Two lesser pandas at a zoo in Kawasaki have drawn and fascinated visitors with their frequent daily mouth-to-mouth kissing. According to the Kyodo News the two pandas, both named Yuyu, were at first seen with the already-unusual habit of displaying behaviors similar to kissing on a regular basis early this year. A more astonishing development took place after the pandas have suddenly been seen engaging in such act several times in one day in their habitat at the Kawasaki Yumemigasaki Zoological Park.

Peggy Mcalpine, a British pensioner has set the world record as the oldest person to paraglide from the top of a 760-meter peak in the Five Finger mountains in northern Cyprus. She did it not just for fun, but to mark and celebrate the fond memories of her 100th birthday. "I had a wonderful time and I would love to do it again, but I will give it a few years and let someone else have a go at beating the record," Mcalpine was quoted as saying right after she leaped from the mountain range.

Author J. K. Rowling's outing of Harry Potter's mentor Albus Dumbledore has caused reactions of different kinds around the world. And a more amusing consequence of the announcement is being experienced by 36-year old Paul Croft, who brandishes a 2-foot tattoo of the newly-exposed wizard on his back.

About one hundred Chinese volunteers posed naked along a rushing river for a photo-shoot to promote environmental issues. A beaming He Yuanbo said his Love Life, Protect Water project only shows how much China had changed throughout the years.

The Netherlands's Maastricht University has awarded a British scientist his doctorate for a paper predicting that humans will someday marry robots. In his thesis entitled Intimate Relationships with Artificial Partners which earned him his PhD. David Levy wrote stated that the "trends in robotics and shifting attitudes on marriage are likely to result in sophisticated robots that will eventually be seen as suitable marriage partners. "