A Finnish opera singer misses rehearsal after a squirrel runs into his bicycle wheel, causing him to fall and break his nose. Esa Ruuttunen was on his way to the Helsinki Opera House when the squirrel ran into his spokes. He was knocked out and ended up with a concussion.

The English added fish and chips, Sherlock Holmes and the Oxford English Dictionary to its list of national treasures Tuesday, along with Monty Python, Robin Hood, the Mini and the long-running BBC Radio 4 soap opera "The Archers. " A government-funded project called Icons has asked English citizens to create a list of things that capture the essence of English culture. Some icons previously put on the list include cricket, pubs, red double-decker buses, Stonehenge, the FA Cup and the humble cup of tea.

The Neuköllner Opera House in Berlin, Germany is encouraging its audience to smoke cannabis while watching a play about drugs. According to reports the opera house wants the public to "enhance the psychedelic experience of Camille Saint-Saens' drug opera, "The Oriental Princess. "

A former extra in a Brazilian soap opera storms a television studio while brandishing a gun. Ricardo Dualibi was fired from "Snakes and Lizards" in April.

Lisbon, Portugal (AHN)-An illness that medical officials are calling the "Strawberries with Sugar Virus" is sweeping Portuguese schools as children complain of symptoms similar to those suffered by characters in a television soap opera.