Dalai Lama celebrates 74th birthday, promises to live to 100

On 6 July, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso celebrated his 74 birthday. "Through all your wishes, I will live longer. I do not know whether I can live for thousands years, but I am sure I will stay alive...

Dead baby thrown out with the trash

A recycling plant in Fengate, UK came across a gruesome discovery yesterday, finding a dead newborn baby coming down the trash-sorting conveyor belt. The baby has not yet been identified, so far they can't even tell if it's a boy or a girl."A newborn baby girl's body was...

Beatles management contract to fetch £250,000 (Thats $500,000+ American $)

Prepare your check books for Sept 4 Now can you imagine what it would be worth if the contract was still in effect ? oh wait a minute....not much because Heather Mills would take half.I imagine this will end up...

Cat faeces kills Grandad

Some people dote on their animals and through that love fail to remember that their dear dog, cat or rabbit could be harbouring a disease or two that could see off their owner.Here it seems that E.coli carried by...

Businessman Decapitated Himself Using Aston Martin to Get Revenge on His Ex

"A businessman committed suicide by decapitating himself in his £90,000 ($137,300) Aston Martin in order to get revenge on his younger wife who left him. For some time the 54-year old Gerald Mellin warned 33-year old Mirrielle that he would commit suicide. In addition, he...

Heath Ledger's uncle Hayden seen as dark but no knight

Hope he really rest in peace.... " HEATH Ledger's uncle Hayden has been accused of fraud and standover tactics after A Current Affair last night said it had found more than 30 "victims".Charged with receiving...

Dubai sex couple tell police they can't remember getting steamy on the beach

"The man at the centre of the Dubai beach sex furore has been named as Vince Acors, a 34-year-old businessman from Kent. His drunken encounter with fellow Briton Michelle Palmer could land them both in jail for...

Helgoland: Proposed Construction Will Enlarge Deserted Island

Sick of it all? It may not be long before you can immigrate to Helgoland." Helgoland, an island in the North Sea which was once fiercely contested between Britain and Germany, could nearly double in size under a land reclamation project which won official clearance this week....

Girl Friends Abortion rumors sting Republican

"Several months ago, the ingredients were in place for Republicans to mount a serious challenge in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District. Democratic Rep. Darlene Hooley announced her retirement in February,...

Wife Mortgaged to Loan shark

We have heard of  excesses of loan recovery agents. But in a shocking incident in India's eastern state of West Bengal a man was forced to keep his newly married wife as mortgage after failing to repay loan. "You could call it Bengal’s heart of darkness. Unable to...

Machu Picchu ruin 'found earlier'

The lost city of the Incas, Machu Picchu, was apparently discovered more than 40 years earlier than previously thought, according to historians. The site is believed to have been ransacked by a German...

Indonesian drops cash from plane

" An Indonesian businessman has scattered 100 million rupiah ($10,700; £5,406) in banknotes from a plane to promote his new motivational book. Tung Desem Waringin said he would rather share money for a promotional campaign with people who needed it. His plane flew over a...

Barak calls on Olmert to resign in surprise press conference

UPDATE: Israel Defense Minister Ehud Barak cas called on Israeli prime minister Eduh Olmert to resign."Defence Minister Ehud Barak called on Wednesday on Ehud Olmert to step aside as Israel's prime minister after...

Former DR Congo leader arrested

The former vice-president of the Democractic Republic of Congo was arrested in Belgium today.He is facing charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity."Jean-Pierre Bemba, who fled Congo last year, was...

Nepal capital brought to standstill over Maoist murder

Normal life has been disrupted after the killing of a businessmen by maoists group. Maoist cadre had abducted and killed Ram Hari Shrestha, a Kathmandu businessman and supporter of the former rebels, late...

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