Crime suspects on bail are to be tracked by a new system dubbed “Chav-Nav”. Using technology similar to car navigation, ankle bracelets send the wearer’s location via satellite to a website. Police can even track where they have been in the previous month. Currently, tags only raise an alarm if a wearer leaves their home ... Read more
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Man who hasn’t bathed in 37 years
It is not an achievement that can readily be savoured by his nearest and dearest. But Kailash Singh has as good a claim as any to the accolade of world’s smelliest man – after refusing to wash for more than 37 years. Kailash, 65, has not bathed or cut his 3m-long dreadlocks since 1974, shortly ... Read more
Sacked cashier throws bomb into bank
A bank cashier fired for stealing money threw a gasoline bomb inside the bank Friday in northwestern China, injuring dozens of people, some of whom jumped from a fifth-story window to escape, the local government said. Employees of the Tianzhu County Rural Credit Cooperative Union were meeting about 8 a.m. when the employee threw the ... Read more
One in five women sexually harassed in China: Survey
One in five women has experienced sexual harassment at work in China, a survey has found. The poll found that 20 per cent of the 1,837 participants from 10 enterprises in Guangdong, Jiangsu and Hebei provinces and Beijing had been sexual harassment victims. The definition of sexual
World’s oldest man dies aged 114
The world’s certified oldest man, whose advice to others included the observation “you’re born to die”, has passed away aged 114 in the US. Walter Breuning was old enough to remember his grandfather recounting his part in the slaughter of the American Civil War, during the 1860s. In his final years in Montana, he was ... Read more
Woman sets herself on fire on train
A mother in the United Kingdom committed suicide by setting fire to herself on a train to London. The Daily Mail reported the 43-year-old woman, Rachel James ignited a can of highly flammable gas in the lavatory. Passengers fled after hearing a loud explosion. Tim Naylor, who was on the
China has 960,000 millionaires
China is closing in on having 1 million millionaires. According to an annual wealth report released on Tuesday, the mainland has 960,000 millionaires with personal wealth of 10 million yuan (RM4.6 million) or more. That is up 9.7 percent year-on-year, said the GroupM Knowledge – Hurun Wealth Report 2011.
Tsunami dog found alive and well after three weeks at sea
It appears almost too good to be true, but this little dog has been found alive and well adrift at sea, an astonishing three weeks after the tsunami that devastated Japan. Members of the Japan Coast Guard came across the dog on Friday as they were conducting an aerial search of the area. Against all ... Read more
‘Raped’ woman charged with slander
The Libyan woman who claimed she was gangraped, defecated and urinated on by 15 of Gaddafi’s men over two days, has been charged with slander. Libyan authorities labelled her a drunk, a prostitute and a thief, reported The Daily Mail. The men accused by Iman al-Obeidi are now suing her. A son of a high ... Read more
Girls lured into Philippine cybersex industry
Maricel is a shy, attractive girl, who looks younger than her 15 years. But in her short life, she has already had to deal with experiences that would badly scar many adults. Two years ago her aunt told her about a job in the city of Olongapo, several hours away from her home. “She told ... Read more
Man 66, with world’s largest family of 39 wives, 94 children ready to marry again
A 66-year-old Indian man from Mizoram, who has the largest family in the world with 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren, says he’s ready to marry again. Ziona Chana and his family live in a 100-room, four-storey house set amidst the hills of Baktwang village in Mizoram, where the wives sleep in giant communal dormitories. ... Read more
Son hired plane to find mum’s beloved dog
A devoted son who promised his dying mother he would look after her dog kept his word – by hiring a plane to search for the pet when it disappeared. Dana Neal, 55, had assured his mother Nina on her deathbed last November that he would take care of her beloved Topsy. So when the terrier ... Read more
Thai couples break world record for kissing
A Thai couple wins a Valentine Day “kissathon” by staying lip locked for 46 hours, 24 minutes and 9 seconds. The elapsed time is being confirmed by Guinness World Records but exceeds the previous record of over 32 hours set by a couple in Germany. “A Bangkok couple, Ekkachai and Laksana Tiranarat, emerged as the ... Read more
Teenage girl collapses and dies after first kiss
A teenager girl collapsed and died from sudden adult death syndrome (SADS) minutes after she was kissed for the first time, an inquest has heard. Jemma Benjamin, 18, was kissed by fellow university student Daniel Ross, 21, at his home after a night out together. But Miss Benjamin suddenly slumped onto the sofa – and ... Read more
Thai airline hires ‘ladyboy’ flight attendants
Weird News New Thai airline PC Air is recruiting transsexual ladyboys as flight attendants, making it the first Thailand-based airline to do so. The airline received more than 100 job applications from transsexuals, of which it hired four, to join the 19 female and seven male flight attendants. It stated that the qualifications for the ... Read more
Girl addicted to eating soap
You may have heard about 19-year-old Floridian Tempestt Henderson, the young woman known for eating soap. In the past few weeks, she’s appeared on TLC’s My Strange Addiction, and she’s also been featured on the Daily Mail. IT’S the toxic compulsion that doctors claim could kill her. But this 19-year-old girl claims she is hopelessly ... Read more
29 year-old set to be britain’s youngest grandfather
A 29-year-old man is all set to become Britain’s youngest grandfather, as his 14-year-old daughter has become pregnant. The man, whose identity is being kept anonymous to protect his young daughter, said he was fuming that his teenage daughter was 11 weeks pregnant. “It’s like history repeating itself. I quite like the idea of being ... Read more
Russian circus ‘so terrible’ that spectators call police
A touring circus in the Belarusian city of Vitebsk was so bad that police were called in. Spectators suspected the Russian performers of being drunk as artistes repeatedly fell off bicycles and jugglers dropped their props. Exotic beasts, including two apparently plucked from the realms of fantasy, did not show up, reports the
5 years jail for hacking into wife’s email account?
AN American man could spend five years in jail for snooping on his wife’s emails. IT technician Leon Walker, 33, suspected wife Clara, now his ex, was having an affair after finding she had made phone calls to her allegedly violent former husband. He said concern for the welfare of their one-year-old daughter made
Fancy dress bid to save the panda
What’s cuter than a baby panda? A baby panda being attended to by men in panda costumes, of course. Staff at Wolong Giant Panda Research Centre in China dressed up in the panda outfits in order to check on the cub’s progress. Although the centre uses hidden cameras to monitor the four-month-old baby panda, they ... Read more