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Death toll at 32 in Indian building collapse

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The death toll from this weekend’s building collapse in southern India has risen to 32, but two workers were pulled out alive two days after the accident, a police official said Tuesday.

The 11-story building under construction in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state, toppled over during heavy rains Saturday. Emergency crews furiously dug through the rubble for 20 people thought to be missing, police said.

The pair of workers were rescued early Tuesday from under the debris of the caved-in structure, according to city Police Commissioner Sebastian George, and they were rushed to a hospital. They are among 27 survivors now under medical care, George said.

Building collapses in India are an all-too-common occurrence and have killed hundreds of people over the past several years.

 

Emotional moment girl, 11, who lost her mother and two sisters in car crash was serenaded by Bruno Mars after she came out of coma while listening to his music

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An 11-year-old girl in Ohio who came out of a coma after listening to Bruno Mars songs throughout her recovery got to meet the singer that doctors say helped save her life.

Zumyah Thorpe, 11, suffered a severe brain injury after a drunk driver slammed into her mother’s car last year.

Her pregnant mother and two younger sisters passed away in the horrific accident and Zumyah wasn’t expected to survive.

Nearly 70 percent of patients who are in this same condition do not survive and those who do are often left without the ability to walk, talk or eat on their own.

Doctors have credited Bruno Mars’ music with helping Zumyah do all of those things after nurses played his songs to her at the hospital every night.

Zumyah’s grandmother Ronda told WKYC that not long after coming out of the coma she started singing Mars’ hit song (You’re Amazing) Just The Way You Are.

Doctors say this music therapy is what helped Zumyah recover quicker than most, and even start walking again.

Zumyah had a private meeting with Mars before his concert in Cleveland, Ohio, on Saturday night.

 

The during the concert in front of 20,000 fans, Bruno jumped off the stage and into the crowd where he embraced Zumyah and sang her favorite song ‘Just The Way You Are.’

 

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Beyonce: Forbes’ most powerful celebrity

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Beyonce isn’t just one of the world’s most influential people. She’s also the world’s most powerful celebrity, according to Forbes magazine.

The publication has released its annual Celebrity 100 list and has named Queen Bey to the top spot.

And yet, as Forbes notes, Beyonce’s empire isn’t limited to the music business. While she’s setting out on joint tours with her husband — they’re currently crossing the country with their “On the Run” trek — Beyonce’s also managing her clothing company, line of perfumes, and collaborations with brands like Pepsi and H&M.

All told, Forbes estimates that Beyonce earned roughly $115 million between June 2013 and June 2014. By comparison, her husband made an estimated $60 million, enough to put him in sixth place behind Oprah Winfrey (No. 4 at $82 million) and Ellen DeGeneres (No. 5, at $70 million).

 

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Bronze bust of former Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein found in Baghdad airport debris in 2003 to sell for $10million

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A bronze bust of former dictator Saddam Hussein which was found in debris in war-torn Iraq is being sold for a jaw-dropping $10million (£6million).

The 40kg war trophy was spotted by former US Army soldier Earl Torres, 47, from Las Vegas, as he cleared Baghdad International Airport in 2003.

The bust, which is around 17 inches in height, formed part of a 15ft statue of Saddam and was picked up by Torres who brought it back to the US after a 13-month tour of duty.

The statue was partially-destroyed after an intense battle in the airport which became the hub of American operations during the war in Iraq for seven years.
Torres, who served in the army for 14 years, has already attracted interest from potential buyers – but he says he is yet to agree on a price.

 

HERITAGE HOLDS TENTH PARTY CONGRESS Hovannisian Reelected

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 Yerevan―The Heritage Party convened its Tenth National Congress at the Ani Plaza Hotel on June 28 with a solemn rendering of the Armenian national anthem and the participation of 150 delegates from across the Republic.

 

The Congress first approved its agenda as well as the composition of its secretariat and election commission. The board of the Party, the Heritage parliamentary faction, and the “Barev Yerevan” team at the Yerevan City Council presented their reports.

 

Heritage leader Raffi K. Hovannisian addressed the Congress with a keynote speech outlining the major domestic issues and foreign policy challenges in the period since the previous Congress.

 

Elections for members of the new board, as well as for the audit and statutory committees, were held in the afternoon.

 

The Congress elected a new governing board composed of Heritage Party founder Raffi Hovannisian, educators Anahit Bakhshyan and Armen Martirosyan, MPs Ruben Hakobyan and Zaruhi Postanjyan, economists Gagik Margaryan, Susanna Muradyan, and Rshtun Martirosyan, journalist-economist Hrayr Manoukyan, political scientist Stepan Hasan-Jalalyan, Philip Arzoumanyan, and Hovsep Ghazaryan, designer Gayane Abasyan, geographer Vahagn Hovhannisyan and international relations specialist Andranik Grigoryan.

 

The Congress also adopted a Resolution reaffirming its commitment to Heritage’s national goals. It reads in part: “The formula for Armenia’s salvation remains the same—Liberty, Sovereignty, and the National Interest. We will be worthy of our Flag only if we overcome our partisan interests and work together to realize a Constitutional Revolution with a united agenda for extraordinary change of Armenia’s illegitimate authorities, immediately and without any opportunism or political bickering.”

 

Meeting later in executive session, the board reelected Raffi Hovannisian as its leader, selecting Armen Martirosyan to serve as vice chair in charge of public policy, Zaruhi Postanjyan as secretary general for international affairs, Gayane Abasyan as board secretary, and Davit Sanasaryan as press secretary.

 

The full Armenian-language text of the Resolution of the Heritage Party’s Tenth Congress is available here http://heritage.am/hy/component/content/article/346-x-resolution

Heritage Party Press Service