Largest Grand Piano: World record

Polish businessmanDaniel Czapiewski has unveiled a giant piano called "Stolëmowi Klawér", weighing nearly two tons and with a height of six meters - which sets the new world record for the Largest Grand Piano.

New Year welcomed with camel fight in Muzaffargarh

People of Muzaffarghar and surrounding areas organized a camel fight festival to celebrate New Year, Geo News reported on Sunday.

Deepest a cappella performance : World record

The Ariadne Women's Chamber Choir of Sudbury, Ont., recently took its act two kilometres underground in Vale Inco Ltd.'s Creighton Mine in Sudbury - setting the new world record for the deepest a cappella performance.
The Ariadne Women's Chamber Choir performs in Vale Inco Ltd.'s Creighton Mine in Sudbury in a bid to set a world record for the deepest a capella performance

Spanish bar owners fume over ban on smoking

Bar and restaurant owners in Spain, until now one of Europe's most smoker-friendly countries, fear that a ban on smoking in public places that takes effect this weekend will hit them hard and worsen the economic crisis.

China's online population rises to 450m

China said Thursday the number of Internet users in what is already the world's largest online market had jumped to 450 million -- more than a third of the country's 1.3-billion-strong population.

One in five Britons to live to 100

More than 10 million people living in Britain today, almost a fifth of the population, will reach their 100th birthday, the Department for Work and Pensions said on Thursday.

Biggest selling album of 2010: World record

According to the United World Chart, Lady Gaga's 'The Fame Monster', a repackaged version of her earlier disc 'The Fame', sold 5.8 million copies across the globe - setting the new world record for the biggest selling album of 2010. 'The Fame Monster', a repackaged version of her earlier disc 'The Fame', sold 5.8 million copies across the globe, according to the United World Chart, compiled by website mediatraffic.de.