A new website from Finland is a reminder to us all of what smoking can do to our bodies and our health. It's from the Cancer Society of Finland and gives the viewer both visuals and text on how each part of the body is affected by smoking.

Canadian pop-singer Justin Bieber is in the Philippines where he has launched a worldwide campaign to aid victims of last month's typhoon. Bieber went there after completing his massive 15-month 'Believe' tour with 7 shows in Australia.

Amsterdam - Amsterdam, the constitutional capital of Holland, may be viewed as a liberal city, due to its previously lax laws on pot-smoking, but like so many other European countries, Holland is tightening its rules regarding migrant workers.

The Victoria SPCA claim two dogs they killed last month, Bear and Dozzer, were put down due to behavior. But while they call it euthanizing, and necessary, that's not how it looks from the outside. From the outside it looks unwarranted and uncaring.

Amsterdam - Pop icon Miley Cyrus, who raised eyebrows earlier this year after a raunchy performance at the American MTV Video Music Awards, has done something else to draw the ire of parent groups. Cyrus allegedly smoked marijuana at an MTV event in Amsterdam.

The World Cup draw earlier turned up some shockers, with some of the best teams in the world pitted against each other so early in the tournament.

The draw for the group stages of the World Cup have churned out a number of tricky groups with several top teams set to face off in the group stages of the competition.

The oil giant Shell has launched a ship that the company claims to be the world’s biggest. The new boat is longer than the Empire State Building is high.

The men Harrison O'kene worked with on a Nigerian tugboat last May did not get lucky when their boat went down, all died. But Okene did get lucky, he found an air bubble and survived 60 hours at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in the sunken ship.

The Netherlands is unique in its policy on marijuana possession. While it is considered an illegal drug, having 5 grams or less on your person is not a criminal offense. Visitors to Amsterdam's coffee shops may find this law doesn't apply to them anymore.

Although copper remains Chile's largest commodity export (60 percent), food exports from Chile are increasing with several products such as fresh grapes, blueberries and salmon leading exports in world markets.

Vancouver - Thousands of marijuana activists in the Canadian province of B.C. are trying to change how the drug is policed there. But the petition 'Sensible B.C.' canvassers are gathering appears unlikely to gain enough signatures to get the job done.

Amsterdam - In what might seem at first glance to be a little counteractive, the Rainbow Foundation in Amsterdam is now paying local chronic alcoholics with beer for keeping the streets of the city clean.

Botanists have discovered how cells in the stems of seedlings use blue light to grow towards the light. The discovery was made by examining seedling stems and a blue light used fitted to a microscope.

It's a deed you might find objectionable: Lisa and Cleveland Cox from Liberty Township in Ohio adopted a boy and now, 9 years later, gave him back. They've been charged with child abandonment and are on the run.

Cells in the bodies of depressed people appear older and contain chromosomes that are shorter, according to a new study. This can lead to physical manifestations of aging.

The European Central Bank cuts interest rate from 0.50 percent to 0.25 percent. The historically low rate shows E.C.B.’s intentions to save the Euro but may have quickened the abolishment the Euro instead.

The European Court of Justice has concluded that gays constitute a "particular social group," qualifying gay Africans for asylum in EU Member States. Prior to the ruling, homosexuality in Africa was a criminal offence, from fines to 14 years in prison.

Leuven - Two knee surgeons at University Hospitals Leuven have discovered a new body part in the human knee that may help doctors understand why many patients' knees tend to 'give away' even after treatment for ligament injuries.

There are many stories circulating about popstar Justin Bieber and his time in Brazil on his 'Believe' tour. One has him exiting a brothel covering himself with a sheet. That should be filed under unconfirmed and, given his status with women, unlikely.