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The interest rate was creepy-crawling up! Woman spends decades stashing savings in cupboard because she doesn’t trust banks… only to have it all eaten by TERMITES

Posted on August 27, 2014 by ankakh

A woman who kept her life savings hidden in a cupboard because she didn’t trust banks has been left heartbroken – after the pile of notes was eaten by termites.

Cai Hou went to check on the pile of notes she had spent decades building up at her home in the city of Jinjiang, in eastern China’s Fujian province, only to find it had been chewed to pieces.

The thrifty 70-year-old – who had saved 10,000 Yuan (£1,000) – at first thought she had been burgled.

But she then spotted the insects next to the shredded notes and realised what had happened.

Cai’s family painstakingly managed to piece together 5,900 Yuan (£570) in nibbled notes and took them to two local banks.

Bank officials managed to verify notes worth only 1,950 Yuan (£190) and rejected the rest as too damaged.

Hackers attack Sony PlayStation Network

Posted on August 25, 2014 by ankakh

A group of hackers calling themselves “Lizard Squad” has taken down several popular online video game networks and possibly diverted an American Airlines jet carrying a Sony executive.

Over the weekend, Blizzard Entertainment, CCP Games, Riot Games and Sony (SNE) have done maintenance to bring their networks back online.

The hackers, speaking publicly on Twitter, claimed responsibility for attacking the PlayStation Network and others, disrupting the ability of millions of gamers to play together online.

According to the targeted companies, hackers flooded their networks with illegitimate traffic — a strategy known as a distributed denial of service attack. The FBI said it was investigating.

On Sunday, Sony said both its services were still under repair but assured customers no user data was exposed. The other networks did not immediately return requests for comment.

When John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment, acknowledged the “large scale” attacks on Twitter, he came under fire as well. Knowing that Smedley was on a flight from the Dallas area to San Diego, the hackers made a veiled threat about bombs on his plane.

The plane was diverted to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.

The FBI later released this statement: “The flight landed without incident. Passengers were safely removed from the plane.”

That’s why they say mind the gap… Commuters manage to free man wedged between a train and platform by lifting the carriage off his leg

Posted on August 6, 2014 by ankakh

Commuters and railway staff teamed up to free a man by rocking a train carriage to free his leg after he became trapped between the platform and a carriage on Wednesday morning.

The man was boarding a rush hour train at Stirling station, 9km northwest of Perth, Western Australia, at 8.50am when he slipped and one leg became wedged in the gap.

Quick-thinking passengers and staff saved the man leg’s, as it was being squeezed by the 10,000-tonne of train, by collectively rocking the carriage.

An ambulance was called to the station but the man did not sustain any serious injuries.

Sunken ferry, carrying 300, not found

Posted on August 6, 2014 by ankakh

A full day after a passenger ferry with as many as 300 people on board sank in Bangladesh, hundreds of anxious people waited on the bank of the Padma river until late evening as a search for bodies failed to turn up any sign of survivors.

Indeed, the rescuers failed even to trace the sunken ferry, leading to frustration and anger among those awaiting news of loved ones.

The crowds on the riverbank launched an impassioned protest against what they said was the administration’s inept handling of the situation.

Authorities blamed conditions for the slow pace of the rescue.

The rescuers believed that the strong current may have moved some of the bodies a significant distance from the scene of the accident.

Saiful Hassan Badal, chief administrator of Munshiganj district told CNN the ferry had about 300 people on board when it sank, according to witnesses. Nearly 100 passengers were rescued shortly after the capsizing.

However, he said they were yet to be sure about how exactly how many people were missing because there were no records detailing how many people were traveling on the ferry.

180 bananas, 8kgs of potatoes and 14kgs of rice a week … and STILL hungry: Meet the nine-year-old girl with an insatiable appetite who weighs the same as a Great Dane

Posted on August 5, 2014 by ankakh

Standing at just 3ft 5ins, and tipping the scales at a flabbergasting 14st 5lbs (203lbs), this child weighs five times more than she should.

Meet nine-year-old Suman Khatun – one of the fattest kids in the world.

