WELLINGTON: Polynesian activists have accused entertainment giant Disney of promoting "brown face" with a Halloween costume allowing children to dress up as the tattooed Pacific demi-god Maui.
LOS ANGELES: Boasting a "bat tracker", a bat sign projector for the nighttime sky, smoke guns and an array of other devices, a Batman costume fitted with 23 gadgets has earned a place in the Guinness World Records book.
WASHINGTON: A US Army base went on alert after a soldier dressed for Halloween as a suicide bomber with a simulated explosives vest tried to get onto the compound.