Air France is investigating a pilot who narrowly avoided a near miss at 33,000 feet after allegedly "showing off" his control of the aircraft to a boy in the cockpit. "The pilot made a sharp turn to the left, without warning, and then back again, obviously showing the French boy how he flew his plane," passenger Shaun Robinson told the Times of London. "I could see the boy. He shook hands with the pilot. He had a big smile on his face when he came out. Moments later the pilot threw his plane into a steep climb. "

ngola is staging a beauty contest on April 2 with landmine victims as participants in order to raise awareness of the plight of tens of thousands of people injured by landmines. 'Miss Landmine Survivor' is organized by National Commission for De-mining and Humanitarian Assistance (CNIDAH). "The objective of the contest is to restore self-esteem (in women maimed by the mines) and make them ambassadors for their own cause," said CNIDAH coordinator Madalena Neto.

The technology revolution has yet again taken ahold of present-day work ethics, with the birth and the usage of the new slang word "moof. " Standing for "mobile out of office", the term is known as an indication of a worker's capability to remain active with work, even outside the workplace.

Former U. K. Prime Minister Tony Blair can now be seen in his cameo role in an online White House video of U. S. president Bush's dog. The Barney Cam, an annual Christmas movie starring the White House Scottish terrier, gives a dog's-eye view of the White House decorated for Christmas.

Eagerly wanting to help raise funds for her village football team, a 102-year old woman agreed to pose nude for a charity calendar along with 11 other ladies. Draped with a pink cloth around her shoulders, Nora Hardwick, posed behind the bar of the Ermine Way pub in Ancaster, Lincolnshire, as the calendar's Miss November.