In one week, Suman, from West Bengal, India, munches her way through an incredible 14kgs of rice, 8kgs of potatoes, 8kgs of fish and about 180 bananas.
The shocking video also shows her gorging on her favourite Bengali sweets and cream cakes, dwarfing her classroom peers and seemingly struggling to get out of bed.

All my friends are thin, but I am fat,’ says young Suman disconsolately.

‘I have problems in standing, sitting, sleeping, playing and running with my friends.’

Her parents claim they are powerless to prevent her stomach-defying eating habits.

‘I am very concerned about her future, as my other kids are normal,’ says mum Beli Bibi.

‘It’s painful,’ she adds.

They have requested the help of the local doctor to manage her weight, who says:

‘We think she has hyperthyroidism, but she needs to be examined.

‘If it’s not controlled, she might get diabetes or heart diseases.’

‘You fancied a shower too? Snap!’ Shocked homeowner discovers a crocodile hiding in his bathroom

Posted on August 1, 2014 by ankakh

Kalpesh Patel could be forgiven for making a snap decision not to take a shower.

After entering the bathroom of his home in western Indian the 41-year-old discovered a five-foot long crocodile had beaten him to it, and had taken up residence under his shower taps.

He said when he told his wife and children not to go in the bathroom because there was a reptile there, not surprisingly, they didn’t believe him.

So Mr Patel got his neighbours at Sojitra village, Gujarat, located about 80 kilometres from the city of Ahmedabad, to take a look, and they confirmed the find.

Mr Patel said he had no idea how the crocodile got into his home, ‘but we weren’t prepared to let it out again’.

The police were called and forestry officials then captured the crocodile.

Police said that the crocodile had been transported to a lake in the nearby Malataj village of Anand district where it had been released unharmed.

Official: Landslides trap 150 people or more in western India

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Հայկուհի Բարսեղյան

Landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains may have trapped 150 people or more in a village in western India, a senior official said Wednesday.

“There are reports that up to 30 to 40 houses have been affected,” said Suresh Jadhav, a district administrator in Maharashtra state.

About 40 ambulances and 200 volunteers were sent to the scene to help with the rescue effort, he said.

The landslides were reported around midnight in Malin, a village in Maharashtra’s Pune district near Mumbai.

Report: Dozens killed, injured in China terror attack

Posted on July 30, 2014 by ankakh

A gang wielding knives and axes attacked civilians, a police station, government offices and smashed vehicles in a restive region of China, the country’s state-run Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday, citing local police.

The incident — called an “organized and premeditated” terror attack — occurred Monday in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Police officers at the scene shot dead dozens of people in the mob. Thirty-one cars were vandalized, including six that were set ablaze.

It was not immediately known how many people were killed and injured.

The location, Shache County, is where nine people authorities describe as terrorists attacked a police station, hurled explosives and torched police cars in December. Police shot and killed eight people in that attack.

There have been other attacks in the region in recent months.

Millions of Muslims across the world celebrate the start of Eid to mark the end of fasting for Ramadan

Posted on July 29, 2014 by ankakh

Millions of Muslims across the world have been celebrating the start of the Eid al-Fitr holiday this week, which marks the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan.

Celebrations have been taking place across the world for the three-day holiday to mark the end of Ramadan which sees observant Muslims refrain from eating or drinking anything from dawn to sunset in a show of spiritual devotion.

The festival of Eid al-Fitr – the ‘breaking of the fast’ – sees devout Muslims meeting to exchange gifts, enjoy food and decorate their homes in a show of thanksgiving.

While celebrations have been taking place across the world, the mood has been dark for millions of people affected by the Syrian civil war, the Gaza war and the militant advance in Iraq.

During Eid celebrations, Muslims traditionally greet each other with the greeting of Eid Mubarak, which translates roughly as ‘Eid blessings’.

As well as the special prayers and celebrations, customs of Eid include dressing up in new clothes, eating special delicacies, giving presents and, for women, decoration of the hands with henna.

This year’s celebrations however have been darkened across many parts of the world.

In Gaza City yesterday, streets were largely deserted, as residents huddled indoors for safety. More than 1,110 Palestinians have been killed, more than 6,500 wounded and tens of thousands displaced in the last three weeks of fighting between Israel and Hamas, according to Palestinian officials. Israel has seen 53 Israeli soldiers and three civilians killed.

