Vietnamese fireworks fans may have a noiser Tet than usual: the Ministry of Public Security intends to allow individuals to buy and set off "quiet" fireworks for the 2014 Lunar New Year, a first since fireworks were outlawed 18 years ago.
Shuan Shuan, one of the two surviving giant pandas in Mexico, eats bamboo during a visit to Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on December 10, 2003.
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The former Head of State was visiting Vincennes Zoo on the outskirts of Paris, where his daughter was on work experience, when he decided to test his "presidential courage" and enter the panda's cage.
Syrian supporters of the Al-Nusra group wave flags as they march during an anti-regime demonstration in Aleppo on Feb. 8, 2013. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images)
“This building has been hit with two mortar rounds, but they didn’t damage the factory."
Police arrested a Florida man on first-degree murder charges Tuesday after he allegedly pocket dialed 911 and accidentally revealed his plot to murder another man.
A policeman puts tape across Church Street in Enfield on August 8, 2011 in London, England. (Peter Macdiarmid/AFP/Getty Images)
In the phone call recorded on May 5, 24-year-old Scott Simon can reportedly be heard telling someone that he's going to follow another man home and kill him.
Former baseball player Jose Canseco is under investigation by Las Vegas police over reports that he raped a woman that he later tweeted about. (Nick Laham/AFP/Getty Images)
Former baseball star Jose Canseco tweeted this afternoon that he was under investigation for rape.
A pigeon stands at the rooftop of a building in Cairo 18 February 2006. (Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images)
The pigeon, named after Olympic gold-medalist Usain Bolt, is expected to be used for breeding more birds. Nine of the 10 most expensive pigeons sold at the auction were paid for by buyers from China or Taiwan.
Toronto mayor Rob Ford in happier times, waving the pan american flag during the Closing Ceremony of the XVI Pan American Games at the Omnilife Stadium on October 30, 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Dennis Grombkowski/AFP/Getty Images)
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has avoided questions about a video purportedly showing him smoking crack cocaine.
People dressed as chickens stage a dancing protest against animal cruelty on behalf of PETA in front of a McDonald's restaurant at Times Square in New York on October 28, 2010. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
“I have to make a lot of calls for work, and I have to tell people that I’m not a man,” Jacqueline Simpson was quoted by the New York Post as saying.
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