Zero-gravity fun on the ISS prior to returning home (video)

Before returning home after six months aboard the International Space Station, the astronauts had a little fun with zero-gravity.

After six months on the International Space Station, astronauts decided to ham it up for the camera before undocking the ship ready to return to Earth.

All six astronauts performed a display of zero-gravity poses, spinning each other around and performing somersaults in the ISS laboratory, with much hilarity.

NASA astronaut Daniel Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Invanishvin and Anton Shkaplerov have completed their mission on the International Space Station and left for home at 08:18 GMT... read full article and view video.

Explosions hit Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine — at least 27 wounded

In the run up to the Euro 2012 football championship in Ukraine during June this year, four confirmed explosions have occurred in the Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk.

The explosions occurred in a series of locations in Dnepropetrovsk in Eastern Ukraine and up to 27 people have been injured. A terrorist investigation into the incident has been instigated by local authorities.

Local authorities have reported that the first explosion occurred as a crowded tram arrived at a stop. The bomb was apparently planted in a nearby rubbish bin and the explosion injured five passengers.... read full article.

40,000 Norwegian protesters serenade Breivik with song he hates

The 1970 children's song "Children of the Rainbow" is about a multicultural world and represents everything that Anders Behring Breivik despises.

A crowd of 40,000 Norwegians filled the streets of Oslo, despite the pouring rain, to protest against Breivik, the gunman on trial for the murder of 77 people.

They sang the song as a direct message to the mass murderer in the tragic massacre which left 77 dead and 242 injured in Norway last year.

The song is a Norwegian adaptation of 1973 track "My Rainbow Race" by American folksinger Pete Seeger... read full article and view video.

Crews quarantine Delta Airliner at Midway for bug bites

Delta Flight 3163 was quarantined at Chicago's Midway Airport because a passenger had a skin rash. Turns out it was just insect bites.

The plane sat on the tarmac for 2 hours after landing at Chicago's Midway Airport at 3:45 pm Central Time.

The crew of the plane had noticed that a female passenger had a suspicious skin rash and emergency crews quarantined the plane while examining the woman. Fire department crews surrounding the aircraft on the tarmac which raised panic levels with the passengers.... read full article.