Cutting corners: Sport officials build rectangular running circuit with 90-degree bends ahead of Chinese Communist Party visit because it was quicker than constructing an oval track

Posted on July 28, 2014 by ankakh

Bungling sport officials in China have built a rectangular running track because they were concerned they wouldn’t get an oval one finished in time for a Communist Party inspection.

The bizarre circuit was built as a part of a major refurbishment of a 10,000 square foot stadium in Tonghe County in the north-eastern Heilongjiang province.

With the big-budget project running behind schedule and an inspection by notoriously finicky Communist Party officials imminent, managers made the decision to quite literally cut corners and create a running track with awkward 90-degree bends as they are easier to measure and lay out.

Almost everything about the stadium is impressive – from the the perfectly laid grass in the centre of the sports field to the massively improved seating facilities for spectators.

But there is one glaringly obvious issue making the sleek Tonghe County stadium one of the strangest in the world.

Locals invited to test the new running track for an episode of regional television programme Newsnight had little positive to say about its unorthodox design.
After appearing on the Newsnight show, the designers of the Tonghe County running track were widely ridiculed on Chinese social media website Weibo.

Despite being the butt of many jokes, some experts have raised concerns about the design, saying it presents a risk of serious injury to athletes.

River In China Mysteriously Turns Bloody Red Overnight

Posted on July 26, 2014 by ankakh

A waterway in eastern China has mysteriously turned a blood red color.

Residents in Zhejiang province said the river looked normal at 5 a.m. Beijing time on Thursday morning. Within an hour, the entire river turned crimson. Residents also said a strange smell wafted through the air.

Inspectors from the Wenzhou Environmental Protection Bureau said they have not found the cause of the incident, although water samples seem to indicate the suspicious color was a result of illegal dumping in the river.

“We suspect that somebody dumped artificial coloring in the water because he thought the typhoon yesterday would cause heavy rain, and nobody would notice [the color],” Jianfeng Xiao, Chief of the bureau told China News.

“It turned out there wasn’t heavy rainfall yesterday, so the evidence is left behind,” Xiao said.

Xiao said there is a paper manufacturer, a food coloring company and clothing-maker a long the river. The bureau is still investigating the incident.

Thailand to Re-Launch Women-Only Train Carriages

Posted on July 24, 2014 by ankakh

Thailand’s railway authority said on Thursday it will re-launch women- and children-only carriages in main routes nationwide after a 13-year-old girl was raped and killed in her berth on an overnight train earlier this month.

The State Railway of Thailand said in a statement that the special carriages will start operating on trains traveling to the north, the northeast and the south on Aug. 1. Female passengers and boys younger than 10 and shorter than 150 centimeters (4 feet 11 inches) can ride in the carriages, which will be run by female employees.

The move followed public furor over the assault allegedly carried out by the train’s staff in early July. One employee was arrested in the rape and murder and a second was arrested as an accomplice. The national railway governor also was sacked by Thailand’s military government.

The railway authority said the new carriage service will ensure the safety and convenience of female and children passengers. Since the girl’s death, alcohol testing has begun on railway employees, and public health agencies have called for alcohol to be banned on trains altogether.

The women-only carriages had been canceled previously due to profit losses.

Taiwan plane crash kills 48 and injures 10

Posted on July 24, 2014 by ankakh

At least 48 people were killed and 10 injured when a twin-engine turboprop plane crashed while attempting to land in Penghu Islands, according to Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration.

TransAsia Airways Flight GE 222 was preparing to land at Magong Airport in heavy rain on Wednesday and had asked for its second go-around before the accident occurred, according to Taiwan’s Central News Agency.

Visibility at the airport during the plane’s attempted landing was about 1,600 meters (1 mile) and considered acceptable for landing, Jean Shen, Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration director told reporters.

Transportation officials arrived Thursday morning to investigate the disaster and assist in relief work. The cause of the crash remains unclear and authorities have identified 14 of the 48 killed, according to CNA.

The plane, an ATR 72-500, carried 54 passengers and four crew members.

