Taiwanese drivers caught driving under the influence can now serve time by playing with old people. The game of mahjong is very popular amongst the elderly and petty criminals are increasingly taking the option rather than serving time in prison or cleaning city streets.

Taiwanese scientists have successfully bred three fluorescent green pigs. A team at the National Taiwan University injected fluorescent green protein into embryonic pigs, which resulted in three male transgenic pigs, says professor Wu Shinn-Chih of the university's Institute and Department of Animal Science and Technology.

Dan Harris, UK Rubik's Speedcubing Champion, is a strong contender for the Rubik's Cube World Championship this Sunday, which marks the 25th Anniversary of the birth of the Rubik's Cube, brainchild of Hungarian designer and architect, Professor Erno Rubik. The second official Rubik's World Championship will be held at the Walt Disney Pop Century Resort in Florida on Sunday, November 6.

To highlight a year's hard work in training bartenders all over the world, InBev brought together a selection of international finalists for the annual Stella Artois World Draught Master Competition, a contest that rewards the world's best pourer of Belgian beers. The highly-anticipated competition took place on October 28th, 2005 at the Vaudeville Theater in Brussels, Belgium, capital of the beer loving community. The Stella Artois World Draught Master title has this year been awarded to Jessica Waltz, a 27-year-old bartender at Ten Stone in Philadelphia. Michel Denayer - Belgium (1st runner-up) and Irwin Pang from Singapore rounded out the top 3 (2nd runner-up).

Don't mess with the U. S. A. when it comes to bartending. The United States wins the annual Stella Artois World Draught Master Competition, a contest that rewards the world's best pourer of Belgian beers. The competition took place Friday night at the Vaudeville Theatre in Brussels, Belgium, which is capital of the beer loving community.