Toronto, ON — Hundreds of Canadians bored with their dreary lives got a massive shot of adrenaline and excitement by deliberately getting themselves tangled in rallies aimed at destabilizing the G-20 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre over the weekend.

Jerusalem — Israel’s tattered international image took another hit Tuesday after it dispatched heavily armed commandos to a marine vessel sailing too close to the Gaza Strip that turned out to be a cruise ship for seniors.

Beijing, China — The Chinese production of the long-running worldwide hit comedy show “The Puppetry Of The Penis” has been canceled after only four performances.

Hong Kong — Chaos and disorder gripped a typically efficiently-run Chinese fast food restaurant in Hong Kong’s bustling Causeway Bay area Friday after a man asked for “no rice” with his Kung Pao chicken.

Titisee-Neustadt, Germany — The family of a man who donated his body for use in the “Body Worlds” traveling exhibition of real human bodies is suing the organizers for posing his cadaver in a move from Beyoncé Knowles’s “Single Ladies” video.