Daily Archives: June 14, 2013

Truck Slams Into Mexico Teachers’ Protest, 7 Dead

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truckAuthorities in western Mexico say a tanker truck carrying tar has slammed into a highway toll booth that had temporarily been taken over by protesting teachers. They say seven people are dead and another 14 injured.

Most of the dead and injured are believed to be teachers who have been holding a series of protests in the western state of Michoacan.

The teachers are protesting educational reforms that would reduce union power in hiring decisions and establish teacher evaluations.

Protesters in Mexico often seize highway toll booths, and sometimes demand drivers pay a small sum to drive through without paying a toll.

 

France’s burkha ban sparks violence across Paris after police try to arrest woman for wearing a veil and pregnant woman is attacked for covering her face

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riots against the 2011 lawViolent clashes have broken out in a Paris suburb after police tried to arrest a Muslim woman for wearing a veil.

It came as two men today put a 21-year-old pregnant woman in hospital for covering her face with a veil on the same council estate.

Under a law which came into force in 2011, women found guilty of wearing niqabs in public can be fined the equivalent of around £130.
But when officers approached the unnamed woman, passers-by became involved in a ‘riot’ and police used tear gas and flash-ball shots to disperse them, according to a police source.

Two men aged 23 and 37, including a cousin of the young veil-wearer, were arrested and placed in custody under suspicion of violence and public order offences.

 

Dress to impress: Boyfriend puts on a wedding gown to propose to his girlfriend (and fortunately it didn’t put her off!)

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Liu and his girlfriendMost men get a little nervous at the prospect of popping the question.

But while most men are confident that their question and a ring will secure a yes, one man decided to prove to his girlfriend just how serious he was – by wearing a wedding dress.

Besotted Liu, 23, thought his girlfriend Liang Sun wouldn’t take him seriously if he simply popped the question at their university in Chongqing city, southern China.
So he climbed into a wedding dress and hired florists to decorate her student digs with a heart-shaped display of blooms under a banner saying: ‘Bride – I love you.’

‘I wore it because I wanted to tell her that one day I want to see her in this dress beside me,’ explained Liu.

And it would appear his hard work paid off – Liang immediately agreed to the unusual proposal.

The process of engagement and marriage in China is steeped in traditions.

There are three parts of a Chinese marriage – the legal part, the ceremony, and the party.

A Chinese marriage that does not observe proper Chinese customs is invalid in the eyes of most Chinese society.

 

Chinese farmer who claimed he had electrocuted an alien and kept it in his freezer is JAILED for lying

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Li posing with alienA Chinese farmer who posted photographs of him posing with an ‘alien’ that he claimed to have electrocuted after its UFO crash-landed on his farm has been jailed for ‘disrupting social order’.

The pictures of Mr Li standing next to a crude looking extraterrestrial made from rubber sparked a frenzy of speculation on social networking sites across China.

Mr Li had claimed he saw a formation of UFOs buzzing across the night sky along the Yellow River in Binzhou Shangdong province.

But he has been forced to admit he made the whole thing up following five days in prison after police arrested him.

But he refused to admit the rubber doll was a fake – claiming he bought the ‘body’ from a villager and decided to keep it in his freezer.

However, when police discovered files on his computer that provided further evidence of the deception, Mr Li finally confessed.

Police issued a statement saying the rather unconvincing figure at the bottom of a chest freezer was, in fact, not another life form but high quality rubber.