spy sued for selling secrets back to source Soccer players have a cow about US beef [ A Step Beyond ]   With mad cow disease on their minds, Japanese soccer players touring the United States have been saying "no, thank you" to US beef. Full Story... Minister 'sorry' for lack of beef inspections Japan worries about US beef after new ban Breach in Vatican walls is the way out [ A Step Beyond ]   It may not be pearly, but the Vatican is opening a new gate in its centuries-old walls. Full Story... Pope offered to steer the wheel of Ferrari Vatican-by-the-sea is coming soon University of Vermont finds missing mascot [ A Step Beyond ]   Students are always up to pranks, so it was no surprise when a sign went missing at the University of Vermont - but who could manage to steal a 90kg mascot remains a mystery. Full Story... Beijing chooses Olympic mascots

      University of Vermont finds missing mascot  2006-02-07 23:01:39
      Coconut tree worth millions up for sale  2006-02-07 22:12:32
      Nothing says 'I love you' quite like a llama  2006-02-07 14:14:48
      Dog stands test of time on 10 smokes a day  2006-02-07 11:43:58
      Golf tournament held up by robber  2006-02-07 13:06:49
      Teen saves his saviour  2006-02-07 13:02:09
      Boldly living where none has lived before  2006-02-07 12:43:17
      A sign of the times?  2006-02-07 02:12:44
      Backyard burial for Japanese man  2006-02-06 20:01:41
      China aims to put lid on manhole cover theft  2006-02-06 20:08:14
      Sleeping in cars to avoid high Dubai rents  2006-02-06 20:13:32
      Egg splatters on British minister's head  2006-02-06 19:58:02
      Oops! Visitor banned after expensive smash  2006-02-06 17:22:58
      British workers feign illness to stay at home  2006-02-06 15:04:39
      Fauna and flora blamed for motor claims  2006-02-06 19:49:33
      Principal crosses out hot buns  2006-02-06 12:47:41
      Stuck in the middle with you ... you and you  2006-02-06 09:40:55
      Plastic cop gets Russian drivers to slow down  2006-02-06 19:52:27
      Got that synching feeling? Read my lips...  2006-02-06 01:39:38
      Message in a bottle sinks sailor's hopes  2006-02-06 01:47:33