An inquiry has been launched by China's agriculture commission but no evidence has been found so far as to how or why the pigs were dumped in the river.
900 pigs have been found dead floating down the Huangpu river near Shanghai. The river is used as drinking water by city residents. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
About 900 pigs have been found dead floating down the Huangpu river near Shanghai.
Pop star Justin Timberlake poked fun at the late Hugo Chavez on Saturday Night Live last night, reworking "Candle in the Wind" as a tribute to him. (Youtube/Screengrab)
Justin Timberlake took aim at the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez on SNL last night.
The Dutch Parkinson's Society released a Youtube video called "Worst Shake Ever" that shows a man dancing to the Harlem Shake song in an office kitchen.
A video released by a Dutch Parkinson's foundation shows a man shaking to the music "Harlem Shake" before falling over. The controversial video is meant to raise awareness about the disease. (Youtube/Screengrab)
A Harlem Shake video featuring a man with Parkinson's disease has sparked controversy.
A crashed ferrari belonging to Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo is pictured in a tunnel near Manchester Airport in Manchester, northwest England, on January 8, 2009. (Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images)
Cristiano Ronaldo's smashed Ferrari was put up for sale on eBay this week.
The announcement came just weeks after The Pirate Bay (TPB) lost its appeal in a Swedish court and subsequently changed to an ".se" domain to avoid US prosecution.
The Pirate Bay said that it was going into virtual asylum in North Korea. The company admitted the move was more than a little ironic. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
The Pirate Bay, the file-sharing website, said that it was now operating from North Korea.
UK border police at Gatwick found 200 pounds of dried caterpillars in the bag of a man coming from Burkina Faso. It was the largest such haul in UK history. (Romeo Gacad/AFP/Getty Images)
Over 200 pounds of dried caterpillars were found in a man's bag at London's Gatwick airport last Saturday.
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