A former U.S. Air Force pilot based at Britain's Royal Air Force station in southeastern England confirmed a recently declassified report stating that he was ordered but failed to shoot down an unidentified flying object in 1957.

Retired U.S. airman Milton Torres confirmed that he and a co-pilot were ordered to intercept the UFOs that appeared on the radar of the RAF airfield in Manston in Kent, England.

After several months of battling thousands of pigeons hovering over Piazza San Marco, Venice has declared victory. From 20,000 the canal city's pigeon population has dwindled to less than 1,000.

City officials attribute the change to a campaign they launched in May to ban vendors who sell bird feed to tourists. While the friendly birds are considered a tourist attraction too, next to Venice's famous canals and gondola rides, the pigeons destroy the centuries-old statues and buildings when they peck at corners to reach for food thrown by tourists. The birds' droppings on the landmarks have also been blamed for eroding the metal material on some of the landmarks.

An eight-year-old dog named La China reportedly saved the life of an abandoned baby girl by 'mothering' her with her puppies.

According to the La Nacion newspaper, farmer Fabio Anze discovered the naked girl being nursed by China together with her new puppies in the city of La Plata, 40 miles south of Buenos Aires.

Some 100 nude beachcombers participated Sunday morning in the 15th Annual Bare Buns Run/Walk in Wreck Beach.

The five-kilometer (3.1 miles) race is a fundraising activity to preserve the nudist beach. The Wreck Beach Preservation Society, which organizes the annual event, will also hold a Body Acceptance Day on Aug. 23 for first-time nudists.

German naturists swimming and sunbathing on a nude beach near the Polish border are complaining about voyeurs from the other side of the border who stare at them.

One nude beach patron, Ines Muller, said beach-goers from Poland come to the beach in Germany to stare at nude swimmers and sunbathers.