A jilted bride in Portland, Dorset, England has decided to push through with her wedding reception and used her pet dot to replace her wandering groom. Instead of wallowing in self-pity after being dumped by her groom two weeks before her wedding, Emma Knight, 41, decided she wants to party and have a good time. According to The Sun newspaper, Knight dressed her faithful dog Dennis as the bridegroom after her fiancee, Paul Fox, 37 broke off their engagement.

Almost 62 years after he lost his wallet in France during World War II, Ray Heilwagen received a call from a man in Illinois who couriered it back to him. Recalling the phone call from Stephen Breitenstein of Palatine, Ill, Heilwagen told the Hannibal Courier-Post, "He said, 'Did you lose a billfold?' and I remembered I did. '

You don't need to learn French to convey your emotions to the Parisians out there. That's what claims a Web site dedicated to Parisian humor and understanding Parisian attitude. The Website features some of the best known Parisian gestures that it claims could help one to blend in the native population of France.

A group of French demonstrators took to the streets to protest the coming of the New Year. The demonstrators were carrying placards and banners saying "No to 2007" and "Now is better" as they marched through the streets of Nantes in Frances.

Scientists in China are claiming to have discovered a fossil of two-headed "dragon" which roamed the earth some 145 million years ago. A report by the Daily Mail said the dragon was not a fire-breathing monster but a deformed baby lizard. Researchers said the fossil had two distinct heads and necks and is believed to be the earliest creature developing that way. They theorized the creature belonged to an ancient family of the now extinct replies that grew an average height of three feet long.