It's impossible to know which side drew first blood. For as long as Wimbledon has existed, it has had to contend with the pigeons, invaders hell bent on dive-bombing players, leaving droppings on tables, and even taking a stroll on Centre Court. On Monday, tournament officials escalated the conflict by calling in special forces to cull the offensive. Wimbledon's usual security measures to keep the pigeon offensive at bay were just not cutting it on Monday. It was time to move to more extreme contingencies.

A group of Amazonian Indians, donning feathers and face paint, attacked a representative from Brazil's National Electric Company after he made a presentation explaining the effects a proposed hydroelectric dam would have on traditional communities living in the remote region near the Xingu River. The Associated Press reported that Eletrobras engineer Paulo Fernando Rezende sustained a large gash on his shoulder, but insisted he was okay, after the angry group of Kayapo Indians surrounded him wielding machetes and clubs.

A local school was sent up in panic when an 8-year old student brought a genuine World War II hand grenade for the class's show and tell. The weapon, an Mk2 grenade, was found in the backpack of a third-grade student, who admitted bringing the item to show the entire class of the Ezra Baker School

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.

A recent survey done on elementary school students revealed that about one-third of the population thought that Sir Winston Churchill was the first man on the moon, instead of NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong. The survey, gathering a number of 1,400 students aged 4 to 10, was commissioned by the Royal Astronomical Society, in conjunction with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.