RUSSIA: A portly politician who somehow managed to get himself stuck inside a tank reportedly threatened to shoot bystanders who were standing around watching.

CHUBBY TICKET 

Five children who surrendered after a five day siege at their isolated home will stay with a family friend until a judge decides what will happen to them.

Five armed children have left their isolated Idaho home after a six-day stalemate with sheriff's deputies.

Armed with rifles and a pack of wild dogs, a family of six children stayed in their ramshackle Idaho home for a third day, refusing to accept help from government officials they fear and distrust.