Bangkok, Thailand -- Culture officials in Thailand have a thing against "Big Flabby Buttocks." That's the title of one of 20 Thai language songs that have been banned from broadcast in Bangkok for encouraging promiscuity. Other tunes being censored include "I Know That, But I Still Love You" and "The Door Crushes The Hand."

BERLIN -- The world's oldest snowman's days are numbered. "Frosty," who was assembled last winter and preserved throughout the year in a solar-powered refrigerator at Berlin's Technical University, is going to be allowed to melt with this Spring's thaw.

RIO DE JANIERO, Brazil -- This year's Brazilian carnival in Rio is going to be a lot bigger -- with bigger bodies doing the samba. One local samba school is planning a special segment dedicated to overweight men and women. The parade's organizer tells the "Jornal da Globo" that his super-sized samba dancers represent "the real Brazil, full of volume."

HOUSTON -- Move over Barbie, a new female astronaut doll is rocketing circles around the maven of Malibu. Daron productions has created a blond female NASA astronaut doll complete with NASA blue space suit and a miniature NASA suitcase. The doll was seven years in the making according to the company, and if it's a success they plan to launch versions of the doll for African-Americans, Hispanics and brunettes.

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