Police are at the temple to remove Shambo the bull!

See exciting photos!

Watch exciting video! (video, RealMedia or Windoze Media, may crash Firefox)

...read the timeline?!

A voice of moderation, but nobody listens to him...

Get the latest Shambo news here! All Shambo, all the time!

I know a person's life is in the balance here, but this is so ridiculous...

Oh here, have a flamingo chick.

What's new in the exciting world of religion and ethics, they asked?

Why, a beautiful gallery of Tibetan monks constructing a sand mandala,

and the BBC's India-Pakistan '07 season, marking 60 years since partition.

The In Pictures index had a little reformat, which is interesting to me, anyway. ;)

Our headline news today, of a "you really, really couldn't make this up unless you were a nine-year-old contributor to Fanfiction.net" sort...

Norway's Princess Martha Louise says she has psychic powers and can teach people to communicate with angels.
--BBC: Norway princess 'talks to angels'

Yes. Yes indeed.

Wasn't it one of the Norwegian royals who said we should get rid of Islam? I'll try to look that one up. (Later:) Ah, no, sorry, Denmark and she was somewhat misquoted.

Every time I think I detest advertising scum as much as it's possible to, something like this comes along. Our mascara's so good, even our advertising model wears fakies!

However, I have sorted out a suitable punishment. The average human apparently has 100-150 lashes. And that's what these slime pouches should receive.

The plot thickens in the desperate race to kill Shambo the bullock!

Great glimpse of archaic and avant-garde Girl Guide badges. Cow-milking, lace-making and keeping house have vanished.

Treasure trove 'found by octopus'

Poor thing! It had found a nifty new porcelain shield, and some buggers came and nicked it.

[Moon Whan-suk, from the National Maritime Museum] told Reuters news agency: "I can't believe how such a small octopus managed to cover its shell with a such a large plate. I guess it meant for us to discover the artefacts."

Mm-hmm. No mention of whether they killed the octo. Flippin' priorities...

A blog linked from the BBC News site (not sure why they do that, but presumably to show they're in touch) has this to say about the latest Hardwood Potash book:

I was afraid, like many others, that my pleasure for the book would be spoiled. My friends and I joked that we were going to cut ourselves off from Internet access from the moment the book came out until we finished reading. And for my part, I did so. No email, no web browsing, by god no games forums, and no Facebook. I didn't want a spare comment, innocent or otherwise, spoiling my surprise.
--Mia Consalvo: When (virtual) worlds collide

Which drives home how slowly some people read how addicted some people must be to their Facebooks and their MMOs. Say what you like about the Mega Drive; no griefer has ever rushed into Home Bay (or even Leyawiin) and spoilered any hot new children's books for me. ;)