Footage on scene showed the plane had crashed in a residential area and broken into pieces. Witnesses told CNN affiliate ETTV that they saw homes on fire after the plane crashed around 7 p.m. The fallen plane destroyed or damaged 11 houses, EETV reported.

Sucesso! Brazil welcomed more than ONE MILLION tourists over World Cup period (and the final was the most talked about topic in the history of Facebook)

Posted on July 22, 2014 by ankakh

They may not have managed to win the trophy, but Brazil’s World Cup has been declared a success after attracting 70 per cent more visitors than expected.

A record 1.35 million visitors flocked to the South American country during the competition, from a total of 203 different countries.

Brazil had been expecting just 600,000 visitors during the run-up to the World Cup and for the competition itself.

But instead a daily average of 485,000 passengers passed through 21 airports in the 12 host cities – a higher number than is normally recorded during Carnival.

According to data from the Brazilian Forum of Hotel Operators, hotel occupancy was also at an all-time high. Statistics showed that 108,000 new daily bookings were registered during match days and the day before the games.

And it wasn’t just tourists who put Brazil on the map, the World Cup final was also the most talked about event in Facebook history.

During the whole competition, the social networking site recorded more than three billion interactions about the World Cup.

In total, around 3.6 billion people around the world watched the final, staged at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracanã stadium.

It is estimated the World Cup has contributed a total of £9 billion to the Brazilian economy, according to research from the Institute of Economic Research Foundation (FIPE) commissioned by the Ministry of Tourism.

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Robert Downey Jr named Hollywood’s highest paid actor for SECOND year in a row with $75million in earnings

Posted on July 22, 2014 by ankakh

He really is the Iron Man of Hollywood.

Robert Downey Jr has been named for the second year in a row by Forbes as the highest earning actor in the movie industry.

The 49-year-old is estimated to have earned the same amount for the past two years with a whopping $75 million in both 2012 and 2013.

Also topping the list, coming in second, is Dwayne Johnson with an estimated $52 million in earnings last year.

Coming up third on the list is Bradley Cooper with a mixture of critically acclaimed films and blockbuster comedies, garnering him an estimated $46million.
Fourth on the list is Leonardo DiCaprio, who earned an estimated $39million with films such as The Great Gatsby and The Wolf Of Wall Street.

Ranking fifth is newcomer Chris Hemsworth with a whopping $37million, mostly due to his god-like turn as Thor in both his own star vehicles and the Avengers film.

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Inside China’s fat camp: How middle-class children are beasted into shape ‘to prepare them for life in the world’s largest economy’

Posted on July 18, 2014 by ankakh

Donning swimming caps and goggles, they stare wearily ahead as they stretch their arms by the side of an outdoor pool.

These middle-class children are among numerous overweight youngsters taking part in a gruelling fat camp at a university in Beijing, China.

They have been sent to the summer camp by their parents in a bid to get them into shape and to prepare them for the challenges of life in one of the world’s largest economies.

On a daily basis, they are forced to swim, run, lift weights and perform exercises under the supervision of strict Chinese trainers.

They are also required to undergo medical and weight checks by professional nurses at the facility.

Obesity is a growing problem among the burgeoning middle-class in China. According to recent studies, the country is now the second fattest in the world behind America.

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Report: Malaysia Airlines flight crashes in Ukraine

Posted on July 17, 2014 by ankakh

A Malaysia Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has crashed in eastern Ukraine, Russian news agency Interfax reported Thursday.

Malaysia Airlines confirmed that it lost contact with MH17, and the flight’s last known position was over Ukrainian airspace, the airline said on Twitter.

The jet is a Boeing 777, according to Interfax.

The plane reportedly went down near the border between Russia and Ukraine.

Ukrainian official Anton Gerashchenko said 280 passengers and 15 crew were on board.

Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister, wrote on his Facebook page that the plane had crashed in Ukrainian territory after being hit by a missile fired from a Buk launcher.

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Car bomb kills at least 38 people in Afghanistan

Posted on July 15, 2014 by ankakh

A car bomb exploded in a busy market in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 38 people and wounding 30 others, police said.

The car was driven by a suicide bomber who detonated explosives after police ordered him to stop his car, said Nissar Ahmad Abdulrahimzai, deputy police chief of Paktika province.

