3 killed in blast in southwest Pakistan

South Sudanese rebels arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa Wednesday to thrash out details of a ceasefire to end more than two weeks of bloodletting that has threatened to plunge the state into civil war. reuters

US woman finds 4-foot snake living in her couch

A woman in the US was shocked to discover a four-foot-long snake living in the second-hand couch that she picked up off the street two months ago. Holly Wright had been using the furniture every day for two months when she found it was home to a boa constrictor. PTI

French priest kidnapped in Cameroon returns

A French priest kidnapped by Islamic radicals in Cameroon and held for seven weeks has arrived back in France. A smiling Father Georges Vandenbeusch descended from the plane at a military airport near Paris on Wednesday and shook hands with President Francois Hollande,who was waiting on the tarmac. AP

Men caught smuggling pot in wheelchair

Transnational crime police at Kingstons international airport say they arrested two wheelchair-bound Jamaican men as they tried to board a Tuesday flight to the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao while smuggling marijuana. AP