World's biggest gum

World's biggest gum

SAPPORO, Japan - Around 90 people set a Guinness world record by making the world's biggest piece of gum in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Oct. 5, 2013. The 110-centimeter-long, 30-cm-wide piece of blueberry flavored gum was around 15 times the size of an ordinary stick of gum.

World's biggest gum

World's biggest gum

SAPPORO, Japan - Around 90 people set a Guinness world record by making the world's biggest piece of gum in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Oct. 5, 2013. The 110-centimeter-long, 30-cm-wide piece of blueberry flavored gum was around 15 times the size of an ordinary stick of gum.

Obama statue to be moved from Jakarta park to his former school

Obama statue to be moved from Jakarta park to his former school

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Photo shows a bronze statue of U.S. President Barack Obama as a boy at Menteng Park in Jakarta. Jakarta authorities announced on Feb. 5, 2010, the statue will be moved to his former elementary school before he visits Indonesia in mid-March. The 110-centimeter statue of a 10-year-old Obama smiling at a butterfly resting on his raised left thumb has drawn criticism since being erected on Dec. 10, 2009.

2 men nabbed for alleged sale of real stuffed panda

2 men nabbed for alleged sale of real stuffed panda

TOKYO, Japan - Shown here after being confiscated by police, this 110-centimeter-tall stuffed giant panda was sold for several hundred thousand yen. Police arrested two men over the sale, charging them with violating a law on conserving endangered species.

2 men nabbed for alleged sale of real stuffed panda

2 men nabbed for alleged sale of real stuffed panda

TOKYO, Japan - Shown here after being confiscated by police, this 110-centimeter-tall stuffed giant panda was sold for several hundred thousand yen. Police arrested two men over the sale, charging them with violating a law on conserving endangered species. (Kyodo)

Obama statue to be moved from Jakarta park to his former school

Obama statue to be moved from Jakarta park to his former school

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Photo shows a bronze statue of U.S. President Barack Obama as a boy at Menteng Park in Jakarta. Jakarta authorities announced on Feb. 5, 2010, the statue will be moved to his former elementary school before he visits Indonesia in mid-March. The 110-centimeter statue of a 10-year-old Obama smiling at a butterfly resting on his raised left thumb has drawn criticism since being erected on Dec. 10, 2009. (Kyodo)