7 December 2011 Last updated at 07:41 ET

Chilean president told off for 'sexist' jokePresident Pinera at the Summit of the Pacific Alliance in Merica

A joke Chilean President Sebastian Pinera told at a heads of government meeting in Mexico causes controversy in Chile.

Tom Cruise waves to the crowd outside the Mumbai airport on Saturday 3 December 2011Hiring of Tom Cruise airport fans denied

Organisers of Hollywood star Tom Cruise's recent visit to India deny reports they hired 200 fans to welcome the star at Mumbai airport.

David Guterson (image copyright Alan Berner and Bloomsbury)Guterson's shower scene wins bad sex award

An account of a frenzied encounter in a shower wins US author David Guterson the annual Bad Sex In Fiction Award.

Actor Alec Baldwin arrives at the 30th anniversary of the People For The American Way Foundation 5 December 2011Gaming Baldwin 'kicked off plane'

Actor Alec Baldwin says he was removed from a New York-bound American Airlines plane for playing a popular online word game before the plane took off.

Ram and deer together at Yunnan Wild Animal Park, China, 2 December 2011China zoo reunites lovelorn ram and deer

A Chinese zoo says a ram and deer couple whose love crossed the species barrier will not now be separated.

Enrique Pena Nieto leaving at a news conference where he stumbled to remember books or authors that had influenced him.Mexican contender in 'name-book gaffe'

Mexican presidential contender Enrique Pena Nieto of the PRI falters when asked to name three books that have influenced him.

MadonnaMadonna to play Super Bowl 2012

The 53-year-old singer will take to the stage at the game on Sunday 5 February at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Newsbeat

Message in a bottleUS bottle message reaches Azores

An 11-year-old US boy was stunned to get a reply to his message in a bottle from Portugal's Azores Islands - via the more reliable means of email.

Man in handcuffsJail for 'stupidest bank robber'

A man who tried to hold up a bank in northwest Germany that had been shut for years and robbed a passer-by is jailed.

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