Police are currently searching for a man who allegedly walked in on a funeral, offered condolences to the departed's family, and then left - but not without making off with the funeral's collection bag. Attendees of the funeral of 30-year old ironworker David Rabun told police that no one in David's family recognized the person, who according to Rabun's mother Sandra Alton, went up to the microphone and said he wanted to express his condolences, even though he did not work with David.

A ten-year-old boy has been described as a lingo genius after it was learned he could speak 10 languages aside from his native Hindi. Arpan Sharma, a primary pupil from Oldbury, West Midlands taught himself using CD-Rom, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Swahili, Mandarin, Polish, Thai and the Lugandan language of Uganda.

Self-proclaimed "escape king" Nordin Ben Allal has once again escaped from the Ittre jail. His fifth jailbreak attempt, it was described as the most daring of all the prisoner's stunts. Witnesses described that during the prisoners' exercise time, a helicopter landed in the grounds of the high-security prison, with the pilot being held at gunpoint by Ben Allal's accomplices. Ben Allal jumped into the cockpit, eager to take off.

A tourist died when a woman drove through the front window of a Chinese restaurant in the Queensland town of Longreach. According to an eyewitness, the woman was just "straightening up her park" when she accidentally went through the window of the Happy Valley Chinese restaurant on Eagle Street. The 50-year-old woman sitting next to the window was killed and her 55-year-old husband was injured as a result of the incident.

South African police impounded a blue Fiat Uno car that was being used to transport stolen cattle. Responding to a tip-off that a man was seen in the Phelindaba area loading a cow to the tiny car, two police officers immediately proceeded to the area. However, by the time the two officers arrived, the driver had loaded the care with two cows and two goats and was attempting to speed away.