Meanwhile, in the capital, Kabul, the Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack early Tuesday on a vehicle used by presidential palace employees.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement to media that three people were killed and six others injured in the explosion. He said all the victims were working in the presidential palace media department.

World’s oldest bottle of mineral water uncovered: 200-year-old corked Selters flask found deep within the Baltic sea

Posted on July 15, 2014 by ankakh

The world’s oldest bottle of mineral water has been uncovered from the depths of the Baltic Sea by Polish.

The 200-year-old flask, described as in a ‘good condition and still corked’, has the name ‘Selters’ inscribed in its stoneware.

Polish archaeologists found the 12 inch (30cm) bottle in shipwreck lying 12.2 metres (40ft) below water in the Gdańsk Bay close to the Polish coast.

Produced between 1806 and 1830, the brown bottle is an extremely rare find as most sealed flasks from that period contain either beer or wine.

‘We have not opened the bottle, we are not sure what it contains and what is the taste of the water which is 200 years old,’ said Tomasz Bednarz, National Maritime Museum archaeologist.

Apart from the bottle, the team managed to recover parts of ceramics, a small bowl and a few pieces of dinnerware.

Selters is a German luxury mineral water brand which gained popularity with Europe’s wealthy during the nineteenth century.

Argentina fans arrested as violent riots erupt in Buenos Aires after World Cup final defeat to Germany

Posted on July 14, 2014 by ankakh

Emotions were running high in Buenos Aires on Sunday night as Argentinian fans fought among themselves and started riots after their team lost the World Cup final.

The chaotic scenes broke out after supporters witnessed their country lose 1-0 to Germany during Sunday night’s clash.

The loss – which came after a goal from Germany’s Mario Gotze in the 113th minute – ended what was Argentina’s best World Cup run for 24 years.

But after the game, fans wearing the Argentina strip turned on each other in scenes of violence.

Riot police – several of whom were injured in the clashes – were also forced to use tear gas and let off water cannons after rocks were thrown and shop fronts were vandalised by a group of young men.

Parents with young children could be seen running down streets after police tried to calm the scenes near the city’s iconic Obelisk monument.

Thousands of fans had gathered there after the game to applaud Argentina’s efforts but chaos soon broke out, leading to several fans being arrested.

There were also scenes of discontent between fans outside the Maracana Stadium in the city’s capital, which were captured on film.

The interest rate was creepy-crawling up! Woman spends decades stashing savings in cupboard because she doesn’t trust banks… only to have it all eaten by TERMITES

Hackers attack Sony PlayStation Network

That’s why they say mind the gap… Commuters manage to free man wedged between a train and platform by lifting the carriage off his leg

Sunken ferry, carrying 300, not found

180 bananas, 8kgs of potatoes and 14kgs of rice a week … and STILL hungry: Meet the nine-year-old girl with an insatiable appetite who weighs the same as a Great Dane

‘You fancied a shower too? Snap!’ Shocked homeowner discovers a crocodile hiding in his bathroom

Official: Landslides trap 150 people or more in western India

Report: Dozens killed, injured in China terror attack

Millions of Muslims across the world celebrate the start of Eid to mark the end of fasting for Ramadan

Cutting corners: Sport officials build rectangular running circuit with 90-degree bends ahead of Chinese Communist Party visit because it was quicker than constructing an oval track

River In China Mysteriously Turns Bloody Red Overnight

Thailand to Re-Launch Women-Only Train Carriages

Taiwan plane crash kills 48 and injures 10

Sucesso! Brazil welcomed more than ONE MILLION tourists over World Cup period (and the final was the most talked about topic in the history of Facebook)

Robert Downey Jr named Hollywood’s highest paid actor for SECOND year in a row with $75million in earnings

Inside China’s fat camp: How middle-class children are beasted into shape ‘to prepare them for life in the world’s largest economy’

Report: Malaysia Airlines flight crashes in Ukraine

Car bomb kills at least 38 people in Afghanistan

World’s oldest bottle of mineral water uncovered: 200-year-old corked Selters flask found deep within the Baltic sea

Argentina fans arrested as violent riots erupt in Buenos Aires after World Cup final defeat to Germany

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