Satirical floats depict political leaders at carnival parades across Europe

A carnival float depicts Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about to light a stick of dynamite representing the country's nuclear programme during the Rose Monday carnival parade in Duesseldorf. Rose Monday is the highpoint of the Carnival season, which traditionally runs from Epiphany until Ash Wednesday, and is celebrated in cities throughout the Rhine region of western Germany.

I guess transporting goods by truck comes with it’s own unique hazards – and accidents that lead to a cargo spillage must be pretty high up the list.

Whether it’s animals, beer or food the truck is loaded with at some point it’s all going to go wrong and the result could be live poultry flapping about a motorway or a road covered in beer just like you’ll see in the gallery below.

2,184 cases of Beer

Highway 401 in Mississaugua was closed on May 11, 2005 after an accident that spilled 2,184 cases of Grolsch beer. A woman driving a car swerved out of her lane and into the path of a Molson beer truck, causing the truck to roll over and the car to flip. One officer described the scene as "a sea of beer". The woman's life was most likely saved by her seatbelt and airbag. The beer was a goner.
NOTE: According to our reader Ken, the accident ocurred in the Netherlands.

Ah, female sports reporters – there shouldn’t be any other kind. What with the all too testosterone soaked frenzy of competitiveness that is professional sports, audiences don’t need another male telling them what’s going on (unless it’s the faceless voice of a has-been hidden away up in the commentary box).

No, what viewers really want to see roving around putting their microphones in all the wrong places are smokin’ hot babes there to remind us what we’d really choose to watch if push came to shove. So let’s go down pitch side and enjoy the action as we bring you the 10 hottest sports reporters on Earth.

Are you one of those people who considers Valentines Day one of their favorite holidays? Do you love sending cards out to your loved ones, having a romantic dinner with your sweetheart, and decorating your house with conversation hearts? Even though you are single, you still love the holiday so much because you get to watch cheesy chick flicks with all your best girl friends and eat lots of chocolate?

That may be true for some people, but there are also a great deal of individuals out there who truly despise this so-called “Hallmark holiday”. Whether you have been dumped before on a previous V-day, start to feel very lonely and/or depressed, or you just can’t stand the fact you feel obligated to buy your spouse gifts to prove you love them (even though you tell them daily)- there is something about this day that irks you.

Some good may yet come of Italy's Costa Concordia wreck. At least since Titanic, cruise accidents have sparked new safety standards.

Costa Concordia

The cruise ship Costa Concordia lies partially sunk just a few hundred yards from the rocky coast of the Italian island of Giglio on Monday. Though the fallout from the disaster remains unclear, past luxury liner accidents—the Titanic shipwreck being the most infamous—have sparked new measures for keeping passengers safe and dry.

The Extreme Crocodile Cage (Australia)

Without the cage you wouldn't stand a chance swimming with a massive saltwater crocodile. But for brave punters who still want to get cozy with a feisty croc, a new Australian tourist attraction is offering the chance for a close encounter in the safety of a clear acrylic box dubbed the 'cage of death.'