From a feminist uprising at Miss Universe to a teddy bear children should not be getting this Christmas... Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world.

- Ms Universe revolts -

What a week it has been for Miss Universe, which has unwittingly created a crack brigade of unlikely feminist heroes.

Mexico's Fatima Bosch won the title -- and widespread ac

But worse was to follow for the organisers. One of the judges resigned,

Then farce turned to near-tragedy when Miss Jamaica Gabrielle Henry fell off the stage and ended up in hospital.

The omnishambles ended with Mexican prosecutors saying they are investigating Miss Universe supremo Raul Rocha Cantu over arms, drug, and fuel trafficking.

- It will

It sounds like everyone needs some time in the "human washing machine",

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