A couple of pro-Tibetan protesters in London launched their own demonstration on Tuesday by targeting 12 Chinese Terracotta soldiers on display at the British Army museum. Martin Wyness and Mark Trepte snuck into the museum and hung placards saying "Stop Killing Tibetans" and "Boycott the Chinese Olympics" around the necks of the two 2,200-year-old statues.

A recent poll done by ABC News disclosed some interesting wishes that adults had for Santa Claus this Christmas season. The results showed wishes that would be considered expected and usual, as well as humanitarian wishes such as love and peace. And there were some that were more than a bit unusual, such as teeth. The survey revealed that ten percent of Americans wished for a new car - a notable 6 percent decrease from the numbers gathered during the 2005 holiday season. Six percent wanted cash, reported the UPI. It ranged from "10 million dollars," "$300,000 wrapped in ribbon," to "financial security" as suggested by a Minneapolis woman who said, "I'd like to have my bills paid off. "

With literally no food to feed himself and his family, an unemployed man has sewn shut his mouth and locked himself behind an iron mask demanding the government attend to the economic quagmire he's sunk into. According to Luis Miguel Aldana, 52 he adopted the peculiar form of protest five days ago, after being locked out of his apartment in Bogota.

In an attempt to avoid paying his pending loans, an ex-convict prefers to be behind the bars. Salvatore Gramagna was arrested for slapping a police officer who asked him not to smoke in an area of Milan's Linate airport.

A Staten Island teenager received $1200 as a reward for returning an envelope filled with money. Yousry Desooky, found almost $12,000 in cash in the men's room of La Fiesta Restaurant in West New York, New Jersey with a note "For Tahir: $11,875" written on the outside.