News of the weird

Meaty transfer: Romanian football club Jiul Petrosani have sold midfielder Ion Radu for two tons of beef and pork. "We will sell the meat, then pay all the other players' salaries," said the club president.

Ratfood not catfood: Authorities in Vietnam are trying to encourage people to eat rat instead of cat or snake. Growing rat infestation of crops has also led to a ban on cat exports to China.

Too bouncy: Research in Chicago has shown a doubling, over the past six years, of trampoline-related injuries to American children.