An amorous peacock had an aristocrat fuming mad after it caused a $8,100 damage to his employee's blue Lexus car - by trying to have sex with it. According to a local paper, Baronet Sir Benjamin Slade has put in a claim to insurers to cover the damage to his employee's car.

A Thai chef in London triggered fears of a chemical attack among local restaurant patrons when smoke from his eye-watering hot chilli sauce led to the emergency services being called out Wednesday, reports said. The Thai chef Chalemchai Tangjariyapoon, who works at the Thai Cottage restaurant in the entertainment district of Soho, was cooking up bird's eye chillies as he prepared a huge batch of nam prik pao, a Thai's cuisine exotic food, an extra-hot dip served with prawn crackers.

According to the Philippine Army, its unpaid electricity bill now amounts to $154,799. Army spokesman Lt. Col. Ernesto Torres Jr. said the Army is validating the bill before paying it. However, Torres said if the Army fails to settle the bill promptly, military bases around the country will lose access to electricity and be forced to resort to standby generators for power. The Philippine Army has 80 battalion headquarters nationwide, excluding brigades and divisions. Torres said the PA has an annual budget for electricity consumption, but he said the increasing use of electricity by various Army field units means the military may not be able to cover the bill with its current funds.

One of Europe's top 500 entrepreneur is offering his first made-to-order edition of a diamond-encrusted book for the enormous amount of $6 million. Voted one of Europe's top entrepreneur Roger Shashoua is offering the made-to-order book with 600 flawless real diamonds. They are on the cover of his book "Dancing With The Bear. "

A new $3 million hangout in Dubai, United Arab Emirates that opened in June will really "chill out" everyone who visits the bar with its freezer-like theme bar made of ice. Chillout, the new Dubai bar and the Middle East's first ice lounge, is set to be the latest destination not only for locals but for tourists as well.